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SEOUL, May 17- Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.
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TAIPEI, May 6- Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. posted a 37 percent fall in April sales from a year earlier. >Nokia says awarded injunction against HTC One.
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SHANGHAI, May 6- Amazon.com Inc launched an Android application store that offers paid apps in China, beating Google Inc, as the online retailer seeks to increase the amount of digital content it offers in the world's largest mobile phone market.
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*MTN has 44 pct of Africa's biggest mobile phone market. ABUJA, May 3- Nigeria's telecoms regulator has ordered South African mobile operator MTN to charge customers the same rate whether calling rival operators or other MTN users, in order to reduce its market dominance, it said on Friday.
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Verizon Communications wants to buy out Vodafone from their wireless joint venture, but will not do so at any cost, its chief executive said.
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TAIPEI, May 2- Taiwan stocks rose 0.4 percent to a 14- month closing high on Thursday, with LCD maker AU Optronics. shed 2 percent on media reports that the cash dividend the smartphone maker will give out this year is at the lowest level since HTC shares listed in Taiwan. The Taiwan dollar was up by T $0.091 at T $29.529 to the U.S. dollar in early afternoon trading.
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SEOUL, April 30- South Korean shares rose to a near 4- week high on Tuesday, lifted by heavyweight Samsung Electronics which jumped on improved earnings expectations from its latest smartphone rollouts. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd rose 2.6 percent, after it launched its Galaxy S4 smartphones in 60 countries, seeking to widen its lead over Apple Inc.
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TAIPEI, April 30- Taiwan stocks rose 0.8 percent to a more than 13- month closing high on Tuesday, lifted by smartphone maker HTC. The Taiwan dollar was up T $0.128 to stand at T $29.478 to the U.S. dollar. ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKET REPORTS: Japan..........
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By Roberta Rampton and Doug Palmer. WASHINGTON, April 29- For the past four years, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has rarely passed up the chance to chide American drivers for using mobile phones and other devices while driving, often speaking directly to drivers in radio ads during the morning commute.
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In a note to clients Sunday, ISI analyst Brian Marshall explained how he "chickened out" when trying to replace his Apple iPhone 5 with a Samsung Galaxy S4.
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**PFIZER INC, $29.02, down 4.1 pct. **APPLE INC, $409.46, down 0.3 pct. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd grabbed more smartphone market share from arch rival Apple in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market, research firm IDC said.
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**APPLE INC, Thursday close $408.38, down 0.3 pct premarket. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd grabbed more smartphone market share from arch rival Apple in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market, research firm IDC said.
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**APPLE INC, Thursday close $408.38, down 0.3 pct premarket. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd grabbed more smartphone market share from arch rival Apple in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market, research firm IDC said.
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**PFIZER INC, Thursday close $30.26, down 3 pct premarket. **APPLE INC, Thursday close $408.38, down 0.3 pct premarket. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd grabbed more smartphone market share from arch rival Apple in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market, research firm IDC said.
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HONG KONG, April 26- China, the world's largest mobile phone market by subscribers, posted a 1.2 percent monthly increase in the number of mobile subscribers to 1.15 billion in March, data from the country's three telecommunications operators showed. Following is the breakdown of mobile subscriber statistics for March provided by the three carriers:.
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April 26- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd grabbed more smartphone market share from archrival Apple Inc in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market.
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April 26- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd grabbed more smartphone market share from archrival Apple Inc. Sales of the iPhone 5 helped Apple's volumes grow 6.6 percent to 37.4 million phones in the quarter from a year earlier, but that was not enough to stop its share of the market dropping to 17.3 percent from 23 percent, research firm IDC said.
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SEOUL, April 26- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd reported on Friday its sixth straight quarter of profit growth ahead of the debut of its latest Galaxy smartphone, the South Korean IT giant's biggest assault on rival Apple Inc yet.
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MECHELEN, Belgium, April 25- Belgian cable operator Telenet's increased revenue by 11 percent in the first quarter as it more than doubled its mobile phone subscribers from a year earlier, it said on Thursday. Telenet said it had 625,000 mobile customers at the end of March, up from 257,800 a year earlier.
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April 25- Diversified U.S. manufacturer 3 M Co cut its 2013 profit forecast on Thursday, citing weakening demand for electronics products as well as foreign currency fluctuations. 3 M, which makes a range of products from Post-It notes to films used in television screens, blamed falling sales in its consumer electronics segment.
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TOKYO, April 25- Sony Corp raised its operating profit estimate for the year that ended March 31 by three-quarters after it counted gains from the sale of its New York headquarters and other asset sales and revalued a stock holding, helping the TV maker cover losses in its consumer electronics business.