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Bezeq launches public WiFi access free to customers

TEL AVIV - Bezeq Israel Telecom has launched Israel's first free public WiFi service as the country's largest telecoms group seeks to maintain its leadership amid increasing competition.

Bezeq launches public WiFi access free to customers

TEL AVIV, July 24 - Bezeq Israel Telecom has launched Israel's first free public WiFi service as the country's largest telecoms group seeks to maintain its leadership amid increasing competition.

UPDATE 2-Rogers adjusted profit up, helped by wireless margins

July 24 - Rogers Communications Inc, Canada's largest mobile phone company, reported higher adjusted earnings on Tuesday as profit margins in its cellular phone business even as competition picked up.

UPDATE 1-Bruker Corp results hit by Europe woes

July 24 - Life sciences tool maker Bruker Corporation reported preliminary earnings that fell well short of analysts' estimates on a weaker euro and softening customer demand in Europe.

TIMELINE-News Corp and the phone-hacking scandal

July 24 - Here are the major events in the phone-hacking scandal at News Corporation.

UPDATE 1-Lexmark quarter hurt by Europe, sees weak 3rd-qtr

July 24 - Printer maker Lexmark International Inc posted a sharply lower than expected quarterly result on lower demand from Europe and unfavorable currency moves, and warned revenue and profit will also decline in the third quarter.

Olympics-Social media will kill off armchair sports fans - study

LONDON, July 24 - The explosion of social networking has changed sport for fans and athletes with experts predicting the greater interaction will mean the demise of passive armchair sports fans by the 2020 Olympics.

UPDATE 2-Air Products forecast dragged down by weakness in Europe

July 24 - Industrial gas supplier Air Products and Chemicals Inc forecast a lower-than-expected profit for the current quarter and trimmed its full-year outlook due to weakness in Asia and Europe.

UPDATE 1-NXP Semiconductors 2nd-qtr beats on NFC growth

July 24 - NXP Semiconductors NV reported quarterly results above analysts' estimates, helped mainly by higher sales of its chips used in smart-cards and contact-less security products, and forecast third-quarter results largely above estimates.

UPDATE 2-TomTom adds Peugeot to navigation supply deals

AMSTERDAM, July 24 - TomTom has agreed to supply French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen with digital maps and other higher-margin services, as it seeks to offset plunging consumer sales of its flagship personal navigation devices (PNDs).

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TV Content wars, blackouts could spur M+A

Evercore Analyst Bryan Kraft believes the prolonged blackout that has left DirecTV's 20 million subscribers without MTV, Comedy Central or Nickelodeon for a week, could lead to some industry consolidation. In a research note out late Wednesday night, the analyst said if content providers Viacom, as well as AMC, which was dropped from No. 2 satellite provider Dish Network in July, get the upper hand, it raises the chances of a merger between satellite companies and cable providers.

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