Today's top stories >> Pioneer to enter into strategic alliance with Mitsubishi, DoCoMo >> 3 Scandinavia CEO ready for consolidation >> Softbank urges banks not to finance Dish's rival Sprint bid >> US defence dept set to approve Apple products >> Column: Steve Ballmer's epitaph >> PT Telkom revenues rise alongside profit >> In brief: Virgin Media to delist in London >> Perion Network Q1 profit soars, beats expectations >> CITIC-led consortium agrees to buy AsiaInfo-Linkage in $890m deal >> Blinkx revenue beats expectations after Olympics, US election boost News - Finance 13/05/13 Blinkx revenue beats expectations after Olympics, US election boost Online video search provider saw pretax profit surge to $16.7 million from $2 million. 13/05/13 CITIC-led consortium agrees to buy AsiaInfo-Linkage in $890m deal Price represents 2.7% premium on billing systems provider's shares. 13/05/13 PT Telkom revenues rise alongside profit Indonesian operator saw mobile subscriptions rise 9.8% to 120.6 million. 13/05/13 In brief: Virgin Media to delist in London Cancellation to come into effect from 10 June. 13/05/13 Perion Network Q1 profit soars, beats expectations Messaging company's earnings boosted by new iPad app. 13/05/13 Pioneer to enter into strategic alliance with Mitsubishi, DoCoMo Japan's biggest mobile operator taps into connected car market by taking 6.9% stake in struggling car audio specialist. 13/05/13 3 Scandinavia CEO ready for consolidation Peder Ramel says four operators in Denmark is 'one too many'. 13/05/13 Softbank urges banks not to finance Dish's rival Sprint bid Japanese telco warns banks financing Dish offer they could miss out on role in Alibaba IPO. 10/05/13 Generali CEO favours any plan that boosts Telecom Italia's value Incumbent's chief Franco Bernabe earlier said company has not yet decided whether Hutch deal is feasible. 10/05/13 Alibaba to invest $294m in AutoNavi Deal to help company offer location-based e-commerce services to Chinese smartphone users. 10/05/13 Proxy firms differ on Sprint's Clearwire bid ISS says offer represents substantial premium on pre-bid share price; warns Clearwire increasingly unviable as standalone company. next page

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