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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Shanghai court has rejected a request in a trademark case to stop Apple selling its iPad tablet computers in the city, averting an embarrassing suspension of iPad sales in its own flagship stores. The Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court denied a request by Proview Technology (Shenzhen) for the …

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ever since their first awkward encounter - a hastily arranged meeting in a custodian's office at a Washington airport in 2007 - Iran has been one of the few issues on which Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu have been able to find some common ground. Nearly five years ago, neither man was …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday proposed a "bill of rights" that would give consumers greater online privacy protection and could eventually give the government greater powers to police Internet firms such as Google Inc and Facebook. While the privacy bill of rights does not impose any immediate new obligations …

(Reuters) - Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co were down 2 percent in premarket trading on Thursday after the world's No. 1 computer maker posted a sharp decline in quarterly earnings and warned it would take several years to turn around its sprawling businesses. The storied Silicon Valley company, which has been trying to move …

LONDON (Reuters) - India's Tata Communications, seeking to raise its profile around the globe, unveiled a technology partnership with Formula One motor racing on Thursday, a further sign of the sport's growing appeal in emerging markets.

(Reuters' expanded Asia Oil Swaps Forward Curve coverage includes the East-West component. Formore information: ) SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Asia fuel oil market strengthened for a secondstraight session on Thursday, as revived buying sentiment led to heavier trade volumes of morethan half a million tonnes in the …

ATHENS (Reuters) - Ruediger Bolz has 350 students coming through the doors of his German language institute in central Athens each day - 20 percent up on a year go. The rush among Greeks to learn German may seem odd after the war of words between the two countries, with Athens fuming at German accusations of financial mismanagement …

Feb 23 (Reuters) - GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore (GFS). * Moody's drops GLOBALFOUNDRIES ratings

* Chinese property companies post poor annual numbers * Bond prices fail to reflect declining credit quality SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (IFR) - Holders of bonds issued byChina property companies are bracing themselves for the releaseof February property sales data, with fears growing that asevere contraction in sales will reverse …

SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Asia's naphtha priceremained at a 10-month high on firm crude on Thursday, but thatwas squeezing margins which eased to a three-session low. However, bullish sentiment persisted on tight supplies andfirm demand, causing the premiums for first-half April andfirst-half May to stay at a 26-month …

SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Cash premiums for highsulphur gasoil fell to its lowest in five months as demand forthe product remains low with escalating crude prices. The premiums for the 0.5 percent and 0.25 percent sulphurgasoil grades continued to fall for a second straight session topremiums of four cents and 90 cents …

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd (OCBC) * Moody's rates OCBC's AUD Senior Unsecured Notes Aa1; outlook stable

China said Thursday a European investigation into imports of Chinese-made specialised steel products would "undermine" efforts to combat the eurozone crisis.