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Nokia's network arm to buy Eden Rock Communications

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia is buying U.S. company Eden Rock Communications to boost its offering in its mainstay telecoms network equipment business, the Finnish company said on Wednesday. Nokia did not disclose the value of the deal but said the transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of the year. Nokia said Eden’s products provide automation, performance improvements and reliability to mobile broadband networks. (Reporting By Jussi

Blocked in China, Twitter still courts Chinese firms for ads

By Sue-Lin Wong SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Despite being blocked in China, Twitter is courting Chinese companies to buy advertising space on its service used by more than 300 million people elsewhere in the world. “It’s not a coincidence that we are here now,” Peter Greenberger, director of sales for emerging markets at Twitter, told Reuters on Tuesday. “This seems to be a moment in time where Chinese corporations really feel

China's Weibo to invest $142 million in taxi-hailing apps: SEC filing

Chinese microblog Weibo Corp will invest $142 million in China’s dominant taxi-hailing firms Didi Taxi and Kuaidi Taxi, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing showed. Weibo said in the filing on Tuesday that it had agreed to invest in the two Chinese companies in the latest round of financing through its Cayman Islands holding company Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc, a move that will help lure in riders and fend off