Judge grants partial stay in Vonage patent case

(Reuters) - Roger Warin, a lawyer for Vonage, said the partial stay amounted to "cutting off oxygen and a bullet to the head" of the company.




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Arcelor Mittal raises offer for Brazilian unit

(Reuters) - "This floating reference price after adjustment for dividends and interest on cash would represent a total value which as of April 4, 2007, would be equivalent to 18.89 euros or 51.27 reais," Arcelor Mittal said in a statement.

Arcelor Mittal said shareholders could receive the mixture of cash and shares proposed or purely cash, with the value based on the close of Mittal shares in New York on the business day prior to the auction date.


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JGB futures inch up ahead of US data, BOJ meeting

(Reuters) - JGBs initially tracked a drop in Treasuries, which fell on Thursday on concern that a big rise in U.S. jobs could reduce the chances of a near-term interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

U.S. non-farm payrolls data for March, due out later in the session, is expected to show a rise of 120,000, compared with a gain of 97,000 jobs in February.


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