COMPANIES

SIG, a leading distributor of specialist building products in Europe, expects to continue to gain market share from the branches opened in recent years, but also from other growth initiatives, in spite of weak macroeconomic outlook for the UK and mainland Europe.

Close Brothers Group, a specialist financial services company, has reported that its adjusted operating profits for the six months to 31 January, 2012 were broadly unchanged at £63 million due to the difficult economic and financial market uncertainty for securities.

Tullow Oil, the independent oil and gas company, expects significant progress in Ghana and Uganda for the FY 2012 and is scheduled to report its full year 2011 results on Wednesday.

American man sues Apple, claiming Siri adverts are misleading.

Volkswagen's CE Received €17.5m as Pay and Bonuses in 2011

Yahoo files lawsuit claiming patent breaches on social networking, online advertising and security.

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BioWare's Sci-Fi epic toppled its own series records in the new UK charts and in the process has become this year's biggest release so far.

Nokia, in a joint venture with Microsoft, will release a 10-inch Windows 8 tablet powered by a Qualcomm dual-core processor, in the fourth quarter of 2012

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Game Group just two weeks from administration as stock problems continue

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Prudential, an international financial services group, remains confident to deliver solid growth in earnings for the full year on Tuesday, its superior Q3 2011 earnings were driven by good performance in Asia.

Brady, a commodity risk management software provider, has reported a rise of 72 per cent in its full year revenue to £19.16 million, up from £11.12 million in 2010, including an increase in recurring revenues of 147 per cent to £9.79 million.

Close Brothers, the specialist financial services company, expects its first half performance may be affected by a lower contribution from securities.

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Nokia gambles both ways with the future, but will it be Lumia or Asha that wins big?

One year on from the Japanese Tsunami, despite negative forecasts from its native companies, analysts have suggested the country's technology industry may finally be getting back on its feet.

Slipping delivery date suggests new iPad stock is already low.

Rovio teams up with Nasa to take Angry Birds out of this world.

Microsoft is unhappy with OnLive giving free access to Windows 7 on iPad.

iOS 5.1 software update also features a bunch of key security updates affecting all iOS devices including iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation) and later, iPad, iPad 2.

The new iPad is faster in terms of data connection, but will not work on 4G in the UK.

Samsung initially got Galaxy S2 owners excited by announcing 10 March as the official Android 4.0 update day – but has since gone back on its word.

Fenner, a world leader in the field of reinforced polymer and textile technology, says in spite of the growing uncertainty over the macro economic outlook, trading and demand levels are in line with the group's expectations for 2012.

With Apple launching its new iPad this week, we look at the reasons why iPad 2 owners might not be buying the new iOS tablet.