STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ericsson is taking a $1.2 billion charge in a bid to write off its exposure to ST-Ericsson, adding to doubts over the future of the loss-making joint venture after partner STMicroelectronics said it was pulling out. Ericsson, the world's biggest equipment maker for mobile telecom networks, said on Thursday it would take the 8 billion Swedish crown hit in its fiscal fourth quarter in a move set to plunge it into a net loss for the three month period. ...

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission, the EU's executive body, will charge Samsung very soon in an antitrust patent case, the EU's competition chief Joaquin Almunia said on Thursday. The EU competition watchdog is now investigating whether Samsung's use of injunctions against Apple breached antitrust rules. "We will issue a statement of objections very soon," Almunia said, referring to the EU Commission's charge sheet. (Reporting By Ethan Bilby)

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ENERGY COST: It costs $1.36 a year to charge an iPad, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, a group funded by electric utilities.

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