BRUSSELS, April 9- Companies including Microsoft and Nokia have stepped up pressure on EU antitrust regulators to take action against Google, accusing it of blocking competition in mobile telephony.
*Department store J.C. Penney tumbles after CEO shake-up. NEW YORK, April 9- U.S. stocks were flat on Tuesday as cautious investors waited to see if earnings would keep the market rally alive, while the choice of chief executive at J.C. Penney sent the retail chain plunging.
TORONTO, March 22- Nearly two months after its formal unveiling, BlackBerry's new Z10 smartphone finally went on sale in the hyper-competitive U.S. market on Friday, where its performance may well decide whether BlackBerry can reestablish itself as an industry leader.
BlackBerry once ruled the U.S. smartphone market, but it has fallen badly in recent years as devices powered by Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems dominate sales both in North America and overseas.
TOKYO, March 22- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to retreat on Friday, pulling back from a 4 1/ 2- year high marked on the previous day on renewed worries about Cyprus' debt problems, while gains in the yen will likely hurt exporters.
March 20- Intertrust Technologies Corp, a software firm owned by a group that includes Sony Corp and Royal Philips Electronics, said on Wednesday it has sued Apple Inc for infringing 15 patents relating to security. The company listed major tech companies, from Microsoft Corp and Samsung Electronics to Nokia and HTC among its licensees.
TAIPEI, March 20- Orders for Taiwan's exports in February shrank 14.5 percent from a year earlier, far worse than expectations, as orders from its largest market China, Europe and the United States all fell, but the government said it saw significant improvement in March.
*Feb orders from Europe -8.9 pct y/y; from U.S. -9.8 pct y/y. *Orders from largest export market China -22.1 pct y/y. TAIPEI, March 20- Orders for Taiwan's exports in February shrank 14.5 percent from a year earlier, far worse than market expectations, as orders from its largest market China, Europe and the United States all fell.
*STMicro, Ericsson couldn't find a buyer for the JV. *Ericsson to take on loss-making 4 G chip product line. PARIS/ STOCKHOLM, March 18- STMicroelectronics and Ericsson will end their loss-making mobile chip joint venture ST-Ericsson by splitting parts of the business between them and closing the rest with the loss of about 1,600 jobs.
*STMicro, Ericsson searched unsuccessfully for buyer for JV. PARIS/ STOCKHOLM, March 18- STMicroelectronics and Ericsson will close their loss-making mobile chip joint venture ST-Ericsson by dividing parts of the business between them and shutting the rest with the loss of about 1,600 jobs.