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Third Point ups Sony stake, calls for independent entertainment boardTOKYO (Reuters) - New York-based hedge fund Third Point said it has raised its stake in Sony Corp and urged the Japanese company to create an independent board to run a partially spun-off entertainment arm with Sony's CEO, Kazuo Hirai, as its chairman. Third Point, a $13 billion hedge ... ...Read More »Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphoneBy Miyoung Kim SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday. J.K. Shin, also co-chief execu... ...Read More »France backs EU-U.S. trade talks after culture clashBy Philip Blenkinsop and Robin Emmott LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - France cleared the European Union to launch free-trade talks with the United States on Friday after fellow EU members accepted its demand to shield movies and online entertainment from the might of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. ...Read More » |
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EU seeks to ease French fears over Hollywood in U.S. trade talksBy Philip Blenkinsop and Ethan Bilby LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - EU states sought to reassure France on Friday that its culture would be shielded from the might of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, urging Paris not to block a free-trade deal with the United States that could boost transatlantic bus... ...Read More »EU tries to persuade France to back U.S. free trade talksBy Robin Emmott and Philip Blenkinsop LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union will try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the United States on Friday and keep alive plans for a deal that could boost their struggling economies by dramatically increasing transatlantic b... ...Read More »France threatens to block start of EU-U.S. trade talksBy Mark John and Philip Blenkinsop PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France threatened on Wednesday to block the start of free trade talks between the European Union and the United States if movies and digital media are not kept out of the negotiations. Two days before EU co... ...Read More »France threatens to block start of EU-U.S. trade talksBy Mark John and Philip Blenkinsop PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France threatened on Wednesday to block the start of free trade talks between the European Union and the United States if movies and digital media are not kept out the negotiations. Two days before EU count... ...Read More »France digs in on culture before EU meeting on U.S. trade talksBy Mark John and Philip Blenkinsop PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France is extremely determined to keep movies and digital media out of free trade talks between the EU and the United States, a government minister said on Wednesday, a stance that could block the start of negotiations. ... ...Read More »Comic writer's Ghost Rider copyright lawsuit revived on appealBy Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A comic book writer who claims he created the flaming-skulled character called Ghost Rider got another chance to press his claim on Tuesday when a U.S. appeals court revived his lawsuit against Marvel Comics. The 2nd U.S. Circui... ...Read More »Analysis: Disney goes to Infinity to turn around gaming unitBy Lisa Richwine and Malathi Nayak (Reuters) - When Walt Disney Co introduced its latest video game, Infinity, to the gaming faithful this week at the annual E3 gaming conference, it rented a Los Angeles movie theater to show 30-minute clips of upcoming films and hosted a party with the gl... ...Read More »In Zimmerman case, defense wants Martin's character on trialBy David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - To his supporters, Trayvon Martin was a typical teenager: flawed yet full of promise, a boy on the verge of becoming a man with dreams of piloting planes. If he differed from his peers it was because he embraced public displays of affection from his parents... ...Read More » |
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