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13 March 2012 • 10:04 AMT
Ericsson acquires Technicolor broadcast services unit

The deal will allow Ericsson to increase its current broadcast operations in terms of channels managed and households reached.

13 March 2012 • 10:03 AMT
Moody’s puts Cyprus in “high-risk category”

Moody’s lowered ratings on Cyprus’s govt debt to junk status because of impact of crisis in Greece on its banking system.

13 March 2012 • 09:52 AMT
Schiff, Manoukian honored by Armenian Bar Association

Both Schiff and Manoukian were noted for their stellar support of issues of long-standing and current significance.

13 March 2012 • 09:50 AMT
New poll gives Sarkozy 1st round election lead

The conservative incumbent was still shown losing to challenger Hollande in a 2d-round runoff, but by a narrower margin.

13 March 2012 • 09:38 AMT
U.S. soldier may face death penalty for Afghan shootings

The U.S. army sergeant left his base in Kandahar province and went on a murderous rampage killing 16 civilians.

13 March 2012 • 09:37 AMT
Artsakh President meets representatives of Armenian community of Italy

The agenda included issues on establishment of close cooperation between the Armenian community and Artsakh.

13 March 2012 • 09:36 AMT
U.S. brings trade case against China over export restrictions

The case seeks to pressure China to end export restrictions on key materials used to manufacture hybrid car batteries.

13 March 2012 • 09:30 AMT
Apple may sell 1 million of new iPad on launch day

That would be a positive for the company, which has likely seen iPad sales slow down in anticipation of a new model.

13 March 2012 • 09:22 AMT
Eating processed red meat daily boosts cancer risk – study

The research by Harvard University experts counsels that substituting fish and poultry may lower early death risk.

13 March 2012 • 09:09 AMT
PayPal expected to launch mobile payment dongle

The move would put PayPal in direct competition with Square, which is now handling $4 billion in payment volume each year.

13 March 2012 • 08:57 AMT
New York ranked world’s most competitive city

New York tops the list of most competitive cities in the world, leaving behind London and Singapore, EIU report says.

13 March 2012 • 08:36 AMT
Robin Rice Gallery to host Haik Kocharian’s photo exhibit

The exhibition, at once mysterious and revealing, reflects one man’s journey in search of love, vacillating from memories to hope.

13 March 2012 • 08:12 AMT
Oil above $107 as U.S. economy improves

“Global spare capacity has been dwindling, and crude demand is about to start rising seasonally,” Citigroup said.

13 March 2012 • 08:07 AMT
FIFA completes visit to 2014 World Cup host cities

The inspection group scrutinized local plans for dealing with traffic, security, fan management, commercial partners and media.

13 March 2012 • 07:55 AMT
Yahoo sues Facebook over 10 patents

“We’re disappointed that Yahoo, a longtime business partner of Facebook,” spokesman Jonathan Thaw has said.

13 March 2012 • 07:40 AMT
U.S. Senators to introduce new Armenian Genocide resolution

The Senate Armenian Genocide Resolution, which will be officially introduced later this month, is similar to the House version.

13 March 2012 • 07:34 AMT
Anonymous charges $700,000 to stolen Stratfor credit cards

Days after the hack, the group published 860,000 e-mail addresses and 75,000 unencrypted credit card numbers on the Web.

13 March 2012 • 07:21 AMT
Paper: Robert Kocharian not invited to Prosperous Armenia congress

Congress of the Prosperous Armenia party will take place in the Sports and Concert Complex on March 17.

13 March 2012 • 07:17 AMT
Number of women in senior management rising in Europe

This is well ahead of the situation in Armenia, where 59% of interviewed business do not offer flexible work hours to women.

13 March 2012 • 07:08 AMT
Hollande reaffirms his support to Armenian Cause

French presidential candidate pledges to make recognition of Armenian Genocide a criterion of Turkey’s accession to EU.

13 March 2012 • 06:53 AMT
RPA borrowed its new slogan from U.S. President – paper

RPA has chosen a new slogan saying “Let us believe to change” which is expected to secure voters’ support.

13 March 2012 • 06:46 AMT
Civil activists report collapse of Mozrov cave

Mozrov cave in Vayots Dzor has collapsed, “We will not keep silent” civil group activists reported on March 12.

13 March 2012 • 06:45 AMT
Twitter acquires another online company

Posterous’s technology delved deeply into the mobile social space, where Twitter has been trying aggressively to make inroads.

13 March 2012 • 06:38 AMT
Paper: nomination of parliamentary candidates kicked off

Khachatur Sukiasyan and Samvel Balasanyan are first candidates registered by majority system on March 12.

13 March 2012 • 06:34 AMT
RPA recruits members from show business, paper says

Shushan Petrosyan will be the first singer to join the election list of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.

13 March 2012 • 06:32 AMT
Six killed, dozens missing as ferry capsizes in Bangladesh

About 35 people were rescued after the ferry sank on the Meghna River after colliding with a cargo boat.

13 March 2012 • 06:29 AMT
Elina Danielian climbs 8th at Women’s Chess Championship

Lilit Mkrtchian and Anna Hairbeatian defeated Zoya Schleining (Germany) and Emel Kaya (Turkey) respectively.

13 March 2012 • 06:19 AMT
Japan blacklists Iran’s third-largest bank

Tokyo’s sanctions don’t include central bank of Iran, although Japan looks to cut dependence on Iranian oil under EU pressure.

13 March 2012 • 06:14 AMT
Former RPA vice-chairman may join Prosperous Armenia – paper

Ex-speaker of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan may join Prosperous Armenia prior to its March 17 congress.

13 March 2012 • 06:07 AMT
U.S. senators urge to drop Russia helicopter deal over Syria

The Mi-8 and its uprated successor, the Mi-17 were used in great numbers by the Soviet Union during its war in Afghanistan.