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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The families of five teenaged girls who were sexually assaulted by predators they met on MySpace, the popular Internet social network, have sued owner News Corp. for negligence and fraud, lawyers for the families said.

European Union investigators have recommended that competition commissioner Neelie Kroes formally charge Intel with thwarting competition in the chip market, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

European Commission investigators have called on the organisation to bring Intel to book over alleged anti-competitive business practices.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - European Union investigators have recommended that Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes formally charge Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile , Research) with thwarting competition in the computer-chip market, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

News Corp's social network MySpace is developing software which will put responsibility for protecting teenagers in the hands of parents.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc. said on Friday it will buy out Toshiba Corp. in their flat-panel display venture to resolve a patent dispute with Nano-Proprietary Inc. in the United States.

Cross-licensing negotiations between Qualcomm and Nokia have broken down to the point that arbitration might be necessary to get the parties together before their current agreement expires in April.