Nortel Networks Corporation

May 2 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * Canadian banks and other financial institutions should be required...

Apple iOS Nortel Patents FTC Google Android: Apple has been given clearance by the Federal Trade Commission to bid on more than 6,000 patents belonging to the bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp. that could be crucial to future of smartphones and tablets. The...

Nortel Networks Corp.'s highly coveted mobile tech patents have a new owner and it isn't Google. Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony teamed up to buy the Nortel patents as a group, together spending $4.5 billion for a cluster of...

Google has a patent problem. Its lack of an intellectual property portfolio has made it vulnerable to legal assault. But the Internet search giant is fighting back. It beefed up its portfolio in July with the purchase of more than 1,000 patents from IBM....

Google may not have paid a lot of attention to patents for years. But the Internet search giant is certainly paying attention now. Google has hired one of the Federal Trade Commission's top patent lawyers, the company confirmed Tuesday. Suzanne......

Google buys more than 1,000 patents from IBM, again: For the second time this year, Google has purchased more than 1,000 patents from IBM in its ongoing effort to build-up its IP portfolio and defend its Android operating system against lawsuits from...

Monday: -- Earnings: American Financial Group Inc.; Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; Charles River Laboratories International Inc.; Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.; Corrections Corporation of America; El Paso Corp.; Gaylord Entertainment Co.; General Growth Properties...

These are tough times for many people, thousands have lost their jobs. And so where do they go to vent? A growing number of laid-off people go to a unique website to share their experience. "Tellonu" is a website that lets people anonymously review...

Edward Zander's closest adviser during his first six months as Motorola Inc.'s chief executive officer was a brainy guy who soaks up information like a detective working a case. Wherever Zander was, Richard Nottenburg was nearby. His business card read,...

WorldCom Inc.'s mammoth bankruptcy filing Sunday could prolong the telecommunications industry's long and painful implosion by dragging teetering companies over the brink with it. More than three dozen telecom firms have already landed in Bankruptcy...

Texas Instruments Inc., the world's dominant chip supplier for wireless phones, said Tuesday that orders from phone makers are starting to pick up, signaling the initial signs of a rebound in demand for mobile handsets. The company still believes sales...

This is a planet of data gluttons. The latest estimates show Internet traffic - everything from e-mail to photos to full-length Hollywood films - is doubling every 100 days or so. And the thought of this tidal wave of ones and zeroes makes people such...