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Xinhua website planning $158 million IPO: sources

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Rambus signs patent licensing deal with Broadcom

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Yahoo Backing Off of Asian Interests?

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 December 2011 10:15 Written by External Post Thursday, 22 December 2011 10:15

The New York Times offers the most complete coverage of this story. As currently being considered, it would not be an outright sale. The complicated deal would net Yahoo about $17 billion in cash and allow it and its partners to avoid having to pay taxes on it. According to the Times, the terms of the deal involve Alibaba and Softbank (the major stakeholder in Yahoo Japan) setting up new subsidiaries consisting of both cash and operating assets which Yahoo wants to run. Yahoo would swap out most of its stake in Alibaba and all of its stake in Yahoo Japan for these subsidiaries, effectively se…
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Yahoo to weigh deals for Asian assets: sources

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 December 2011 04:05 Written by External Post Thursday, 22 December 2011 04:05

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc is considering a plan to unload most of its prized Asian assets in a complex deal valued at roughly $17 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, winning nods of approval from Wall Street and driving its shares higher.

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BOTW Cyber Monday Coupon

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eBay auction blunder raises questions

Last Updated on Monday, 14 November 2011 03:35 Written by External Post Monday, 14 November 2011 03:35

Andre Souang thought he scored the deal of a lifetime when he won a $140,000 Bentley for $14,000 on eBay last month.

But when he went to make his payment, managers at Bentley Scottsdale refused to take his money, told him the car wasn’t for sale and disavowed the auction listing as a mistake.

Bentley Scottsdale’s refusal to sell was followed by a form message from eBay saying the auction had been canceled for unspecified reasons. The company scraped any trace of the auction from its website and from Souang’s account.

Within hours of the Oct.25 auction, it appeared as if the car had never been for sale at all.



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Amazon Black Friday deal: $89 Kindle 2

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:03 Written by External Post Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:03

Alert. Amazon just slipped a little Black Friday deal onto its Facebook page: $89 for its second-generation Kindle. Here’s the full text of the message: We don’t know how long the deal will last (it starts at 9 a.m. PT) but the price seems somewhat
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Facebook, Skype Getting Really Friendly

Last Updated on Friday, 1 October 2010 07:00 Written by External Post Friday, 1 October 2010 07:00

cgriffin21 writes “Facebook and Skype are reportedly in talks over a deal that would integrate Skype calling capabilities into Facebook user accounts. Such an agreement would give both Skype and Facebook not only a leg up on rival VoIP and social
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Skype links with Avaya, targets Facebook tie-up

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2010 08:21 Written by External Post Thursday, 30 September 2010 08:21

Skype reportedly has an integration deal with Facebook in the offing. It has also agreed a broad partnership with telecommunications company Avaya. BoomTown’s Kara Swisher reports that Skype is eyeing an integration deal with the social-networking site.
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