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• PREVIEW-All eyes on Vodafone's Colao for signs on Verizon Friday, 17 May 2013 | 2:40 PM ET

  LONDON, May 17- After months of speculation, Vodafone's Vittorio Colao will be under pressure next week to set out whether he may sell its prized stake in Verizon Wireless in what would be one of the biggest deals ever.

• Glencore Shareholders Dump Chairman in Coup Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 12:18 PM ET

  

  A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted chairman Sir John Bond on Thursday, along with all other former directors from Xstrata.

• UPDATE 5-Ex-BP boss Hayward takes Glencore chair after Xstrata clearout Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 12:07 PM ET

  LONDON/ ZUG, Switzerland, May 16- A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted its chairman and all former Xstrata directors on Thursday, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward, excoriated for his role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

• UPDATE 4-Glencore dumps chairman Bond as clears Xstrata from board Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 11:57 AM ET

  LONDON/ ZUG, Switzerland, May 16- A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted chairman Sir John Bond on Thursday, along with all other former directors from Xstrata, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward.

• Billionaire Paulson's Big Housing Bet Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 1:21 AM ET

  

  The billionaire bet more heavily on mortgage insurers, suggesting he expects the housing recovery to continue.

• Global firms look past India weakness, bet on spending power Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 11:00 PM ET

  Inbound M&A into India totals $9.86 billion this year, the highest in Asia, Thomson Reuters data shows, pointing to growing confidence among overseas firms in the potential of a 1.2 billion-strong consumer market. "India as a country is under-consumed. In 2012, foreign direct investment into India dipped about 7 percent to $29.3 billion.

• Paulson raised bet on mortgage insurers in 1st quarter -filing Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 7:36 PM ET

  BOSTON, May 15- Billionaire investor John Paulson bet more heavily on mortgage insurers during the first quarter, which suggests that his hedge fund expects the housing recovery to grow stronger in the months ahead.

• UPDATE 1-Verizon sees no need for mobile venture cash to fund dividend Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 3:17 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 14- Verizon Communications Inc does not need more cash from its wireless venture with Vodafone Group Plc to support its own dividend payments, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said on Tuesday.

• Early Movers: TTWO, VZ, VOD, DELL &More Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 7:34 AM ET

  

  Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

• Verizon Wireless Giving Parents $7 Billion Gift Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 7:22 AM ET

  

  Verizon Wireless said on Monday it would pay its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc a dividend of $7 billion in June.

• Verizon Wireless Gives Parents $7 Billion Gift Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 7:13 AM ET

  

  Verizon Wireless said on Monday it would pay its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc a dividend of $7 billion in June.

• UPDATE 1-Nokia unveils new metal-body Lumia smartphone Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 6:23 AM ET

  LONDON/ HELSINKI, May 14- Nokia unveiled a lighter, metal model in its Lumia smartphone range, as it tries to catch the eye of buyers to close the huge market lead of rivals Samsung and Apple Inc in the lucrative handset market.

• Narrow base cools economic impact of hot Ghana bourse Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 3:27 AM ET

  *Ghana bourse in middle of African pack. ACCRA, May 14- Ghana's bourse is up more than 50 percent so far this year, but the reluctance of key companies to list in the West African market may be blunting its economic impact.

• Verizon Wireless to make $7 million distribution Monday, 13 May 2013 | 5:52 PM ET

  BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-- Verizon Wireless said Monday that it will make a $7 billion distribution to its owners. The company, based in Basking Ridge, N.J., is a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC. Verizon owns 55 percent of the partnership and Vodafone owns 45 percent.

• UPDATE 1-Verizon Wireless to pay its parents $7 bln dividend Monday, 13 May 2013 | 5:26 PM ET

  May 13- Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service provider, said on Monday it would pay its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc a dividend of $7 billion in June. The dividend comes amid mounting speculation Verizon could buy Vodafone's stake in the venture if they can agree on a price.

• After-Hours Buzz: Take-Two Interactive, Hewlett-Packard, Verizon Communications & More Monday, 13 May 2013 | 5:05 PM ET

  

  Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell Monday:

• Verizon Wireless to pay its parents $7 bln dividend in June Monday, 13 May 2013 | 4:56 PM ET

  May 13- Verizon Wireless said on Monday it would pay its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc a dividend of $7 billion in June.

• Asia's Richest Entrepreneurs Friday, 10 May 2013 | 12:00 AM ET

  

  We look at Asia's 10 richest first-generation businessmen. Find out who these self-made billionaires are and how they made their money.

• European shares slip from multi-year highs Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 4:05 AM ET

  *Sanofi turns ex-dividend, weighs on France's CAC 40. "We're seeing excessive optimism, with more and more retail investors turning bullish, which is never a good sign," said Guillaume Dumans, co-ahead of 2 Bremans, a Paris- based research firm using behavioural finance to monitor investor sentiment.

• Yoigo first to bring superfast mobile Internet to Spain Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 11:37 AM ET

  A 4 G network will give the fourth-biggest operator in Spain an advantage over rivals Telefonica and Vodafone, which have lost share to low-cost providers as customers in Spain- where the unemployment rate stands at 27 percent- seek cheap deals. Taulet said Yoigo, owned by Sweden's Teliasonera, will offer 4 G services in the Madrid region from July 18.