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IBM China workers strike over terms in $2.3 billion Lenovo deal

More than 1,000 workers at an IBM factory in southern China have gone on strike against the terms of their transfer to Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd caused by the U.S. company’s $2.3 billion sale of its low-end server business. Several workers gather outside gate of the International Business […]

Deutsche Telekom Said to See T-Mobile Sale as Less Likely

Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) Chief Executive Officer Timotheus Hoettges told directors yesterday that a sale of the T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) unit is less likely in the near term because of regulatory hurdles, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. While selling its 67 percent holding in […]

MTN Full-Year Profit Gains on More Subscribers, Weaker Rand

MTN Group Ltd. (MTN), Africa’s largest wireless operator, said full-year profit increased 27 percent, exceeding estimates, after the South African rand weakened and subscriber numbers rose across its 22 markets. Headline earnings per share, which exclude one-time items, were 13.86 rand in 2013, the Johannesburg-based company said in a statement […]