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LTE is globally acknowledged as the dominant next generation technology for mobile technology. It will be an important evolution for the Next G™ network in due course because it will give consumers access to higher speeds while giving Telstra the capacity to serve an increasing number of customers

CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA) today announced it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Nimsoft, Inc.—a leading provider of IT performance and availability monitoring solutions for emerging enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs)—for $350 million in an all-cash transaction.

Oppenheim Group operations, including all of its asset management activities, the investment bank, BHF Bank Group, BHF Asset Servicing and Sal. Oppenheim Private Equity Partners were transferred to Deutsche Bank. At the end of the year 2009, Sal. Oppenheim Group had assets under management totalling EUR 137 billion.

Under the motto "Preview 2010" Deutsche Bank is presenting recent international art for its Frankfurt headquarters in its Art Lounge for the first time.

Acquisition of Leading Provider of Performance and Availability Monitoring Solutions Expands CA's Presence in Emerging Enterprise and MSP Markets

In Brazil, where the medical field is expected to undergo greater digitization and market expansion on the back of strong economic growth, Fujifilm will integrally and swiftly deploy its global strategy under the direct marketing system through NDT

GE (NYSE: GE), Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV), a leading global manufacturer of trucks, buses and diesel engines, and Navistar Financial Corporation (NFC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Navistar, jointly announced today an expanded financing relationship under which GE Capital will become Navistar’s preferred provider of retail financing solutions to support sales of Navistar trucks and school buses in the U.S.

Vopak’s pension fund, which has a total value of approximately €600 million, appointed J.P. Morgan to support the fund’s recent appointment of BlackRock as its fiduciary manager.

Worldwide identity and access management (IAM) revenue will reach $9.9 billion in 2010, an 8 per cent increase from 2009 revenue of $9.2 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that compliance, audit and analytics requirements continue to be the main factors influencing investments in IAM, alongside operational efficiency and better integration across IAM solutions.

IBM ( IBM) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of National Interest Security Company, LLC (NISC), a privately held company headquartered in Fairfax, VA. Financial terms were not disclosed.  The companies had announced a definitive agreement in January to pursue the acquisition.

Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in Britain’s Marine Current Turbines, a pioneer in the design and development of tidal current energy turbines. With the acquisition of a stake of just below 10 Percent in Marine Current Turbines, which is based in Bristol, England, Siemens is entering a new market with good future prospects and at the same time expanding its Environmental Portfolio.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of On2 Technologies, Inc., valued at approximately $124.6 million, after On2's shareholders voted to approve the transaction.

Saab and Vägverket will work together to accelerate and coordinate the development of intelligent transportation solutions for highway traffic, both in Sweden and internationally.

At International Petroleum Week 2010, HP and Shell today announced a collaboration to develop a wireless sensing system to acquire extremely high-resolution seismic data on land.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired RiskControl, a privately held risk consulting company based in Rio de Janeiro, to complement and expand its risk service offerings in the rapidly growing Brazilian market.

Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), and Numonyx Holdings B.V. announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Micron has agreed to acquire privately held Numonyx in an all-stock transaction valuing Numonyx at approximately $1.27 billion USD.

Oracle has agreed to acquire Convergin, a leading provider of real-time service brokering solutions.

Zenverge secures funding to support production launch of industry's highest-performance transcoder integrated circuits

The proposed purchase price is €180million (approximately US$251 million), in cash, subject to working capital adjustments.

NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology also announced its plan to consolidate the companies’ domestic sales operations into Renesas Technology Sales Co., Ltd., which name will change to Renesas Electronics Sales Co., Ltd. in accordance with the Merger.