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Fresh from pulling off the world’s largest IPO, China’s Alibaba (BABA.N) is set to impress Wall Street with record sales on Singles’ Day, the year’s biggest online festival, but merchants complain that they bankroll the e-commerce giant’s big day. Alibaba turned the Singles’ Day celebration, Nov. 11, into an online shopping festival in 2009, copyrighting the “Double 11” term three years later after recognizing its commercial potential.

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Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is embarking on its most aggressive expansion yet onto corporate turf, hiring a dedicated sales force to talk with potential clients like Citigroup Inc (C.N) and working in concert with a dozen or so developers, two sources familiar with its plans say. Three months after unveiling a partnership with IBM (IBM.N) to develop apps for corporate clients and sell them on devices, the iPhone maker’s plans to challenge sector leaders Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N), Dell Inc[DI.UL] , Oracle (ORCL.N) and SAP (SAPG.DE) are starting to take shape.

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Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is embarking on its most aggressive expansion yet onto corporate turf, hiring a dedicated sales force to talk with potential clients like Citigroup Inc (C.N) and working in concert with a dozen or so developers, two sources familiar with its plans say. Three months after unveiling a partnership with IBM (IBM.N) to develop apps for corporate clients and sell them on devices, the iPhone maker’s plans to challenge sector leaders Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N), Dell Inc[DI.UL] , Oracle (ORCL.N) and SAP (SAPG.DE) are starting to take shape.

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President Barack Obama on Monday said Internet service providers should be regulated more like public utilities to make sure they grant equal access to all content providers, touching off intense protests from cable and telecoms companies and Republican lawmakers. Obama’s detailed statement on the issue of “net neutrality,” a platform in his 2008 presidential campaign, was a rare intervention by the White House into the policy setting of an independent agency.

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President Barack Obama on Monday said Internet service providers should be regulated more like public utilities to make sure they grant equal access to all content providers, touching off intense protests from cable and telecoms companies and Republican lawmakers. Obama’s detailed statement on the issue of “net neutrality,” a platform in his 2008 presidential campaign, was a rare intervention by the White House into the policy setting of an independent agency.

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CVC Capital Partners Ltd is among the buyout firms that have approached Clear Channel with an offer for its European outdoor advertising assets, which could be worth as much as $3 billion, the people said in recent days. Clear Channel may decide to hold on to these assets, the four people added.

CVC Capital Partners Ltd is among the buyout firms that have approached Clear Channel with an offer for its European outdoor advertising assets, which could be worth as much as $3 billion, the people said in recent days. Clear Channel may decide to hold on to these assets, the four people added.