China's Alibaba Group and Japan's Softbank are in talks with private equity firms about making an unsolicited bid for Yahoo!, according to the Bloomberg financial news agency.
Business
Nov 9, 2011
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Stores worldwide were gripped on Friday by the now familiar scene of gadget geeks scrambling for Apple's latest smartphone, the US giant's first new release since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 14, 2011
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Japan's third-largest mobile carrier Softbank on Friday unveiled a lower monthly fee for the new iPhone than bigger rival KDDI, as competition for smartphone users heats up among the nation's mobile firms.
Business
Oct 7, 2011
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InMobi announced on Thursday that Japan's Softbank is pumping $200 million into the mobile ad network to ramp up global operations, particularly in Asia.
Business
Sep 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Masayoshi Son, founder and CEO of Softbank, one of Japan’s largest Internet conglomerates, announced this week the establishment of the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) with the goal of moving ...
(AP) -- An activist investment fund disclosed Thursday that it has bought a 5.2 percent stake in troubled Web portal Yahoo Inc. and called for sweeping changes to the board.
Business
Sep 8, 2011
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Japanese telecom giant Softbank on Friday said it was selling the bulk of its holdings in US Internet firm Yahoo! to Citibank in repayment of a 2004 loan.
Internet
Aug 26, 2011
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Japanese trading house Mitsui plans to build large-scale solar power plants with the capacity to supply 30,000 households in the tsunami-hit northeast, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 6, 2011
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Alibaba Group stakeholder Yahoo! said talks aimed at resolving a rift over Chinese online payment platform Alipay have been "constructive."
Internet
Jun 22, 2011
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China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group announced Thursday it has split its consumer online shopping platform Taobao into three firms to adapt to an increasingly competitive landscape.
Business
Jun 16, 2011
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