Saturday, December 31, 2016

China's CCTV launches global "soft power" media network to extend influence

SHANGHAI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China Central Television

(CCTV), Beijing's largest and most important TV network, said it

will launch a new global media platform at the stroke of New

Year's Day to help re-brand China overseas.

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Friday, December 30, 2016

UPDATE 1-Tesla owner files lawsuit in California claiming sudden acceleration

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc

was sued on Friday by a Model X owner who said his electric SUV

suddenly accelerated while being parked, causing it to crash

through the garage into the owner's living room, injuring the

driver and a passenger.

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WORLD NEWS SCHEDULE AT 0600 GMT/0100 ET

Trump praises Putin for holding back in U.S.-Russia spy

dispute

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Tesla owner files lawsuit in California claiming sudden acceleration

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc

was sued on Friday by a Model X owner who said his electric SUV

suddenly accelerated while being parked, causing it to crash

through the garage into owner's living room, injuring the driver

and a passenger.

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BRIEF-Constellation Software announces agreement with Hikari Tsushin

* Constellation Software announces agreement with Hikari

Tsushin

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BRIEF-Dataram files preliminary proxy, says to issue up to 45.9 mln shares related to merger with U.S. Gold

* Dataram Corp files preliminary proxy statement for special

meeting of co's shareholders - SEC filing

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BRIEF-Professional Diversity Network Inc says files for resale of up to 246,445 shares of common stock by selling stockholder - SEC filing

* Professional Diversity Network Inc says files for resale

of up to 246,445 shares of common stock by selling stockholder -

SEC filing

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BRIEF-ParkerVision entered market issuance sales agreement with FBR Capital Markets & Co

* ParkerVision -entered market issuance sales agreement with

FBR Capital Markets & Co.

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Trump praises 'delay' by Russia's Putin

PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect

Donald Trump on Friday praised the "delay" by Russian President

Vladimir Putin, apparently referring to Putin's refusal to

retaliate for the U.S. expulsion of 35 Russians over their

alleged involvement in hacking political groups before the Nov.

8 presidential election.

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BRIEF-Frankly secures revolving credit facility

* Frankly Inc says - credit agreement is secured by

Frankly's assets and has a one-year initial term, and carries

interest at 2.25 pct above prime rate

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UPDATE 1-Apple to cut iPhone production in Jan-March quarter -report

Dec 30 (Reuters) - Apple Inc will trim production

of iPhones by about 10 percent in the January-March quarter of

2017, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Thursday, citing

calculations based on data from suppliers.

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar, oil and stocks look to end year with gains

* Yields little changed as bonds end volatile year on quiet

note

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BRIEF-Apple to trim production of its iPhone family around 10 pct on the year in Q1 2017 - Nikkei

* Apple will trim production of its iPhone family around 10

pct on the year in the first quarter of 2017 - Nikkei

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Apple to cut iPhone production in Jan-March quarter - Nikkei

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Apple Inc will trim production

of iPhones by about 10 percent in the January-March quarter, the

Nikkei financial daily reported, citing calculations based on

data from suppliers.

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BRIEF-Geeya Technology updates 49 pct stake acquisition in Beijing culture & media company

* Says it plans to buy 49 percent stake in a Beijing-based

culture & media company (target company) with estimated price of

50.5 million yuan

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BRIEF-Chengdu Putian Telecommunications Cable updates on transaction in relation to equipment transfer agreement

Dec 30 (Reuters) - Chengdu Putian Telecommunications Cable

Co Ltd

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BRIEF-Rappi Inc says it raised about $53 mln in equity financing

* Rappi Inc says it raised about $53 million in equity

financing - SEC filing

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BRIEF-Trillion Grand Corporate says Jovial Tycoon entered agreement with Sminent International

* Vendor has conditionally agreed to sell and purchaser has

conditionally agreed to purchase sale shares at hk$100 million

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Bill Gates warns world "vulnerable" to deadly epidemic in next decade

LONDON, Dec 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Billionaire

philanthropist Bill Gates warned on Friday that the world was

vulnerable to a deadly epidemic of an illness like flu, with the

recent Ebola and Zika outbreaks underlining weaknesses in global

efforts to tackle health crises swiftly.

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BRIEF-Mobileye NV says co and lucid motors announces a collaboration to enable autonomous driving capability on lucid vehicles

* Mobileye NV says co and lucid motors announces a

collaboration to enable autonomous driving capability on lucid

vehicles

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BRIEF-Zicom Electronic Security Systems approves re-appointment of Pramoud Rao as MD

* Says board approved increase in earnings per share capital

from 250 million rupees to 500 million rupees

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CORRECTED-BRIEF-Arcus sets up new unit Geotik

* An organised part of Arcus' unit, T-matic Systems SA (T-matic Systems), has been

transferred into the new unit along with a company named Rikaline Monika Majewska

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BRIEF-Heitech Padu received letter of award for delivery of hardware, software, services and maintenance

* n 28 dec 2016 received a letter of award for new core

banking infrastructure technology refresh project for bank

simpanan nasional

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BRIEF-Hakim Unique Internet unit to fully acquire media company and entertainment management company at 13.7 mln yuan

* Says its wholly owned subsidiary will fully acquire a

Changzhi-based media company at 12.7 million yuan

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BRIEF-Ingenic Semiconductor to acquire property assets worth 344 mln yuan

* Says it signs framework agreement to acquire property

assets worth 344 million yuan ($49.57 million)

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BRIEF-Shandong Denghai Seeds to increase stake in five seeds JV to 56 pct from 51 pct

* Says it plans to buy 5 percent stake in five seeds JV

respectively, raising stake to 56 percent after transaction

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BRIEF-SSH Communications appoints new CEO and new executive management team

* Appoints new CEO and announces new executive management team

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Thursday, December 29, 2016

BRIEF-TSMC orders machinery equipment worth T$26.06 billion

* Says it orders machinery equipment worth T$26.06 billion

($808.69 million) from FEI Hong Kong Co Ltd, Applied Materials

South East Asia Pte Ltd Taiwan Branch (Singapore), ASML Hong

Kong Ltd and Tokyo Electron Ltd

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BRIEF-Basware signs new term loan financing of EUR 25 million

* Financing consists of two facilities, one with final maturity in 2021 and one with final

maturity in 2018

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UPDATE 1-China's Huawei sees slower revenue growth for 2016

* Revenue growth rate for 2016 seen at 32 pct vs 35 pct in

2015

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BRIEF-Qualcomm, Meizu sign 3G/4G global patent license agreement

* Says agreement resolves all of patent disputes between

Qualcomm and Meizu in China, Germany, France, and United States

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BRIEF-Greatwall Information Industry submits to terminate listing on SZSE

* Says it submits the application to terminate listing on

Shenzhen Stock Exchange, as result of being merged

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BRIEF-Firstec signs contract worth 18.32 bln won

* Says it signed a 18.32 billion won contract with Korea

Aerospace Industries, Ltd, to mass produce KUH-1 Surion

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BRIEF-Firstec signs contract worth 7.21 bln won

* Says it signed 7.21 billion won worth of contract with

Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd, to mass produce helicopter MUH

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Taiwan stocks up, look set for 10 pct gain in 2016

TAIPEI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks rose on Friday in

the last trading day of the year, with the main index looking

set to post an annual gain of just over 10 percent,

outperforming most of its Asian peers.

The day's gains came as the government said it would halve

the transaction tax on day trades in local shares, in a bid to

bolster thin trading in the island's stock market.

Taiwan's financial markets will be shut on Monday for the

New Year holiday weekend. They resume trade on T

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BRIEF-Hangzhou Century raises 600 mln yuan via private placement

* Says it issued about 30,075,186 shares via private

placement

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BRIEF-Fine Semitech appoints co-CEO

* Says company's the other co-CEO, Jang Myung Sik and Yoo

Jang Dong, will begin to serve as co-CEO as well

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China's Huawei sees 32 pct jump in 2016 revenue

Dec 30 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

, one of the world's largest telecom equipment makers,

said on Friday it expects to record a 32 percent jump in revenue

for 2016, thanks to a strong performance across its business

platforms.

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BRIEF-Nexgo unit wins bid to provide POS terminal for Industrial Bank

* Says its payment tech unit wins bid to provide POS

terminals for Industrial Bank for year 2016-2017

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DEALS-Corporate makeovers drive corporate takeovers in 2016 M&A bonanza

* Global M&A volume fell 17 pct to $3.6 trln vs 2015's

record

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UPDATE 1-FBI analysis fingers Russian spy agencies for U.S. election hacks

WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The FBI squarely blamed

Russian intelligence services on Thursday for meddling in the

2016 U.S. presidential election, releasing the most definitive

report yet on the issue, including samples of malicious computer

code said to have been used in a broad hacking campaign.

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Britain avoids M&A collapse as foreign buyers go Brexit bargain hunting

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Britain avoided a collapse in

mergers and acquisitions activity after the shock Brexit vote as

foreign companies used sterling's spectacular devaluation

against the U.S. dollar to snap up British companies, Thomson

Reuters data shows.

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From DNA to laws to data, five key tools to combat trafficking in 2017

LONDON, Dec 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With the power

of technology and legal clout, many experts agree that 2017

could be the tipping point in the global battle against human

trafficking and modern slavery.

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BRIEF-Model N adds Tim Adams to board

* Model N welcomes Tim Adams to its board of directors

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BRIEF-Plexure announces signing of agreement with Arcos Dorados

* contracted starting saas fee is approximately nz$1.1m of

annualised committed monthly revenue.

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BRIEF-EIG Investors Corp commences registered exchange offer for its senior notes

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Endurance International Group Holdings

Inc

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Trump could reverse effects of Obama order on Russia -official

HONOLULU/WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - President-elect

Donald Trump could reverse President Barack Obama's executive

order and allow Russian intelligence officials back into the

United States once he takes office, but that would be

inadvisable, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

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Obama sanctions Russia for intervening in 2016 election

HONOLULU, Dec 29 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on

Thursday authorized a series of sanctions against Russia for

intervening in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and warned of

more action to come.

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BRIEF-Pareteum says on Dec 27, unit entered into amended and restated credit agreement -SEC filing

* Pareteum Corp- On December 27, Elephant Talk Europe

Holding, a unit of co, entered into an amended and restated

credit agreement - SEC filing

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Amazon looks to the sky to store products

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has filed for a

patent to use airships to store products and serve as a base for

delivery-drones.

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BRIEF-myTaste divests Bodegashop for up to SEK 750,000

* Purchase price will be based on future profits and can amount up to 750,000 Swedish crowns

($82,168)

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UPDATE 2-General Cable to pay $20 mln penalty to settle bribery charges -U.S.

WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - General Cable Corp, a

Kentucky-based wire manufacturer, agreed to pay a $20 million

penalty to resolve allegations that it had bribed officials in

Angola, Bangladesh and China, the U.S. Justice Department said

on Thursday.

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BRIEF-Here and Mobileye to partner on REM and open location platform technology

* Here and Mobileye to partner on rem and open location

platform technology to enable crowd-sourced HD mapping for

automated driving

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BRIEF-Wi-Lan, Funai Electric enter license agreement

* Consideration to be paid to Wi-Lan and all other terms of

license agreement are confidential

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BRIEF-Live ventures hits $79-million in revenuess co expects to surpass $120 mln in 2017

* Live Ventures hits $79-million in revenues while company

expects to surpass $120-million in 2017

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BRIEF-Pareteum Corp says restructuring of senior secured debt obligation

* Pareteum announces restructuring of senior secured debt

obligation

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 29 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 1130 GMT on Thursday:

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RPT-U.S. set to announce response to Russian election hacking -sources

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The Obama administration

plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures

against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and

individuals and leaking information in an effort to help

President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates,

two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

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BRIEF-Igoria Trade's management sets issue price of series F shares

* Its management sets the issue price of series F shares at 0.6 zloty ($0.14) per share

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BRIEF-Ch Bio Cassava Holdings unit enters into loan agreement

* Unit as lender and customer a as borrower entered into

facility letter pursuant to which fortune credit has agreed to

grant loan

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BRIEF-Fisco sells two units to NCXX Group

* Says it completed selling of 93.7 percent stake in

Versatile Inc and 100 percent stake in FISCO International

Limited to unit NCXX Group Inc on Dec. 29

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BRIEF-Bluedon Information Security Technologies says change of accounting estimates

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Bluedon Information Security Technologies

Co Ltd :

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BRIEF-Semicon Light issues convertible bonds worth 3.2 bln won

* Says all of its previously announced unregistered and

unsecured private convertible bonds have been subscribed as of

Dec. 29

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BRIEF-Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical wins bid for project worth 144 mln yuan

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical &

Electrical Co Ltd

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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

BRIEF-EBRD lowers stake in Asseco SEE to 4.99 pct

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Asseco South Eastern Europe SA (Asseco

SEE) :

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BRIEF-OEM International acquires Finland's Sitek-Palvelu

* OEM International has today signed an agreement to acquire

all shares in Sitek-Palvelu Oy

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BRIEF-Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing to set up electronic tech JV with partners

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing

Co Ltd :

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BRIEF-Onkyo issues 3rd unsecured convertible bonds worth 600 mln yen

* Says it issued 3rd unsecured convertible bonds worth 600

million yen

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China stocks up on easing liquidity stress; Hong Kong barely moves

SHANGHAI, Dec 29 (Reuters) - China stocks reversed early

losses and edged higher on Thursday morning amid signs of easing

liquidity stress, but gains were capped on news that the

insurance regulator could introduce more measures to deter

aggressive stock investment by insurers.

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BRIEF-Addsino competes sale of assets to university CUEB

* Says it competes sale of assets to university CUEB

(Capital University of Economics and Business) for 320 million

yuan

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BRIEF-DHC Software proposes FY 2016 dividend payment

* Says controlling shareholder proposed to pay a cash

dividend of 1.5 yuan for every 10 shares and to distribute 10

new share for every 10 shares as stock dividends as the dividend

payment plan for FY 2016

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BRIEF-Castles Technology's shares to be traded on Taiwan Stock Exchange from Dec. 30

* Says its shares will be traded on Taiwan Stock Exchange

from Dec. 30, and at the same time stop the shares' trading on

the Emerging Market

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BRIEF-Posco Ict signs 97.01 bln won contract with POSCO

* Says it signs 97.01 billion won contract with

POSCO to provide POSCO IT Outsourcing SLA

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UPDATE 1-U.S. set to announce response to Russian election hacking -sources

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The Obama administration

plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures

against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and

individuals and leaking information in an effort to help

President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates,

two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

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BRIEF-Yonder & Beyond says Beyond Media signs technology partnership with Green Man Gaming

* Beyond Media has entered into a technology partnership

with Green Man Gaming

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China tech giant LeEco in talks on $1.4 bln support, starts e-car plant

SHANGHAI, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Chinese

technology conglomerate LeEco is in talks on securing a 10

billion yuan ($1.4 billion) deal with an unnamed strategic

investor, its listed unit said.

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S.Korea official says better production of cars, smartphones boosted Nov. output

SEOUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A Statistics Korea official said

the normalization of production at carmakers and expanded output

following the cancellation of Samsung Electronics's

fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphone boosted the overall

production gauge for November.

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UPDATE 1-S.Korea slashes 2017 GDP forecast, makes plans to shore up consumption

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UPDATE 2-New York eases proposed cyber regs after industry complaints

Dec 28 (Reuters) - New York state's financial regulator on

Wednesday issued a revised proposal for the nation's first cyber

security rules for banks and insurers, loosening some security

requirements and delaying implementation by two months to March

1.

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BRIEF-Professional Diversity Network, unit enter lawsuit settlement agreement with LinkedIn

* Professional Diversity Network - co and unit entered

settlement agreement with LinkedIn to settle lawsuit LinkedIn

filed against NAPW and co

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BRIEF-3D Systems says board approved changes to amended and restated by-laws to implement proxy access

* 3D Systems - on December 28, 2016, board approved changes

to amended and restated by-laws to implement proxy access

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U.S. set to announce response to Russian election hacking -sources

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The Obama administration

plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures

against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and

individuals and leaking information in an effort to help

President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates,

two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

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BRIEF-AppDynamics Inc files for IPO of up to $100 million

* AppDynamics Inc - files for IPO of up to $100 million -

sec filing

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New York Times surpasses 100 million views on Facebook Live

NEW YORK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Presidential politics and

celebrity interviews helped The New York Times Co

surpass 100 million views for its Facebook Live videos, the

company said on Wednesday.

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Researcher found security holes at smartphone-only bank N26

HAMBURG, Dec 28 (Reuters) - German fintech company N26,

which made its name mocking traditional banks, has found itself

on the receiving end of criticism after a security researcher

proved its smartphone apps exposed users to potential account

hijacking.

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New York revises, delays new cyber rules after industry complaints

Dec 28 (Reuters) - New York's financial regulator said on

Wednesday it was revising proposed cyber security rules for

banks and insurers doing business in the state to incorporate

industry feedback, delaying implementation by two months to

March 1.

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BRIEF-Daisho Microline Holdings announces appointment of interim chairman

* Cheung Lai Na an executive director, was appointed as

interim chairman of company

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 1500 GMT on Wednesday:

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BRIEF-Peace Map Holding expects to record a substantial loss for year ending Dec 31

* Expected that group will record a substantial loss for

year ending 31 december 2016

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Russia's Usmanov says could revive plans for national metals and mining giant

MOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Alisher Usmanov, the co-owner of

iron ore producer Metalloinvest, said on Wednesday he

did not rule out a return to the idea of creating a national

metals and mining giant together with the co-owners of mining

company Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel).

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BRIEF-Pax Global Technology Updates on acquisition and subscription agreement

* Subscriber, unit of co, entered into acquisition and

subscription agreement with existing company and existing

company quotaholders

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BRIEF-Green Pear sells its entire 66.28 pct stake in IDH

* Green Pear SA sells its entire 66.28 pct stake in the company

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BRIEF-Igoria Trade to issue series F, G shares

* Its extraordinary shareholder meeting resolves to issue up

to 3 million series F shares and up to 3 million series G shares

via a private offer

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BRIEF-Boyaa Interactive International says Boyaa Shenzhen entered into partnership agreement

* Boyaa Shenzhen and Shanghai Tailai Tianji entered into

limited partnership agreement

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BRIEF-Bluedon Information Security to boost unit's capital to 500.1 mln yuan

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Bluedon Information Security Technologies

Co Ltd

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BRIEF-Goconnect enters partnership agreement with Beijing Jile Interactive Technology

* Entered into strategic partnership framework agreement

with Magical World (Beijing) Network Technology and shareholder

agreement with OEM group

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BRIEF-Jiangsu Protruly Vision Technology probed by securities regulator

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Jiangsu Protruly Vision Technology Group

Co Ltd

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BRIEF-Founder Holdings says unit entered into technology transfer agreement

* It is estimated that a gain of approximately rmb4.98

million (equivalent to approximately hk$5.58 million) will be

recorded for group

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BRIEF-Nextbio Holdings to sell its entire stake in Polus for 8 bln won

* Says it will sell 800,000 shares of Polus Inc, a

biological medicine research firm, to a management consultancy,

for 8 billion won

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BRIEF-Lock-up period for Janus Dongguan Precision Components' 157.9 mln shares to end

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Janus Dongguan Precision Components Co

Ltd

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BRIEF-Financial machines manufacturer Julong to invest in investment JV with partners

* Says it plans to invest in investment JV worth 301 million

yuan ($43.28 million) with partners

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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

BRIEF-TSMC orders machinery equipment from Lasertec

* Says orders machinery equipment worth T$712 million

($22.04 million)

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BRIEF-Volkswagen Financial Services AG acquires PayByPhone

* Volkswagen Financial Services AG - terms of deal were not

disclosed

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BRIEF-Neos files counterclaims against Forside ENTERTAINMENT Co.,Ltd.

* Says the co filed counterclaims against Forside

ENTERTAINMENT Co.,Ltd.

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Taiwan stocks higher tracking overseas markets

TAIPEI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks gained on

Wednesday, tracking overseas markets and led by electronics and

financials stocks.

As of 0355 GMT, the main TAIEX index rose 0.9

percent to 9,191.91 points after closing mostly flat in the

previous session at 9,109.27. The index had posted more losing

sessions than winning sessions in the past two weeks.

Traders said the index could slide back to 8,900 if it

couldn't stay above 9,130, a key level, by the end of the week.

The electro

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RPT-UPDATE 1-Tata Sons accuses ex-chairman Mistry of confidentiality breach

MUMBAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Tata Sons on Tuesday accused its

former chairman Cyrus Mistry of breaching confidentiality rules

and said it would take legal action against him, intensifying a

battle between the conglomerate and the top executive it sacked

in October.

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UPDATE 1-S.Korea regulator fines Qualcomm $854 mln for violating competition laws

* S.Korea regulator orders Qualcomm to correct business

practices

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BRIEF-Tsinghua Tongfang unit to buy 21 pct stake and invest in technology company

* Says its Beijing-based software company will buy 21

percent stake in a Beijing-based technology company at 57.4

million yuan and will invest 37.9 million yuan in the target

company after acquisition

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S.Korea regulator fines Qualcomm $854 mln for violating competition laws

SEJONG, South Korea, Dec 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's

antitrust regulator said on Wednesday it fined U.S. chipmaker

Qualcomm Inc 1.03 trillion won ($854 million), a record

for the country, ruling its business practices of patent

licensing and smartphone modem chip sales hindered competition.

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BRIEF-Hunan Huakai Cultural and Creative issues prospectus for Shenzhen IPO

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Hunan Huakai Cultural and Creative Co Ltd



* Says it issues prospectus for Shenzhen IPO



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BRIEF-Shanghai Ganglian E-commerce Holdings completes establishment of wholly owned unit in Nanchang

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Shanghai Ganglian E-commerce Holdings Co

Ltd :

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Last-minute spending surge lifts U.S. holiday shopping season

CHICAGO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A jump in consumer spending in

the final stretch of December significantly offset a slow start

to the U.S. holiday shopping season, and is likely to help many

retailers beat sales forecasts, industry research groups said on

Tuesday.

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BRIEF-Xian LONGi Silicon Materials signs sales contract

* Says it wins sales contract, expected to bring in

component sales of about 1 billion yuan ($143.90 million) in

2017

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BRIEF-Audio Pixels says it has completed MEMSASIC integration stage

* overall product performance did not reach certain critical

objectives required for our commercialized product

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BRIEF-Redflex Holdings updates on legal proceedings

* U.S. Department of justice ends criminal inquiry into

company's u.s. Subsidiary with non-prosecution agreement

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BRIEF-Presidio Holdings updates on IPO listing

* Presidio Holdings Ltd files amended IPO registration form,

says it intends to apply to list its common stock on Nasdaq

under the symbol "PSDO"

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UPDATE 2-U.S. accuses Chinese citizens of hacking law firms, insider trading

NEW YORK, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Three Chinese citizens have

been criminally charged in the United States with trading on

confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into

networks and servers of law firms working on mergers, U.S.

prosecutors said on Tuesday.

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U.S. posts rules for addressing cyber bugs in medical devices

Dec 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday issued

rules for addressing cyber vulnerabilities in medical devices,

providing manufacturers with guidelines for fixing security bugs

in equipment, including pacemakers, insulin pumps and imaging

systems.

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Flight booking systems lack basic privacy safeguards, researchers say

HAMBURG, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Major travel booking systems

lack a proper way to authenticate air travellers, making it easy

to hack the short code used on many boarding passes to alter

flight details or steal sensitive personal data, security

researchers warned on Tuesday.

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L'Oreal steps up investments in digital start-ups

PARIS, Dec 27 (Reuters) - French cosmetics giant L'Oreal

said on Tuesday it was investing in an early stage

fund managed by private equity firm Partech Ventures, making its

second investment in digital and technology start-ups in less

than a year.

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UPDATE 1-Amazon says 2016 holiday season "best-ever"

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said it had its

best-ever holiday season, shipping more than one billion items

worldwide through its Prime membership program.

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BRIEF-DS Foundation reports passive stake of 6.3 pct in Syntel Inc as of Dec 8, 2016

* DS Foundation reports passive stake of 6.3 percent in

Syntel Inc as of December 8, 2016 - Sec Filing

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UPDATE 2-Panasonic to invest over $256 mln in Tesla's U.S. plant for solar cells

* To start production of PV cells, modules at Buffalo

factory

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Amazon says 2016 holiday season "best-ever"

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said it had its

best-ever holiday season, shipping more than one billion items

worldwide through its Prime membership program.

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BRIEF-Stratasys announces appointment of Lilach Payorski to CFO

* Stratasys ltd - company appoints lilach payorski, current

Stratasys svp corporate finance, as successor to erez simha

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UPDATE 1-Tata Sons accuses ex-chairman Mistry of confidentiality breach

MUMBAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Tata Sons on Tuesday accused its

former chairman Cyrus Mistry of breaching confidentiality rules

and said it would take legal action against him, intensifying a

battle between the conglomerate and the top executive it sacked

in October.

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BRIEF-Rennova Health to acquire assets of Scott Community Hospital

* Rennova Health Inc to acquire assets of Scott Community

Hospital

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BRIEF-Kingsignal Technology's Hong Kong unit plans operations in Canada

* Says its Hong Kong unit plans to set up unit in Canada

with investment of C$28.8 million ($21.28 million)

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BRIEF-Linewell Software wins security software contract, scraps plan to invest in cloud fund

* Says it wins bid for security software supply contract

worth 123 million yuan ($17.70 million) in Fujian province

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 27 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Tuesday:

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BRIEF-Viadeo's Francoise Gri resigns as Independent Director and Chairperson of Board

* Announces resignation of Francoise Gri, Independent Director and Chairperson of Board

since April 2016

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UPDATE 1-Chinese investors buy stake in mapping firm HERE

* Tencent to use HERE's services in its products

(Adds further details on transaction, background)

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BRIEF-Homecast buys 29.6 pct stake in Digital Multimedia Technology

* Says homecast Co., Ltd has acquired 3.3 million shares of

the company, increasing its stake in the company up to 29.6

percent from 0 percent

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BRIEF-Rafael Microelectronics to move stock to Gre Tai Securities Market from Dec. 28

* Says it will move its stock to Gre Tai Securities Market

from Emerging Market, effective Dec. 28

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BRIEF-China expects e-commerce transactions to top 38 trln yuan by 2020 - cabinet

* China expects e-commerce transaction volume to reach more

than 38 trln yuan ($5.47 trln) by 2020 versus 21.79 trln yuan in

2015

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BRIEF-Tianshui Huatian Technology proposes FY 2016 dividend payment

* Says controlling shareholder proposed to pay a cash

dividend of 0.5 yuan for every 10 shares and use additional

paid-in capital to distribute 10 new shares for every 10 shares,

as the dividend payment plan for FY 2016

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BRIEF-Investment association sells 29.6 pct stake in Digital Multimedia Technology

* Says an investment association has sold 3.3 million shares

of the company, decreasing its stake in the company down to 0

percent from 29.6 percent

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Monday, December 26, 2016

BRIEF-ESA to buy 49.7 pct stake in SFH for 3.3 bln won

* Says it will buy 6.6 million shares of SFH for business

tie-up

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Toshiba flags big impairment loss on U.S. nuclear business acquisition

TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on

Tuesday that it expects to book an impairment loss on the

acquisition of a U.S. nuclear power business by its Westinghouse

unit, a figure that could reach several billions of dollars.

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BRIEF-Worldex Industry & Trading says conversion of first convertible bonds into shares

* Says 1.5 billion won worth of its first unsecured private

convertible bonds have been converted into 780,843 shares of the

company, at 1,921 won per share, as of Dec. 27

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BRIEF-E-Tron raises 18.84 bln won in public offering

* Says it raised 18.84 billion won in public offering of 60

million shares of the company, as of Dec. 27

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China share indexes barely move, solid industry profit data shrugged off

SHANGHAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - China stocks were little

changed on Tuesday morning, and data showing solid industrial

profit growth in November failed to inject vigour into a

lethargic market in the year's final week.

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BRIEF-Gemvax & Kael receives patent

* Says it receives patent about composition for treating and

preventing benign prostatic hyperplasia

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Taiwan stocks mostly flat in thin trade

TAIPEI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks were largely flat

on Tuesday in light trading ahead of the year-end, amid a lack

of cues to provide direction as some major overseas markets were

shut for holiday.

As of 0318 GMT, the main TAIEX index was mostly

unchanged at 9,114.04 points, after closing 0.4 percent higher

in the previous session.

The electronics subindex rose 0.1 percent, while the

financials subindex lost 0.4 percent.

Among actively traded shares, display maker Hannstar

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BRIEF-Shenzhen HT Intelligent Control forms cooperation with two Shenzhen firms on fruit business

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Shenzhen HT Intelligent Control Co.,

Ltd. :

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BRIEF-Rafael Microelectronics completes new share issuance for T$310.9 mln

* Says it completed issuing 2.2 million new shares at T$136

per share for T$310.9 million in total

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BRIEF-TBCSCAT starts listing on TSE JASDAQ since Dec. 27

* Says its stock began listing on Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)

JASDAQ effective Dec. 27

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BRIEF-Qualcomm signs 3G/4G China patent license agreement with Gionee

* Qualcomm Inc - has granted Gionee royalty-bearing patent

license to develop, manufacture, sell 3G WCDMA, CDMA2000, 4G LTE

complete devices for use in china

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UPDATE 1-Toshiba considers booking big loss on US nuclear power acquisition

* Follows $1.3 bln accounting scandal last year

(Recasts with updated figure of several hundreds of billion

yen)

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BRIEF-Kodi-M to buy 37.5 pct stake in pharmaceutical firm for 3 bln won

* Says it will buy 60,000 shares of a therapeutic biomarker

and anticarcinogen firm to expand new business

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BRIEF-Artivision Technologies requests for trading halt

* Request for trading halt

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Maids, brick makers, children: the faces of slavery in 2016 driving change

CHENNAI, India, Dec 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -

H ousemaids, brick makers, labourers, textile workers, fleeing

migrants and children risking their lives in mica mines. These

were the faces of modern day slavery in 2016 when the world saw

a renewed resolve to combat all forms of human bondage.

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BRIEF-Taiyo Life Insurance will jointly establish an insurance software company in Myanmar - Nikkei

* Taiyo Life Insurance will jointly establish an insurance

software company in Myanmar as early as February - Nikkei

Source text:(http://s.nikkei.com/2iwO4HH)

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Toshiba sees loss of about 100 bln yen on U.S. nuclear power acquisition - Nikkei

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Electronics giant Toshiba Corp

expects to report a one-off loss of about 100 billion yen ($850

million) on a U.S. nuclear power acquisition made by its

Westinghouse operation last year, the Nikkei business daily

reported.

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Sony Music's Twitter hacked, fake Britney Spears death tweets sent

NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Sony Music Entertainment's

Twitter account was hacked on Monday, publishing fake statements

that pop music icon Britney Spears had died.

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BRIEF-Sony Music Entertainment says its Twitter account was compromised

* Says "Sony Music Entertainment's Twitter account was

compromised. This has been rectified."

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UPDATE 1-China bank calls documents "fake" after bond default on Alibaba-linked platform

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The fate of a defaulted $45

million Chinese corporate bond sold through an Alibaba-backed

online wealth management platform was thrown into doubt on

Monday, after a bank said letters of guarantee for the bonds

were counterfeit.

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BRIEF-Beijing Lanxum Tech's chairman, president, VP to increase stake in next 6 months

* Says its chairman, president and vice president plan to

increase stake worth 100 million yuan ($14.39 million) in next

6 months

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BRIEF-Datang Telecom to sell stake in tech firm for at least 368.9 mln yuan

* Says it plans to sell 21.2 percent stake in technology

firm for at least 368.9 million yuan ($53.09 million)

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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Snapchat buying Israeli augmented reality start-up Cimagine -report

TEL AVIV, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Messaging app Snapchat is

buying Israeli augmented reality startup Cimagine Media for an

estimated $30-$40 million, marking Snapchat's first acquisition

in Israel, the Calcalist financial daily reported on Sunday.

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Lockheed Martin CEO commits to driving down F-35 fighter's costs

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said its

Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson gave U.S. President-elect Donald

Trump a personal commitment to bring down the price of its F-35

fighter jet, after he heaped pressure on the aerospace company

over the cost.

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Friday, December 23, 2016

BRIEF-Steel Partners amends definitive agreement to acquire Steel Excel

* Steel Partners amends definitive agreement to acquire

remaining shares of Steel Excel

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BRIEF-Internet of Things announces resignation of director

* Internet of Things Inc announces resignation of director

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BRIEF-Ansys says James Cashman appointed chairman of the board

* Pursuant to terms of transition agreement, Cashman will be

employed through April 30, 2019 - SEC filing

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BRIEF-Computer Sciences Corp enters into a purchase and sale agreement

* Computer Sciences Corp - both agreements establish a

committed, one-year facility with a facility limit of $250

million

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BRIEF-Arrow Electronics says amended revolving credit facility to extend capacity to $1.8 bln

* Arrow Electronics amended credit facility increased to

$1.8 billion

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UPDATE 1-Former director at India's Tata group sues Tata Sons, board members for defamation

MUMBAI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Nusli Wadia, a former independent

director on the boards of Tata Motors Ltd, Tata Steel

Ltd and Tata Chemicals Ltd, has filed a

defamation case against holding company Tata Sons and 11 of its

board members and executives.

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BRIEF-Italiaonline appoints Gabriella Fabotti as new CFO

* Says as of Jan. 1 2017 appoints Gabriella Fabotti as new

CFO

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BRIEF-Sharpspring inc says increased size of board from 5 to 7 directors

* Sharpspring Inc says on December 19, 2016 board of

directors of Sharpspring, Inc. increased size of board from 5

directors to 7 directors

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BRIEF-Emakina Group signes partnership with Turkish IT services company WittyCommerce

* Signed a partnership with Istanbul-based engineering and IT services company WittyCommerce

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CANADA STOCKS-TSX notches small gain as materials stocks rise

TORONTO, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index edged

higher in morning trade on Friday as materials stocks led a

broad but shallow rally and some heavyweight financial shares

slipped.

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BRIEF-PVA TePla says CFO Henning Doering resigns

* Chief financial officer Henning Doering asked supervisory

board for his early resignation in order to face new challenges

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BRIEF-BOE Technology Group unit announces financial leasing of up to 3 bln yuan

* Says its wholly owned photoelectricity unit signed a

financial leasing to sell partial facilities to finance up to 3

billion yuan to fund project

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BRIEF-RIB Software signs phase-III-contract with Besix Group

* Signs a phase-III-contract (no. 33 / 2016) with Besix

Group, largest Belgian construction company

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BRIEF-eMagin entered into $5 mln revolving credit working capital facility on Dec. 21

* On December 21, 2016, company entered into a $5 million

revolving credit working capital facility

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BRIEF-Ebix acquires Rio De Janeiro based WDEV

* Under terms of agreement, Ebix's Latin American subsidiary

has acquired all of outstanding capital stock of WDEV

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Friday:

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BRIEF-Yangtze Optical Fibre And Cable Joint Stock updates on issue of debt securities

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Yangtze Optical Fibre And Cable Joint

Stock Co Ltd

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BRIEF-Nettlinx completes share allocation and acquires Salion SE

* Says received remittance towards upfront payment of 25% of

total consideration for preferential issue of convertible share

warrants

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Company, has received remittance towards upfront

payment of 25% of total consideration for preferential issue of

convertible share warrants]

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BRIEF-Chin-Poon Industrial to buy 11.1 mln shares of Draco PCB Public Company Limited at up to 56 mln baht

* Says it will buy 11.1 million shares of Draco PCB Public

Company Limited at 5.07 baht per share with amount of up to 56

million baht

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BRIEF-Hangzhou Liaison Interactive gets US authorities CFIUS' approval for buying Newegg

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Hangzhou Liaison Interactive Information

Technology Co Ltd

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BRIEF-Shanghai East-China Computer receives judgment of contract dispute

* Says CloudDCS Ltd. filed a lawsuit against it for contract

dispute, requiring it to pay compensation of 72.5 million yuan

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BRIEF-Suzhou Chunxing Precision Mechanical plans communication tech firm in Shanghai

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Suzhou Chunxing Precision Mechanical Co

Ltd

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BRIEF-TSMC orders machinery equipment from Confederate Tech, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron

* Says orders machinery equipment worth T$1.9 billion

($59.10 million)

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BRIEF-Cxense signs an agreement with Norsk Tipping

* Norwegian national lottery signed an agreement with Cxense

and Evry AS as for data management and personalization software.

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UPDATE 1-Russia's Megafon to buy majority stake in Mail.ru for $740 mln

MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Russia's second-biggest mobile

operator Megafon said on Friday it would buy a

majority stake in internet group Mail.ru from the two

companies' common shareholder Alisher Usmanov for $740 million.

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

BRIEF-Aconex signs enterprise agreement with AECOM

* Aconex signs three-year enterprise agreement with AECOM

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BRIEF-Goconnect says Shenzhen Xiaozhai Technology entered into partnership agreement with Go Green Holdings

* Shenzhen Xiaozhai Technology Co entered into partnership

agreement with Go Green Holdings

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Taiwan stocks down in line with overseas markets

TAIPEI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks fell on Friday, in

line with overseas markets, after the island's central bank

warned of growing trade risks.

Asian stocks stepped back in subdued trade ahead of the

Christmas weekend and Japan markets were shut.

Taiwan's central bank left key rates unchanged on Thursday

at its final policy meeting of the year, but warned a rise in

trade protectionism could hobble the export-reliant economy.



The main TAIEX index fell 0.4 percent to 9,083.48

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Singapore Nov factory output expands at fastest pace in over 2-1/2 years

SINGAPORE, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Singapore's industrial

production in November expanded at its fastest annual pace since

March 2014, buoyed by strong electronics and pharmaceuticals

output, data showed on Friday.

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BRIEF-Wipro reaches agreement with U.S.SEC on case regarding embezzlement of funds

* Says announces agreement with Securities And Exchange

Commission

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BRIEF-Piolink receives patent

* Says it received patent on Dec. 22, for method to set

network on switch and switch and computer recordable medium

storing the method

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UPDATE 1-Deutsche Bank reaches $7.2 bln settlement with DoJ on mortgages case

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said it would

pay $7.2 billion to the U.S. Department of Justice, related to

its issuance and underwriting of residential mortgage-backed

securities (RMBS) and other activities during 2005 to 2007.

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BRIEF-Cirtek Holdings Philippines says Cirtek Electronics Corp acquired TECH shares

* Cirtek Electronics Corporation acquired 27.2 million TECH

shares for 23 pesos per share

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BRIEF-Suplet Power issues prospectus for Shenzhen IPO

Source text in Chinese: http://bit.ly/2h7HWQZ

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BRIEF-Opendna signed mou with Mediafuse

* Under agreement, mediafuse will provide opendna with

ability to generate advertising revenue across all of their

digital platforms

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BRIEF-Aconex appoints Paul Koppelman as CFO

* Aconex appoints Paul Koppelman as chief financial

officer-acx.ax

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BRIEF-Tesla CEO Musk tweet - Ready to rollout most of Autopilot functionality for HW2 towards the end of next week

* Tesla CEO Musk tweet - "Looks like we might be ready to

rollout most of Autopilot functionality for HW2 towards the end

of next week"

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BRIEF-Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's unit Everett Spinco enters into term loan agreement

* Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co- on Dec 16, co's unit

Everett Spinco, entered into a term loan agreement

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BRIEF-Jordan Vargas joins KVH Industries as global head of human resources

* Jordan Vargas joins KVH Industries as global head of human

resources

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BRIEF-Sonic Foundry Q4 loss per share $0.19

* Sonic Foundry Inc says Q4 gross margin increased to $7.1

million, or 75 pct of sales compared to $6.5 million, or 71 pct

of sales for Q4 of 2015

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BRIEF-Nuance Communications says issued $500 mln aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% senior notes due 2026

* Nuance Communications Inc- On December 22, 2016, co issued

$500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% senior

notes due 2026

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Nortel Networks, U.S. pension insurer reach bankruptcy deal

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 22 (Reuters) - Former

telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks Inc

and the U.S. pension insurer have reached a deal

that clears the way for the company to end its eight years in

bankruptcy.

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BRIEF-Amadeus increases i:FAO offer price to 30 eur/shr

* Says modifies its offer for i:FAO, increases offered price

to 30.0 euros ($31.4) per share

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Nokia files more patent suits against Apple

HELSINKI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Finnish telecoms networks

equipment maker Nokia said on Thursday it had filed a

new set of patent lawsuits against Apple Inc in Asia,

Europe and the United States.

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Fitch: Ownership Change Is Neutral to Global Switch Ratings

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

LONDON, December 22 (Fitch) The acquisition of 49% of data

centre owner Global

Switch Holdings Limited by a consortium of Chinese companies and

institutional

investors will have no effect on the company's rating (BBB+,

Stable), Fitch

Ratings says.

The consortium's investment vehicle, Elegant Jubilee Limited,

will acquire the

stake from Aldersgate Investments Limited for a cash

consideration of GBP2.4bn.

Elegant Jubilee and Aldersg

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Norway aims to allow testing of self-driving cars in 2017

OSLO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Norwegian government aims to

pass a law in the spring of next year to allow testing of

self-driving vehicles on Norwegian roads, it said on Thursday.

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BRIEF-Ancora Advisors fights to maximize value for Edgewater stakeholders

* Ancora Advisors - "believes that urgent and substantial

change" is needed on Edgewater technology board

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VW to launch ride hailing in Rwanda as part of Africa expansion

FRANKFURT, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Volkswagen plans

to start a ride-hailing service in Rwanda in a sign of how the

German carmaker is developing pay-per-use transportation models

in new markets where rival Uber has not yet gained

traction.

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BRIEF-Asseco Poland reaches 99.32 pct stake in ACE

* Asseco Poland SA (Asseco Poland) buys 1.2 million shares

of the company representing 5.82 pct stake and owns now 99.32

pct stake of Asseco Central Europe (ACE)

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BRIEF-Leoni names Martin Stuettem to management board

* Says supervisory board names Martin Stuettem to management

board

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BRIEF-Cyrus Capital Partners to independently evaluate Sphere 3D's financial condition

* Cyrus Capital Partners - expects to independently evaluate

on ongoing basis Sphere 3D's financial condition

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BRIEF-Softblue launches negotiations over purchase of Subeli

* Subeli creates Internet applications for business needs

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BRIEF-Epcos AG now holds 72.78 pct of capital of Tronics Microsystems - AMF

* German Epcos AG declared to enter above 50 percent in capital of Tronics Microsystems SA

on Dec. 19

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BRIEF-Hareon Solar Technology receives government subsidies

* Says it receives government subsidies of 150 million yuan

($21.59 million)

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BRIEF-PCS Technology enters deal with Medprecinct Solutions Pvt Ltd

* Sale of product laboratary information management system

along with registered copyrights for consideration of INR 12.5

million

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BRIEF-Beijing Honggao Creative Construction to set up buyout fund worth 1 bln yuan with partner

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Beijing Honggao Creative Construction

Design Co Ltd

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BRIEF-INES updates launch of new unit INES Research Institute

* Says it decides the effective date for setting up new unit

INES Research Institute Inc, as Jan. 1, 2017

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BRIEF-Intralot signs 225 mln euros syndicated loan facility

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Intralot Integrated Lottery Systems &

Services Sa

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

BRIEF-Samsung Electronics Polska terminates contracts with Action

* Said on Wednesday that Samsung Electronics Polska Sp. z

o.o. (Samsung) informed the company about termination of all

contractual relationships linking Samsung with the company and

all other legal relationships between Action and Samsung

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BRIEF-Sdiptech buys Topas Vatten & Service

* Signed agreement to buy all shares of Topas Vatten AB and

Topas Vatten Service AB

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BRIEF-Cave Interactive announces exercise of 300 warrants

* Says 300 of its 21th series warrants were exercised into

30,000 shares, during the period from Dec. 15 to Dec. 22

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BRIEF-Digital Design unit to form business and capital alliance with Rhizome Inc. and StellarLink Corp

* Says the co to form business and capital alliance with

Rhizome Inc. and StellarLink Corp via its wholly owned unit

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BRIEF-First Hi-tec Enterprise to issue new shares for plant building and equipment purchase

* Says it will issue 8 million new shares of its common

stock with par value of T$10 per share for plant building and

equipment purchase

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BRIEF-Chang Wah Technology to issue new shares for equity investment

* Says it will issue 5.5 million new shares of its common

stock with par value of T$10 per share and issue price at T$200

to T$250 per share for buying SHAP's share

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BRIEF-Atled announces listing on TSE Mothers since Dec. 22

Dec 22(Reuters) - Atled Corp :



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UPDATE 1-Uber removes its self-driving cars from San Francisco roads

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc

has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco

streets after California regulators cracked down on the week-old

program because the company had not obtained a permit to test

the vehicles.

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UPDATE 3-Nokia sues Apple for infringing patents, industry back on war footing

BELGRADE/HELSINKI, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Nokia Corp

said on Wednesday it had filed a number of lawsuits against

Apple Inc for violating 32 technology patents, striking

back at the iPhone maker's legal action targeting the one-time

cellphone industry leader a day earlier.

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BRIEF-Tesla CEO Musk tweet - "Tesla Autopilot vision neural net now working well"

* Elon Musk tweet - "Tesla Autopilot vision neural net now

working well"

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BRIEF-ESW Capital says enters into agreement to acquire preferred shares, warrant of Redknee Solutions

* ESW Capital, LLC enters into agreement to acquire

preferred shares and warrant of Redknee Solutions Inc.

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BRIEF-Reffind to further reduce FY17 cash burn

* Plans to further reduce its FY17 cash burn to fund next

phase of growth for company

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UPDATE 2-Honda, Alphabet's Waymo in talks over self-driving technology

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co

said on Wednesday it had entered into formal talks with Alphabet

Inc's new self-driving division Waymo to add

self-driving technology to its vehicles, marking the second

potential customer for the automation software.

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UPDATE 3-Canada telecoms regulator rules broadband basic service, sets up fund

GATINEAU, Quebec, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Broadband internet

access will be considered a basic service in Canada, the

country's telecom regulator ruled on Wednesday, paving the way

for universal access to high-speed services in rural and

isolated areas of the country.

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BRIEF-Vossloh sells Electrical Systems business unit to Knorr-Bremse

* Vossloh signs contract for the sale of the Electrical Systems business unit to

Knorr-Bremse

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BRIEF-Renoworks Software converts convertible revolving note receivable into equity stake of Remote Sales Force

* Renoworks software inc says conversion of note receivable

results in company having a 33 1/3% ownership of remote sales

force inc

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BRIEF-Telemasters Holdings says Q1 HEPS falls to 1.19 cents

* Says unaudited consolidated results for 3 month period

ended Sept.30 2016 & dividend declaration

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BRIEF-Vindico Group wins deal on monitoring city of Gothenburg

* Vindico's wholly-owned AB Gothia Kameraövervakning unit has during last quarter of 2016

implemented upgrades of camera systems and installations in Biskopsgården, Gothenburg

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BRIEF-AviChina Industry & Technology Company says Avic avionics and bank entered into loan agreement

Dec 21 (Reuters) - AviChina Industry & Technology Company

Ltd

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BRIEF-Jian Epayment Systems company proposes rights issue

* Company and underwriter entered into underwriting

agreement

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Canadian Mint joins private blockchain platform

TORONTO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The Royal Canadian Mint has

joined a blockchain platform run by Goldmoney Inc, the

first time in the world that mint-vaulted bullion has been

traded on such a private digital ledger, the Canadian fintech

company said on Wednesday.

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CANADA STOCKS-Futures flat, index set to snap four-day winning streak

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Canadian stock futures were lower on

Wednesday, indicating the market was set to snap a four-day

winning streak.

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BRIEF-SeSa H1 net profit rises to 10.6 mln euros

* H1 net revenue 551.4 million euros ($573.62 million) versus 512.7 million euros a year ago

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UPDATE 1-EU court says Spanish tax breaks may infringe EU state aid laws

LUXEMBOURG, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Europe's top court ruled on

Wednesday that the European Commission may have been correct in

finding tax breaks for Spanish companies on their foreign

holdings were illegal.

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BRIEF-Privasia Technology says unit accepted banking facilities offered by CIMB Bank Berhad

* Privasia technology-facilities are not expected to have

any effect on issued and paid-up share capital of priva

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Wednesday:

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BRIEF-Sun Brothers Development to issue 2016 1st series domestic secured corporate bonds of T$400 mln

* Says it will issue 2016 1st series domestic secured

corporate bonds, worth T$400 million

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BRIEF-RIB Software signs phase-II-contract with construction company August Mainka GmbH &Co KG

* Signs a phase-II-contract with the construction company

August Mainka GmbH & Co KG

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BRIEF-Beijing Certificate Authority's shares to debut trading on Dec 23

* Beijing Certificate Authority's shares to debut trading on

Dec 23 - Shenzhen stock exchange

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BRIEF-Wonders Information's shares to resume trade after getting regulatory approval

* Says its shares to resume trading from Dec 22 after

getting regulatory approval for assets acquisition

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BRIEF-Tagmaster gets three new orders within rail solutions

* Received orders for three new rail projects at total value of around 1 million euros

($1.04 million)

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BRIEF-Airex to merge unit Airex System

* Says it resolved to merge its Japan-based unit Airex

System on April 1, 2017

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

BRIEF-Frtek signs 6.86 bln won contract with KT

* Says it signs 6.86 billion won contract with KT to provide

repeater

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BRIEF-Playtech says bought back 5.28 mln shares for 50 mln euro

* Purchased a total of 5.28 million shares at a cost of 50

million euro, which was funded from company's existing cash

resources

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BRIEF-Hochiki unit to buy Italian security equipment maker D.E.S. SRL

* Says its UK unit Hochiki Europe(U.K.)Limited plans to

acquire 100 percent stake in an Italia-based firm D.E.S. SRL

which is mainly engaged in sale of automatic smoke alarms and

fire extinguishing equipment

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BRIEF-Acer to repurchase 3.3 pct stake shares for T$35.45 bln

* Says it will repurchase 100,000,000 shares of its common

stock (a 3.3 percent stake) during the period from Dec. 21 to

Feb. 20, 2017

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Taiwan stocks fall ahead of rate meeting, lack of strong overseas cues

TAIPEI, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks fell mildly on

Wednesday ahead of the central bank's rate-setting meeting and

with lack of strong cues from overseas markets.

The main TAIEX index fell 0.1 percent to 9,235.49 as

of 0406 GMT, after closing mostly flat in the previous session.

The electronics subindex was down 0.1 percent, while

the financials subindex lost 0.2 percent.

The losses came despite stronger-than-expected export orders

for November issued after the market closed on T

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BRIEF-Semiconductor Manufacturing International says Shang-Yi Chiang appointed non-exec director

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Semiconductor Manufacturing International

Corp

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BRIEF-Homecast to buy 29.6 pct stake in DMT

* Says it will hold 29.6 percent stake in DMT after the

transaction

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BRIEF-YEST signs 3.35 bln won contract with Samsung Electronics

* Says it signs 3.35 billion won contract with Samsung

Electronics Co Ltd to provide semiconductor

manufacturing equipments

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BRIEF-Fasoo.com to fully buy unit Digital Page for 2 bln won

* Says it will buy 4 million shares in Digital Page to

improve its competitiveness

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BRIEF-Innovation announces listing on TSE Mothers since Dec. 21

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Innovation Inc :



* Says it is listed on TSE Mothers since Dec. 21



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BRIEF-Redknee enters into subscription agreement with ESW Capital

* Redknee enters into subscription agreement with ESW

Capital

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BRIEF-Lotte announces agreement with IBM to leverage Watson for retail

* Lotte announces agreement with IBM to leverage Watson for

retail

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UPDATE 3-American Airlines wins $15 mln in antitrust case against Sabre

NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc

on Tuesday won about $15.3 million in an antitrust

lawsuit that accused airline booking service Sabre Corp

of harming competition and charging grossly inflated booking

fees.

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BRIEF-Nike CFO- Expect Q3 reported revenue to grow in mid single-digit range

* CEO on conf call- "there are areas in the short-term where

we haven't executed as precisely as we would have liked"

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UPDATE 2-Twitter CTO Adam Messinger to leave in latest executive exodus

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's Chief Technology

Officer Adam Messinger said in a tweet on Tuesday he would be

leaving the company, the latest in a string of high-profile

executive departures.

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BRIEF-Twitter CTO Adam Messinger says decided to leave Twitter - Tweet

* Twitter CTO Adam Messinger says decided to leave Twitter

and take some time off - Tweet

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Twitter's CTO Adam Messinger to leave company

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Microblogging site Twitter Inc's

Chief Technology Officer Adam Messinger said in a tweet on

Tuesday he would be leaving the company.

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BRIEF-Traxo says raised about $5.2 mln in equity financing - SEC filing

* Traxo Inc says raised about $5.2 million in equity

financing from total offering amount of about $8.2 million - SEC

filing

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American Airlines wins $5 million in antitrust case against Sabre

NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc

on Tuesday was awarded $5.01 million in an antitrust

lawsuit that accused airline booking service Sabre Corp

of harming competition and charging it grossly inflated booking

fees.

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UPDATE 1-Hedge fund Ardmore shutting, manager moving to Citadel's Aptigon

BOSTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Prominent technology investor

Chris Connor is shutting down his hedge fund less than one year

after launching it and will be joining Citadel, one of the

industry's biggest players, two sources familiar with the move

said on Tuesday.

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Orlando nightclub victims' families sue Twitter, Google, Facebook

Dec 20 (Reuters) - The families of three men killed at

Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub have sued Twitter Inc, Alphabet

Inc's Google and Facebook Inc in federal court, accusing the

companies of providing "material support" to the

self-radicalized gunman.

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BRIEF-Activision Blizzard says Call Of Duty:Infinite Warfare Sabotage coming first to Playstation 4 on Jan 31

* Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Sabotage coming first to

playstation 4 on January 31

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UPDATE 1-Morgan Stanley to pay $7.5 mln over customer protection violations

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley will

pay $7.5 million to settle civil charges that it violated

customer protection rules when it used trades involving customer

cash to lower its borrowing costs, U.S. securities regulators

said on Tuesday.

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BRIEF-BlackBerry CEO sees abundant acquisition opportunities

Dec 20 (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd CEO John Chen,

speaking on BNN TV:

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BRIEF-Krzysztof Dzuba appointed chairman of S4E's supervisory board

* Krzysztof Dzuba replaces Andrzej Albera as company's

chairman of supervisory board

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BRIEF-Stmicroelectronics launches a high-precision biometric kit

* Stmicroelectronics and Valencell are collaborating on the development of a high-precision

biometric detection platform for wearables and the Internet of Things

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BRIEF-Cancom elects Lothar Koniarski as new chairman of supervisory board

* Supervisory board of Cancom SE elected Lothar Koniarski as

new chairman of supervisory board

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 1500 GMT on Tuesday:

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BRIEF-Mobilatervinning i Sverige CEO Carl Kock to leave

* Robin Vestersten to take over as CEO for Mobilåtervinning

i Sverige as of Dec. 21, 2016

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BRIEF-New Silkroutes responds to queries regarding trading activity

* no definitive agreement entered into in respect to

business opportunities, partnerships or joint ventures being

considered by co

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BRIEF-Redington India says Turkish court rejects MTO claims on co's unit

* Turkish Council of State rejects claims of investor of

Arena Bilgisayar Sanayi ve Ticaret for co's unit carrying out

mandatory tender offer

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BRIEF-MLS to invest in Jiangsu optoelectronics firm, investment JV

* Says it plans to invest 500 million yuan ($71.90 million)

in Jiangsu-based optoelectronics firm

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BRIEF-China's Neusoft scraps share private placement plan

Further company coverage:

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BRIEF-STV Group says reached agreement with defined benefits pension schemes trustees

* Agreement reached with trustees of company's defined

benefits pension schemes for 1 Jan 2015 triennial actuarial

funding valuations, recovery plans

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BRIEF-Jaeyoung Solutec says conversion of 8th convertible bonds into shares

* Says 2 billion won worth of its 8th convertible bonds have

been converted into 1.3 million shares of the co, at 1,578

won/share

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UPDATE 2-Taiwan Nov export orders rise for 4th month, but to contract for 2016

* Value of December orders seen less than in November -

ministry

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BRIEF-Panasonic to wholly own PanaHome via share exchange

* Says it to have executed a share exchange agreement to

make Panahome Corp its wholly-owned subsidiary through

share exchange on Aug. 1, 2017

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BRIEF-Panasonic enters into agreement to fully acquire Panasonic Industrial Devices SUNX via stock exchange

* Says Panasonic enters into agreement to fully acquire

Panasonic Industrial Devices SUNX Co Ltd (SUNX) via

stock exchange, effective on March 27, 2017

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Monday, December 19, 2016

BRIEF-TBS Group signs agreement for sale of PCS and stake in Insiel Mercato to Gruppo GPI

* Says signs binding agreement for sale of 55 pct stake in

Insiel Mercato and 100 pct stake in Professional Clinical

Software (PCS) to Gruppo GPI

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BRIEF-Inspec unit updates on business acquisition from CLARO Inc

* Says co's medical equipment unit decides transaction

effective date as Jan. 12, 2017, for medical equipment business

acquisition from CLARO Inc

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BRIEF-Avaco signs 6.78 bln won contract with LG Electronics

* Says it signs 6.78 billion won contract with LG

Electronics Inc. to provide LCD manufacturing equipments

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BRIEF-V Technology gets orders worth totally 18 bln yen

* Says its company group received orders from major overseas

flat panel display (FPD) makers for manufacturing equipment

worth totally 18 billion yen

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BRIEF-Top Engineering says annual cash dividend for 2016

* Says it will pay annual cash dividend at 100 won/share for

2016

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BRIEF-Jusung Engineering signs 18.03 bln won contract with Kunshan Govisionox Optoelectronics

* Says it signs 18.03 billion won contract with Kunshan

Govisionox Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. to provide display

manufacturing equipments

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BRIEF-8K Miles Software Services to buy Cornerstone Advisors Group

* To acquire Cornerstone Advisors Group - U.S. Healthcare

Information Technology Company

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BRIEF-Guangdong Chaohua Technology to use 10 mln yuan to set up investment unit

* Says it plans to set up a wholly owned investment unit in

Shenzhen, with investment of 10 million yuan

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BRIEF-Xped's unit to expand supply of healthcare equipment and services to aged care industry

* unit will be expanding supply of their healthcare

equipment and services into aged care industry

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BRIEF-Aeeris says has undertaken a major cost and operating overheads review

* Undertaken a major cost and operating overheads review to

substantially reduce operating cash burn

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Obama prepares to block drilling in Arctic, Atlantic -Bloomberg

Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing

to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in much of the

U.S. Arctic and parts of the Atlantic, Bloomberg reported,

citing two people familiar with the decision.

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BRIEF-Techtarget announces new CFO

* Appointment of daniel noreck as Chief Financial Officer

and treasurer for company

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BRIEF-Guidewire Software to acquire ISCS for approximately $160 mln in cash

* Guidewire Software to acquire ISCS for approximately $160

million in cash -SEC filing

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BRIEF-Universal Electronics finalizes settlement of certain litigation and U.S. Patent and trademark office matters

* On Dec 13 Co finalized settlement of certain litigation

and U.S. Patent and trademark office matters

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UPDATE 5-North Carolina considers transgender bathroom law repeal this week

Dec 19 (Reuters) - A North Carolina law limiting bathroom

access for transgender people could be repealed this week after

months of protests and economic boycotts over legislation

decried as discriminatory.

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UPDATE 1-Boeing's commercial jets unit to cut jobs in 2017

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's commercial airplanes

unit said on Monday it would reduce its workforce in 2017,

adding to the about 8 percent jobs the company has cut since the

beginning of 2016.

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Boeing's commercial division to cut jobs in 2017

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's commercial airplanes

unit said on Monday it would reduce its workforce in 2017,

adding to the about 8 percent jobs the company has cut since the

beginning of 2016.

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UPDATE 2-Cyrus Mistry quits Tata group company boards, but vows to fight on

* Mistry announces decision to quit in letter to

shareholders

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BlackBerry spending $75 million on autos hub over several years

OTTAWA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Canada's BlackBerry Ltd

plans to invest C$100 million ($75 million) in a new autonomous

vehicle-testing hub over several years, the company's chief

executive said on Monday, marking a change of direction for the

smartphone pioneer.

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BRIEF-Facebook says introducing group video chat in messenger

* Facebook says group video chat is rolling out to Android

and iOS devices, and the desktop version of messenger, worldwide

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BRIEF-Blackberry CEO sees 650 jobs from autonomous driving project

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Blackberry Ltd CEO John Chen,

speaking in Ottawa:

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UPDATE 1-Murdoch denies pressuring UK prime ministers ahead of Sky submission

LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch said on Monday he

had never asked a British prime minister for anything, seeking

to play down his influence ahead of what is likely to be a

politically charged approval process for his $14.6 billion bid

for pay-TV group Sky.

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BRIEF-Emerson Radio says that its board approved repurchase of up to $5 mln of common stock on Dec. 19

* Emerson Radio Corp - on December 19, 2016, co announced

that its board of directors has approved repurchase of up to $5

million of its common stock

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions

and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Monday:

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BRIEF-IAR Systems moves from Small Cap to Mid Cap on Nasdaq Stockholm

* Shares will be traded in mid cap segment from Jan. 2 2017

Source text: http://bit.ly/2hzWblH

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BRIEF-ViaSat, Boeing complete preliminary design review for ViaSat-3 satellites

* ViaSat, Boeing complete preliminary design review for

ViaSat-3 satellites

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BRIEF-Mitel to divest mobile business Xura Inc's parent company

* Mitel's board of directors has approved sale of mobile

division

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BRIEF-Akamai buys Cyberfend in an all cash transaction

* Akamai Technologies Inc says acquisition is not material

to Akamai's financials

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BRIEF-Sourcenext buys MIXA on Dec. 16

* Says it acquired Tokyo-based firm MIXA that engaged in

manufacture and sale of digital data such as photos and

illustrations on Dec. 16

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UPDATE 2-Hundreds mass in Congo capital as Kabila's mandate expires

* Government blocks social media, sets up checkpoints

(Adds details, quotes from Kinshasa)

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BRIEF-Tecnocom presents new solution aimed at reducing stock losses, increasing sales

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Tecnocom Telecomunicaciones y Energia SA

(Tecnocom) :

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BRIEF-Korea Computer & Systems signs 2.32 bln won contract with KEB HanaCard

* Says it signs 2.32 billion won contract with KEB HanaCard

Co Ltd to provide service of transferring data center

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BRIEF-Hangzhou Liaison Interactive Information Technology unit to sell 6.2 pct stake in stock investment fund partnership

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Hangzhou Liaison Interactive Information

Technology Co., Ltd. :

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REFILE-BRIEF-Greatwall Information's chairman resigns due to change in job role

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Sunday, December 18, 2016

BRIEF-GIG signs two new iGC contracts, obtains licence on Malta

* Subsidiary iGamingCloud has signed two new agreements for

provision of its platform services.

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BRIEF-UMC orders machinery equipment from Lam Research

* Says orders machinery equipment worth T$508.5 million

($15.91 million)

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BRIEF-BlackBerry says no plans to move any BBM infrastructure to Indonesia

* BlackBerry says "there are no plans to move any BBM

infrastructure, including BBM servers located in Canada and

U.S., to Indonesia"

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BRIEF-Onkyo to set up Minda Onkyo India Pvt. Ltd. with Minda Industries Ltd.

* Says it plans to set up a JV in India, named as Minda

Onkyo India Pvt. Ltd., with Minda Industries Ltd.

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BRIEF-KMW signs 6 bln won contract Samsung Electronics

* Says it signs 6 billion won contract with Samsung

Electronics Co Ltd to provide RRH

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BRIEF-Samart Corp says consortium with Tata Project signed contract with EGAT

* unit signed a consortium agreement with tata project

limited under the name "tpl - teda consortium" in the proportion

of 33.69:66.31

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BRIEF-China Security & Fire updates lawsuit progress

* Says the co filed lawsuit to against first-instance

judgment for debt disputes with a Shanghai-based investment

management firm

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BRIEF-Vessel says annual cash dividend for 2016

* Says it will pay annual cash dividend at 100 won/share for

2016

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BRIEF-Hattl buys 10.3 pct stake in Zungwon En-Sys

* Says Hattl Ltd has acquired 3.3 million shares of the co,

holding 10.3 percent stake from 0 percent stake

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BRIEF-Shenzhen Tatfook Technology to sell no less than 15 pct stake in microelectronics firm

* Says it will list no less than 15 percent stake in a

Shenzhen-based microelectronics firm for sale

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BRIEF-Internetworking and Broadband Consulting completes off-floor distribution of 270,000 shares

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Internetworking and Broadband Consulting

Co Ltd :

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BRIEF-Chemtronics says annual stock dividend for 2016

* Says it will distribute annual stock dividend of 0.05 new

shares for each existing share

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Ireland accuses EU of exceeding power in Apple tax case

DUBLIN, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Ireland accused the European

Commission on Monday of exceeding its powers and interfering

with the EU member's national sovereignty over tax affairs in

ruling that Apple owes Dublin billions of euros in

taxes, saying it had failed to give proper reasons for its

decision.

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AMC Entertainment, Equity Commonwealth are stocks to watch: Barron's

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Stocks slated to deliver large gains in

2017 range from movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings

Inc to two companies with ties to billionaire Sam Zell -

Equity Commonwealth and Real Industry Inc,

Barron's said in a report.

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Congo's Kabila faces test on streets as his term expires

KINSHASA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Congolese President Joseph

Kabila's final term in office expires on Monday, with no

election to choose a successor and amid a surge in popular anger

over what opponents say is an attempt to cling to power in

defiance of the constitution.

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Switching gears, Canada's BlackBerry to open autonomous vehicle hub

OTTAWA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Canada's BlackBerry Ltd

will open an autonomous driving research center on Monday, as it

tries to make itself an indispensable under-the-hood piece of

the automotive industry's weaponry in the self-driving vehicle

arms race.

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COLUMN-Commentary: Here's how Obama can hit back at Putin over hacking



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UPDATE 1-Box Office: 'Rogue One' Scores Massive $155 Million Debut as Star Wars Fans Flock to Theaters

LOS ANGELES, Dec 18 (Variety.com) - "Rogue One: A Star Wars

Story" sold out multiplexes around the country and brought

fanboys and fangirls out in force over the weekend. The "Star

Wars" prequel scored the second largest December opening in

history, the second largest launch of the year, and one of the

top debuts in history, opening to a massive $155 million.

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UPDATE 1-Trump aide plays down prospect of upending 'one China' policy

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald

Trump's incoming White House chief of staff on Sunday played

down the prospect that Trump would revisit Washington's

decades-old "one China" policy, even though he suggested as much

a week ago.

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Box Office: 'Rogue One' Scores Massive $155 Million Debut as Star Wars Fans Flock to Theaters

LOS ANGELES, Dec 18 (Variety.com) - "Rogue One: A Star Wars

Story" sold out multiplexes around the country and brought

fanboys and fangirls out in force over the weekend. The "Star

Wars" prequel scored the second largest December opening in

history, the second largest launch of the year, and one of the

top debuts in history, opening to a massive $155 million.

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Virtual assistants expected to top virtual reality in holiday sales

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Virtual assistants are set to pummel

virtual reality headsets in the fight for consumer dollars this

holiday season, while smartwatches drive wearable sales. Drones

may fly under the radar, though.

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Brazilian telecom overhaul snagged in Senate -news magazine Veja

SAO PAULO, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A legislative overhaul of

Brazil's telecommunications industry was held up in the Senate

late Friday by a motion that has blocked President Michel Temer

from signing the measure, news magazine Veja reported on its

website on Sunday.

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Trump aide plays down prospect of upending 'one China' policy

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald

Trump's incoming White House chief of staff on Sunday played

down the prospect that Trump would revisit Washington's

decades-old "one China" policy, even though he suggested as much

a week ago.

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Saudi Telecom says board approves $100 mln Careem stake buy

DUBAI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The board of Saudi Telecom Co

(STC) has agreed to buy a 10 percent stake in Middle

Eastern ride-hailing app Careem for $100 million, the kingdom's

biggest operator by subscribers said in a bourse filing on

Sunday.

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Saturday, December 17, 2016

UPDATE 7-China to return seized U.S. drone, says Washington 'hyping up' incident

* Pentagon: secured deal after "direct engagement"

(Updates with new Trump tweet)

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UPDATE 2-Vivendi denies plan to take over Italian broadcaster Mediaset

MILAN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Vivendi denied on

Saturday it was planning to take over Mediaset after

buying a fifth of the Italian broadcaster in a move that has

riled the government and stoked an ongoing row between the

companies over a pay-TV deal.

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BRIEF-China National Software & Service unit to hold 25.9 pct stake in tech firm

Dec 17 (Reuters) - China National Software & Service Co Ltd

:

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Friday, December 16, 2016

China considers national appeals court on intellectual property rights - paper

BEIJING, Dec 17 (Reuters) - China is considering a national

appeals court specializing in intellectual property rights, the

China Daily has cited a senior Chinese judge as saying, as the

world's second-largest economy tightens regulation of patents

and trademarks.

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UPDATE 1-Uber fires back at California DMV in self-driving car spat

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Uber Technolgies Inc

on Friday again defied a demand by California

regulators that the ride-services firm apply for a permit to

test self-driving cars, setting up a possible legal battle.

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Airbnb seeks to raise an additional $153 mln

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Airbnb Inc is looking to

raise an additional $153 million as an extension of a recent

funding round, boosting its coffers as the company pushes

forward with global expansion.

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BRIEF-California AG's office tells Uber to "immediately" remove its "self-driving" vehicles from state's roadways- letter

* California AG's office tells Uber to "immediately" remove

its "self-driving" vehicles from state's roadways until it

complies with all statutes, regulations- letter

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UPDATE 1-Tax accounting software firm Avalara prepares IPO -sources

Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. tax accounting software company

Avalara Inc has interviewed banks to help prepare for an initial

public offering (IPO) that could come in 2017 and value the

company at roughly $1 billion, people familiar with the matter

said on Friday.

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UPDATE 1-U.S. to disclose estimate of number of Americans under surveillance

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence

community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of

Americans whose electronic communications have been caught in

the crosshairs of online surveillance programs intended for

foreigners, U.S. lawmakers said in a letter seen by Reuters on

Friday.

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BRIEF-Ooma inc files for mixed shelf of up to $50 mln

* Ooma Inc - files for mixed shelf of up to $50 million -

SEC filing

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UPDATE 1-China to review film limits as box office growth slows

* Execs still see huge potential, want more access

(Adds details on previous agreement, possible outcomes

paragraphs 15-18)

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BRIEF-Intel's 2.95 pct junior subordinated convertible debentures to pay contingent interest of $4 million

* Intel's 2.95 percent junior subordinated convertible

debentures due 2035 to pay contingent interest of $4 million

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UPDATE 1-U.S. indicts three Romanians over $4 mln cyber fraud

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Three Romanian nationals have been

extradited to the United States to face charges that they

operated a cyber fraud scheme in which they infected at least

60,000 computers and stole at least $4 million, U.S. prosecutors

said on Friday.

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BRIEF-Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation and affiliates of Joseph Tsai, adopt stock sales plan

* Joe and clara tsai foundation - stock sales plan allows

for sale of up to about 6.5 million shares of alibaba group

holding ltd's stock through oct 2017

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BRIEF-GTT Communications says pricing, lender allocations completed with respect to proposed new credit agreement - SEC filing

* GTT Communications Inc - Pricing and lender allocations

were completed with respect to a proposed new credit agreement -

SEC filing

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UPDATE 3-Omnicom, Publicis get DoJ subpoenas over video production practices

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Subsidiaries for advertising companies

Omnicom Group Inc and Publicis Groupe SA were

subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice, both companies

said on Friday.

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BRIEF-U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says LG Electronics recalls portable air conditioners due to fire hazard

* LG Electronics recalls portable air conditioners due to

fire hazard

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U.S. to disclose estimate of surveilled Americans by early 2017 -letter

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence

community has committed to providing as soon as next month a

public estimate of the number of U.S. persons whose electronic

communications are ensnared under a surveillance authority

intended for foreign espionage, according to a bipartisan group

of congressional lawmakers' letter that Reuters saw.

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CORRECTED-RPT-China box office falters ahead of key Hollywood talks

LOS ANGELES/SHANGHAI, Dec 16 (Reuters) - China's box office

is set for its smallest growth in a decade in 2016 with viewers

spending less as the economy slows, clouding the outlook at a

time when Hollywood is pushing for a higher number of foreign

films to be screened in Chinese theatres.

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Uber says disappointed by Taiwan law raising ride-sharing fine to highest level globally

TAIPEI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc

said it was disappointed Taiwan's legislature had passed a

regulation that will raise fines sharply on unlicensed

ride-sharing services to the highest level for such fines

globally.

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UPDATE 2-Porsche race car engineer joins Apple - source

* Hitzinger helped develop hybrid sports cars

(Recasts with company source)

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BRIEF-Trivago's American Depository Shares open at $11.20 in debut

* Trivago's American Depository Shares open at $11.20 in

debut, above IPO price of $11.00 per ADS

Further company coverage:

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BRIEF-Nanjing Sample Technology says unit won for contract sum of RMB185 mln

* Nanjing sample technology- unit won bidding for system

integration project of cloud computing big data industry pilot

demonstration base in sichuan

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BRIEF-NATO and FireEye announce cyber information sharing agreement

* NATO and FireEye announce cyber information sharing

agreement

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Tobii board member Wareby buys 15,400 shares-Swedish FSA

STOCKHOLM, Dec 16 (Reuters) - ** Jan Wareby, board member at

eyetracking firm Tobii, bought 15,400 shares in the

firm on Dec. 16, according to an update of the Swedish Financial

Supervisory Authority's (FSA) insider registry on Friday

Link to registry: http://bit.ly/2buiSTx

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Omnicom gets DoJ subpoena over video production practices

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Advertising company Omnicom Group Inc

said on Friday two subsidiaries had received subpoenas

from the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division related

to an examination of video production and post-production

practices in the ad industry.

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BRIEF-Huiyin Smart Community Co says unit entered into entered into equity transfer agreement

* Seller is yangzhou huiyin technology group ltd, purchaser

is guangzhou aoyuan commercial property group and target is

yangzhou huiyin real estate co

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UPDATE 4-Tata patriarch plays down talk of imminent exit from Tata Trusts

* Move unlikely to quell feud between Tata, ousted chairman

(Recasts)

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BRIEF-Ningbo Wanhao Holdings appoints He Keng as Chairman

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Ningbo Wanhao Holdings Co Ltd

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* He Keng has been appointed to act as chairman of board



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BRIEF-Heitech Padu Bhd says unit received letter of acceptance from Tenaga Nasional Bhd

* On dec 6, unit received letter of acceptance for

appointment of duta technic sdn bhd by tenaga nasional berhad

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UPDATE 1-Turkey's Akbank says targeted by hackers, faces up to $4 mln liability

ISTANBUL, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Hackers targeted Turkish lender

Akbank in a cyber attack on the SWIFT global payment

system, the bank said, adding it faced a liability of up to $4

million from the incident but no customer information was

compromised.

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BRIEF-Laster Tech issues new shares for T$273.1 mln

* Says it issued 8.1 million new shares for T$273.1 million

in total

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BRIEF-Laster Tech's shares to be traded on Taiwan Stock Exchange from Dec. 19

* Says its shares will be traded on Taiwan Stock Exchange

from Dec. 19, and at the same time stop the shares' trading on

the Emerging Market

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

BRIEF-Octo technology announces Accenture's opening of public tender offer for shares of Octo Technology

* Announces accenture's opening of public tender offer for shares of octo technology for

22.5 euros($23.50) per share and 1.72 euros per warrant

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BRIEF-Johnston Press sells East Anglia unit to Iliffe Media for 17 mln stg

* Entered into a conditional agreement to sell entire issued

share capital of Johnston Publishing East Anglia Limited

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BRIEF-Uzabase to buy Japan Venture Research

* Says it to buy Japan Venture Research from an individual

and a Japan-based firm on Jan. 11, 2017

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BRIEF-DT&C to fully buy DT&C Vina for 4.72 bln won

* Says it will buy DT&C Vina for 4.72 billion won to expand

business domain

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BRIEF-National Australia Bank says about 60,000 migrant banking account details also sent to the wrong e-mail

* written to customers migrated to Australia,on accounts

established via bank's migrant banking team while they resided

overseas

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BRIEF-Cognizant to buy Adaptra

* Says as part of acquisition, approximately 100

professionals will join Cognizant

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BRIEF-Raminfo Ltd gets order worth 78.8 mln rupees (Dec 15)

* Received an order from a Maharatna PSU, New Delhi, for

"procurement and implementation of CPM and ash board software"

package

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BRIEF-Wangsu Science & Technology to buy tech firm for 12.4 mln yuan

* Says it to buy a Shenzhen-based technology firm from five

individuals for 12.4 million yuan

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BRIEF-Minwise says annual cash dividend for 2016

* Says it will pay annual cash dividend at 450 won/share for

2016

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Toyota recalls 66,830 imported Lexus cars in China

BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Chinese unit of Toyota Motor

Corp will recall 66,830 imported Lexus brand vehicles

in the country over potential safety issues, China's quality

watchdog said on Friday.

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BRIEF-Shenzhen Kinwong Electronic issues prospectus for Shanghai IPO

Source text in Chinese: http://bit.ly/2gPv6fa

(Reporting by Beijing newsroom)

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