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• Regulators probe EV batteries after Chevy Volt fire November 12, 2011
  WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Regulators are investigating the safety of batteries used to power electric vehicles after a General Motors Co Volt caught fire following a crash test.
• "Call of Duty" has $400 million in sales on day 1 November 11, 2011
  (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" video game racked up more than $400 million in sales on its first day in stores in the United States and the United Kingdom.
• Lenders to grill Olympus as delisting looms: source November 11, 2011
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Lenders will confront Japan's Olympus Corp next week to demand an explanation for an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, a banking source said on Friday, though he denied reports they would seek more security over their loans.
• Facebook near privacy settlement with FTC: report November 11, 2011
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook is finalizing a settlement with federal regulators over changes to its privacy policies enacted two years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported.
• Internet scam targets state securities regulators November 11, 2011
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An organization of state securities regulators, whose goal is to protect investors from fraud, says it has been the victim of an attempted Internet scam.
• Private equity takes two approaches to Yahoo: sources November 11, 2011
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firms including KKR and TPG Capital are looking to potentially buy minority stakes of up to 20 percent in Yahoo Inc with an eye to eventually taking over the whole company, people with knowledge of the situation said.
• Chipmaker Nvidia's quarterly results beats Street November 11, 2011
  (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp's third-quarter results beat estimates as the chipmaker refocused on smartphones and tablets in a tepid personal computer market, although its revenue forecast was a bit lower than expected.
• Telefonica 9-month net weak as tough market bites November 11, 2011
  MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica stuck doggedly to ambitious shareholder return targets on Friday even while 9-month profit fell a more-than-expected 69 percent in what the group described as a "challenging" operating environment.
• Senate defeats effort to block Internet rules November 11, 2011
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. Internet traffic rules cleared a hurdle on Thursday, surviving an attempt by the Senate to block them from taking effect later in the month.
• Apple releases iPhone battery drain software fix November 11, 2011
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Thursday released a software update for its iOS 5 operating system to fix complaints on the performance of the new iPhone 4S battery.