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Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) announced today that the company has decided to accept Nokia's cash offer to acquire all of the Symbian Limited shares that Nokia does not already own. Ericsson owns 15.6% of the shares in Symbian Limited. Symbian Limited, the software company that develops and licenses Symbian OS(TM), which is the market-leading open operating system for mobile devices, was co-founded by Ericsson in 1998. As Ericsson no longer manufactures mobile phones the shareholding in the company is not strategic for Ericsson.

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) announced today it has signed a five-year IT outsourcing contract with IBM including application maintenance and development for Ericsson. The contract will improve the efficiency of Ericsson's IT delivery to approximately 70,000 end-users and reduce operational expenditures. The new contract, which is an extension of a contract signed in 2003, will update Ericsson's IT services to cater better for the future needs of the company's employees and ensure flexible support for the global business.

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) At this year's Volvo Ocean Race viewers can keep up to date with the latest developments via live mobile TV, or through IPTV in each race village, delivered by Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC). Viewers will enjoy personalized coverage via a user-controlled camera interface offering multiple in-port race views - a breakthrough made possible by Ericsson's world leading technology.

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) announced today that it will show the world's first 10Gbps Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) system for IPTV, with four times the bandwidth of existing GPON systems, at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas. Ericsson will also introduce the 8-port GPON board as the latest addition to the EDA 1500 GPON system, effectively doubling its capacity and improving cost-effectiveness.

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) Ericsson's (NASDAQ:ERIC) Nomination Committee for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) 2009 has been appointed in accordance with the procedure on appointing the Nomination Committee resolved by the AGM 2008.

Riksgälden Central government payments in May gave a surplus of SEK 13.5 billion. The surplus was thus SEK 4.3 billion higher than the Debt Office's forecast.

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Saxo Bank A/S 1 June 2008 World Finance magazine has recognised Saxo Bank as the Institutional FX provider of the year, an award that highlights the success of the bank's White Label Partner (WLP) Strategy.

adidas AG Canton, Massachusetts, June 2, 2008 - The adidas Group and Vulcabras S.A. today announced that they have agreed to form a joint venture company to conduct the distribution of Reebok footwear, apparel and accessories in Argentina. This transaction, however, does not affect sales and profitability expectations for the Reebok segment in 2008.