SLIDESHOW: Microsoft Buys Nokia Handsets, Apple's Two iPhone Events And More From The First Week Of September

by Louis Bedigian, Benzinga Staff Writer

September 8, 2013 7:22 PM | 1 min read | Make a Comment

It was a week filled with anticipation, surprises -- and most of all a massive acquisition.

MicrosoftMSFT

purchased

Nokia'sNOK

, while rumors insisted that

BlackBerryBBRY

wished it had been acquired as well.

AppleAAPL

confirmed the existence of not one but two events next week -- one in America and one in Beijing.

GoogleGOOG

SamsungSSNLF

and

AmazonAMZN

also made their way into headline-stealing reports. Disclosure:

At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this report.Louis Bedigian is the Senior Tech Analyst and Features Writer of Benzinga. You can reach him at 248-636-1322 or louis(at)benzingapro(dot)com. Follow him @LouisBedigianBZ

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