Microsoft (MSFT) Expected to Secure EU Approval for $7.3B Nokia (NOK) Deal

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Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phone Makes Strong Headway in Europe (NOK)

December 2, 2013 7:49 AM EST

Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows Phone platform is taking hold in Europe.

Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said today that WP accounts for 10.2 percent of the European market through October 2013. Data also points to WP surpassing a 5 percent U.S. smartphone market share.... More

Nokia (NOK) Holders Officially Approve Devices & Services Sale (MSFT)

November 19, 2013 12:17 PM EST

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Nokia Corporation held on November 19, 2013 ("EGM") decided to confirm and approve the sale of substantially all of Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) Devices & Services business to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) in line with the proposal and... More

Nokia (NOK) Lower as Investors Approve Microsoft (MSFT) Deal

November 19, 2013 11:37 AM EST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is one step closer to divesting its Devices & Services unit.

According to the WMPoweruser (FT) on Tuesday, about 99.7 percent of Nokia shareholders approved the 5.4 billion deal with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). An extraordinary general meeting was held today in Helsinki.

Shares of Nokia have more than doubled since the deal was announced in late summer. The Financial Times listed four potential questions by... More