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| Microsoft trumps Amazon, others for AOL patents |
| AOL Inc¡¯s months-long auction to sell the majority of its patent trove attracted interest from e-commerce giants Amazon and eBay, which have been largely absent from the recent patent wars. |
| New app transfers money with the tap of a phone |
| Splitting the bill at a restaurant or settling road trip expenses can be as simple as tapping two phones together to transfer the funds. |
| Disneyland Paris, turning 20, touts fairy tale careers |
| CHESSY — Back in 1992, 21-year-old Mourad Adli won a pop-corn vendor job at the brand new Disney resort near Paris. |
| Garage sale find: $130 mln in Coke stock? |
| George Soros and John Paulson may have to make room for the late Tony Marohn, who possibly pulled off one of the greatest financial trades ever — at an estate sale. |
| Fench court may overturn ruling on Total 1999 oil spill |
| France’s highest court may annul a verdict against oil giant Total over a disastrous 1999 oil spill off Brittany, a legal source with access to the documents in the case told Reuters on Friday. |
| Bitcoin, the City traders’ anarchic new toy |
| LONDON - Financial traders have a new toy: Bitcoin, a digital currency variously dismissed as a Ponzi scheme or lauded as the greatest invention since the Internet. |
| Wealthy smartphone users less likely to play games, tweet |
| TORONTO - Wealthier smartphone users are less likely to play games or tweet and will opt for news, travel or finance apps, according to a new study. |
| UK’s mini heatwave trims John Lewis sales growth |
| LONDON - Britain’s biggest department store chain John Lewis said last week’s sales growth was held back by hot weather, which meant it lost shoppers to alternative outdoor pursuits, as well as tough comparative numbers last year. |
| Japan auto production, exports rise in February |
| TOKYO — Japanese automakers boosted production and vehicle exports in February, largely thanks to government subsidies for the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles, an industry association said Friday. |
| Facebook buys 750 patents from IBM-source |
| SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has acquired hundreds of patents from International Business Machines Corp as the social networking company attempts to bolster its intellectual property portfolio in the wake of a lawsuit filed by Yahoo. |
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