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Clearwire agreed to sell the rest of the company to Sprint Nextel for a slightly sweeter $2.2-billion offer, days after minority shareholders criticised the previous bid as too low. The deal is one of the few options Clearwire has to survive in the long term, as it needs to raise more financing to upgrade its network and to keep the business afloat. Sprint, the number three US wireless carrier and already the majority owner of Clearwire, raised its offer by 7 cents per share to $2.97 per share. Clearwire’s shares slid 8.3% in premarket trade on Monday to $3.09. They had jumped nearly a quarter to close at $3.37 on Friday, on hopes of a higher offer.

iPhone 5 starts strong in China but shares down

Apple said it sold more than 2 million of its new iPhone 5 in China in three days after launch, marking China’s best-selling iPhone rollout ever. But it did not ease worries about stiffer competition in smartphones driving a slide in Apple's share price. Citi Research downgraded Apple’s stock late on Sunday to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’ and lowered the price target to $575 from $675, citing diminishing hype around the iPhone 5 and improving competition in smartphones.

Nuclear stalemate must be ended, says Iran

Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday a way must be found to end the protracted deadlock between Iran and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear programme. “The two sides have reached a conclusion that they must exit the current stalemate,”

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