Nokia Siemens won a $7 billion contract to deploy and maintain a new U.S. mobile broadband network for a telecom venture backed by hedge fund Harbinger Capital.
Cablevision said it plans to acquire Bresnan Communications for $1.37 billion.
Elliott Associates, which already owns 8.5 percent of Novell's shares, says the software company has underperformed under current ownership.
The world's population is forecast to hit 7 billion next year, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations, a report released Wednesday said.
AFP - Twelve European companies launched a 400-billion-euro (560-billion-dollar) initiative Monday to plant huge solar farms in Africa and the Middle East to produce energy for Europe.
Federal prosecutors asked Friday for a 150-year prison sentence for Bernard Madoff, the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme of all time, according to court documemts. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday. Before then, Madoff is ordered to turn
