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TECHNOLOGY 7:33am

Groupon sacks Mason as chief executive

andrew mason of groupon

Departure of founder leaves daily deals group divided

HEALTH 8:44pm

Icahn and Herbalife move against Ackman

Shares rise more than 7% on news of arrangement

FINANCIALS 8:01am

Lloyds mis-selling provisions rise by £2bn

Extra costs push banking group into a £570m annual loss

TELECOMS 10:11am

BSkyB buys Telefónica’s UK broadband arm

Deal follows Virgin Media sale to Liberty Global

MEDIA 9:18am

Bertelsmann takes control of BMG

Deal makes German group major player in music industry

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Neil Buckley

Sweeping restructuring of central and eastern European airlines is needed, writes Neil Buckley

Ore is mined at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.

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Rio Tinto and Mongolia mine talks falter

Oyu Tolgoi implements temporary budget as talks continue

Rio Tinto appoints new finance director

From UK 9:42am

Upbeat WPP boosts outlook for advertising

All regions apart from North America report stronger revenues

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TECHNOLOGY 9:48pm

Facebook buys ad-serving platform

Atlas system will measure effectiveness of ads on social network

Money app aimed at Facebook users

TELECOMS 12:01am

Paulson to oppose telecoms merger

Billionaire wary of debt in planned Metro deal with T-Mobile

Subscriber growth slows at MetroPCS
New Technology Policy Forum FCC net neutrality rules

A burnt auxiliary power unit battery removed from a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft

©Reuters INDUSTRIALS 7:18pm

Boeing assures Japan of Dreamliner safety

US group visits Tokyo to present plan for fixing batteries

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Former colonial building in Yangon, Myanmar

©Dreamstime Hilton seals landmark deal with Myanmar to manage a 300-room hotel in central Yangon

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An employee holds an Alcatel-Lucent One Touch smartphone during a Mozilla Corp. news conference prior to the opening of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The Mobile World Congress, where 1,500 exhibitors converge to discuss the future of wireless communication, is a global showcase for the mobile technology industry and runs from Feb. 25 through Feb. 28.

©Bloomberg News and analysis on the latest product launches at the mobile industry’s Barcelona exhibition

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©AFP A former judge who rebuked Apple last year will give evidence for Samsung in patent case

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