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The attorneys general of 44 U.S. states and Washington D.C. on Wednesday asked the country's largest phone companies to install technology that would allow consumers to block automated telemarketing calls, known as robocalls.

Wall Street edged lower at the open on Wednesday, weighed by weak results from Merck as investors waited to hear from the US Federal Reserve on the state of the economy.

Samsung Electronics Co premiered its latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, which sports a bigger display and unconventional features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean titan challenges Apple Inc on its home turf.

BlackBerry shares rose 14 per cent on Monday, fueled by takeover speculation and news that AT&T Inc will start selling the new BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone in the United States on March 22.

Apple Inc's shareholders have been hit by one of the bloodiest weeks in the history of the stock, but wider fallout from such weakness might be more important to the long-term value of their investments.

Mobile phone carriers received more than 1.3 million requests last year from U.S. law enforcement agencies for their customers' phone records.

The attorneys general of 44 U.S. states and Washington D.C. on Wednesday asked the country's largest phone companies to install technology that would allow consumers to block automated telemarketing calls, known as robocalls.

Wall Street edged lower at the open on Wednesday, weighed by weak results from Merck as investors waited to hear from the US Federal Reserve on the state of the economy.

Samsung Electronics Co premiered its latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, which sports a bigger display and unconventional features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean titan challenges Apple Inc on its home turf.

BlackBerry shares rose 14 per cent on Monday, fueled by takeover speculation and news that AT&T Inc will start selling the new BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone in the United States on March 22.

Apple Inc's shareholders have been hit by one of the bloodiest weeks in the history of the stock, but wider fallout from such weakness might be more important to the long-term value of their investments.

Mobile phone carriers received more than 1.3 million requests last year from U.S. law enforcement agencies for their customers' phone records.