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Ericsson defends practices as report questions revenue accounting

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson defended its accounting practices after a newspaper questioned the way it booked future sales which had yet to be invoiced. The company denied any wrongdoing and said in an emailed statement that “the claim that Ericsson in an inaccurate way has reported revenues in the income statement is not true”. Ericsson referred to the annual report, which states that one of the conditions for reporting sales is when “collection is reasonably assured”

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Oil prices largely unchanged as market shrugs off Turkey coup bid

Oil prices were largely unchanged on Monday as traders shrugged off the impact of the attempted coup in Turkey, while disruptions to crude exports in Libya and upbeat U.S. economic data lent prices some support. “The market is looking past the coup,”

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Exclusive: U.S. and Chinese labor groups collaborated before China Wal-Mart strikes

OUR Walmart, the American worker group, has taken the unusual step of collaborating with a group of Chinese Wal-Mart workers trying to fight work schedule changes and low wages. “They asked for our support,” said Cantare Davunt, OUR Wal-Mart's leader from Minnesota, who participated in the Skype call. The U.S. organization is keen to maintain the relationship with the WCWA and believes such partnerships can boost the clout of the retailer’s global workforce.

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SoftBank to buy UK chip designer ARM in $32 billion cash deal

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to buy UK chip designer ARM Holdings PLC in a 24.3 billion pound ($32.2 billion) cash deal, the two sides said on Monday, a bold bet on internet-connected machines that will transform the Japanese group. ARM stands to be central to the …

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ExxonMobil launches bidding war for InterOil in PNG gas push

ExxonMobil Corp has made a bid worth at least $2.2 billion for InterOil Corp and its stake in a rich Papua New Guinea gasfield, winning the support of its target and topping an offer from Australia's Oil Search Ltd. The bid pits ExxonMobil, the world's biggest oil company, against Total SA, which is backing Oil Search, as the French giant looks to push forward with its planned Papua LNG project to rival ExxonMobil's existing PNG LNG project. Oil Search…

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Paramount stake sale could hamper deal for Viacom: National Amusements

(Reuters) – Sumner Redstone's privately held movie theater company said on Friday it opposes the sale of a minority stake in Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures, because such a transaction could hurt the chances of a deal involving all of Viacom.

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Takata settles Florida air bag injury lawsuit

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Florida woman who was left a quadriplegic after a Takata air bag inflator deployed in a 2014 crash said Friday they had settled a lawsuit against the Japanese company. The settlement was confirmed

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General Motors escapes some claims from 2014 recalls

By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed some claims brought against General Motors by customers seeking compensation for a drop in vehicle resale values after a rash of safety recalls in 2014, including one for a faulty ignition switch. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan…

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Boeing aims for supersonics and Mars at outset of second century

By Alwyn Scott SEATTLE (Reuters) – The Boeing Co marked its centennial on Friday with plans to sharpen its focus on innovation, including ambitious projects for supersonic commercial flight and a rocket that could carry humans to other planets. The enterprise established by William Boeing in a Seattle boathouse has faced numerous “bet the company” moments over its 10 decades to bring out new planes such as the 707 and 747. “We have won for 100 years because of innovation,” Muilenburg said.

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Herbalife settles pyramid scheme case with regulator, in blow to Pershing’s Ackman

By Diane Bartz and Michael Flaherty WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Herbalife Ltd agreed to pay $200 million and change the way it does business to avoid being labeled a pyramid scheme by regulators, a blow to hedge fund manager Bill Ackman who for years has been betting against the dietary supplements maker. Shares of Herbalife jumped more than 20 percent after the settlement was made public and the Los Angeles-based company said its board had cleared the way for billionaire investor Carl Icahn to boost his …

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