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Batman adversary Harley Quinn tops 2015 Halloween costume search

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By Angela Moon and Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) – America's most popular Halloween costume this year could be Batman adversary Harley Quinn from the DC Comics series, according to Google. Quinn's stock is rising thanks in part to keen anticipation of the 2016 film “Suicide Squad,” which will star Australian actor Margot Robbie as Quinn along with Jared Leto and Will Smith. “Harley Quinn” was the most-searched term in relation to Halloween costumes across the United States, according to Google's Frightgeist, a tool that tracks top queries on the search engine

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SXSW restores talks on gaming harassment once canceled over threats

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By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The South by Southwest tech meeting said on Friday it made a mistake when it canceled sessions on video gaming culture, including one on harassment, after facing criticism of dodging its duty by dropping talks on an issue engulfing gaming culture. The organizers of South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, a major annual meeting of the tech industry held in Austin, Texas, said they have now added a day-long summit on the topic and expanded the reach and participation of its originally planned sessions. “By canceling two sessions we sent an unintended message that SXSW not only tolerates online harassment but condones it, and for that we are truly sorry,” Hugh Forrest, the SXSW Interactive director, said in a blog post.

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Electronic Arts raises sales forecast for Star Wars’ videogame

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Electronic Arts Inc raised its sales forecast for its highly anticipated videogame “Star Wars: Battlefront” as the company looks to tap into the loyal fan base of the iconic movie franchise. The company said it expected to sell 13 million copies of the videogame in its 2016 fiscal year, up from its previous forecast of 9-10 million units. The game is slated to launch globally on Nov

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Expedia third-quarter profit beats estimates, sees Orbitz deal boost

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Expedia Inc on Thursday posted a rise in third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and said it now expects its takeover of Orbitz Worldwide Inc to yield greater benefits than previously anticipated. On an adjusted basis, it earned $276 million, or $2.07 per share, compared to the average analyst estimate of $265 million, or $2.02 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The stock surged 7.6 percent in after-market trade

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LinkedIn profit beats as recruitment services revenue jumps

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(Reuters) – LinkedIn Corp reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit as it earned more from its recruitment services business and benefited from the acquisition of training video company lynda.com. Shares of LinkedIn, the operator of the biggest social networking site for professionals, rose about 10 percent in extended trading on Thursday. Revenue in the company's Talents Solutions business, which connects recruiters with job candidates, rose 46 percent to $502 million in the third quarter.

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Apple asks U.S. Supreme Court to toss e-books antitrust decision

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Apple Inc has asked the U.S.

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On social media, Cruz steals spotlight, but Trump wins on sentiment

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By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S.

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Nokia beats estimates and returns cash, Alcatel deal on track

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By Jussi Rosendahl and Leila Abboud HELSINKI/PARIS (Reuters) – Finnish network equipment maker Nokia reported stronger-than-expected quarterly profits as growth in China offset weaker demand in other key markets, and said it would return money to shareholders after acquiring Alcatel-Lucent . The tie-up will vault the new company into a stronger position to compete with Sweden's Ericsson and low-cost Chinese player Huawei [HWT.UL], in a market for telecom network gear where little growth and tough competition are pressing down prices

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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU’s Sakharov rights prize

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By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the European Union's prize for human rights and freedom of thought on Thursday. Badawi received the first of his 50 lashes in January, prompting strong criticism in Western countries of the kingdom's human rights record, including its restrictive laws on political and religious expression and the status of Saudi women. This month in London, he was given the International Writer of Courage award and was co-recipient of the PEN Pinter Prize

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Optimal Payments says investigating data breach allegations

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(Reuters) – British mobile payments company Optimal Payments Plc said it was investigating allegations that personal data belonging to some of its customers had been compromised and was available in the public domain. The company said the allegations were that the data breaches had occurred at two of its units in 2012 or earlier.