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The EU-harmonised consumer price inflation rate (HICP) increased only slightly in August, rising to 1.5% on the year-earlier period, compared with 1.3% in July. On a month-on-month basis, the HICP was 0.7%

The leading telephone company in the U.S., Verizon Communications Inc., is weighing the sale of its telephone book publishing business to focus on wireless service and high-speed Internet connections. Bloomberg financial news

Pantech, a leading Korea-based mobile communications group, has unveiled its premium “Slim-Series” of handsets, as the latest stage in the ongoing expansion of its global scope of operations. The Slim-Series, which will

Motorola, Inc. introduced a new home monitoring and control system, Homesight, at PC World stores in the U.K. and Ireland, part of London-based Dixons Group plc. This is a co-coordinated system of

Motorola, Inc. has acquired from Melco Mobile Communication Europe (MMCE), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a European team of i-mode design employees and a research center in western France. Financial terms

Leading Internet auction site eBay is in talks to buy Internet telephony company Skype in a bid to boost its flagging growth, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report said that