A senior Microsoft Corp. executive expressed optimism Thursday about
the software giant's takeover bid for Internet firm Yahoo, saying
the two companies' top managers were in close discussions.
"We continue to have a very close dialogue
with Yahoo's shareholders (and) Yahoo's management," Microsoft
senior vice president Jean-Philippe Courtois said.
Japan's fair trade watchdog raided Sharp Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. on
Thursday on suspicion of limiting competition by fixing prices of
displays for portable game consoles, officials said.
A premier edition of an unprecedented online Encyclopedia of Life
was unveiled Wednesday as part of an ambitious project to catalogue
the 1.8 million species known on Earth.
Germany's highest court ruled Wednesday that the state was allowed
to spy on Internet communications where it could prevent loss of
life or an attack on the country.
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