News Headlines - 05 March 2013

▽Samsung in final talks to take 3 percent stake in Sharp | Reuters

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is in final talks with Sharp Corp (6753.T) to invest about 10 billion yen ($107 million) for a 3 percent stake in the Japanese company, two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

▽Manchester United 1 Real Madrid 2; 2-3 agg - Telegraph

This was a good game ruined by a bad referee. A terrible decision by Cuneyt Cakir, sending off Nani for accidentally catching Álvaro Arbeloa, rightly enraged Manchester United players, who surrounded the Turkish official at the end. Good luck to Turkish Airlines renewing that United contract.

▽BBC News - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies at 58

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died, his vice-president has announced. Mr Chavez had not appeared in public since he returned to Venezuela last month after cancer treatment in Cuba.

▽Sir David Nicholson admits failings over Mid Staffs but refuses to resign - Telegraph

The chief executive of the NHS has refused to resign despite admitting personal failures over the scandal at Stafford Hospital, where up to 1,200 patients died unnecessarily.

▽200 NI posts to go in army shake-up - UTV Live News

A military presence will remain in Northern Ireland after army restructuring, but 200 posts are to be lost in the region.