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Credit Suisse Hires Former UBS Japan Internet Analyst Nakayasu

Credit Suisse Group AG hired Yuki Nakayasu, a former analyst at larger rival UBS AG, to cover Japan’s Internet industry, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News. (here is the story…) Related items Credit Suisse Hires Ex-UBS Analyst to Cover Japan Internet Credit Suisse Hires Ex-UBS Analyst Nakayasu to Cover Japan Internet...

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Credit Suisse Hires Ex-UBS Analyst Nakayasu to Cover Japan Internet Firms

Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) hired Yuki Nakayasu, a former analyst at larger rival UBS AG (UBSN) , to cover Japan’s Internet industry, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News. (here is the story…) Related items Credit Suisse Hires Ex-UBS Analyst to Cover Japan Internet Credit Suisse Hires Former UBS Japan Internet...

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PhillyDeals: U.S. capitalists seek Internet gold in socialist China

Turner Investment Partners Inc., the multibillion-dollar Berwyn-based mutual fund and investment company, is urging clients to buy Internet stocks – from China. (here is the story…) Related items Chinese Internet Stocks Stall on Growth Concerns Chinese Internet Stocks Have Room for Growth China's Growth Targets Slide — Shares of Sohu and Ctrip Fall China...

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Internet youth group boycott Asia Cell over rising telecom tariffs

Garmiyan – A youth group on Facebook has launched a campaign for consumers to boycott Asia Cell – Iraq’s largest mobile telecom provider – over a planned hike in communication tariffs. (here is the story…) Related items China tells IPO bankers to "like" Facebook: IFR China tells IPO bankers to 'like' Facebook – IFR...

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Biden an internet hit in China

US Vice President Joe Biden’s decision to eat cheap Beijing-style noodles for his first lunch on his current visit to China has proved a hit with Chinese internet users. (here is the story…) Related items Survey: China has 513 million Internet users ICANN names Chinese scholar as VP for Asia China tightens Internet regulations...

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Kazakhstan blocks "extremist" foreign Internet sites

ALMATY (Reuters) – A court in Kazakhstan ruled on Friday to block access to 13 foreign Internet sites, including the popular blogging service LiveJournal, saying they were propagating terrorism and inciting religious hatred. (here is the story…) Related items Asia Private Equity Weekly News, April 30, 2012 Fraud costs Asia $1 billion a year:...

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Autonomy, AIG, Japan Earthquake: Hot Trends

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Popular searches on the Internet Friday include Autonomy, the British software firm that Hewlett-Packard is set to buy. The companies announced on Thursday that HP will buy Autonomy for $10.3 billion, in an effort to increase HP’s focus on software. HP plans to sell off its PC business and also...

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Asia leads global broadband growth

Point Topic (point-topic.com), a UK-based company founded in 1998 whose mission is to provide focused information on broadband communications services, said Asia led global mobile broadband growth for the first quarter of 2011. (here is the story…) Related items China You Announces the Launch of Their Travel to China Website Googling at Google's Growth...

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China Mobile profits up on higher Internet use

China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, reported net profits rising by 6.3 percent for the first half of 2011, as the company had more customers surfing the Internet with its handsets. (here is the story…) Related items China's online shopping to surge, Internet population to double US and Japan combined by 2015 China...

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20% of Internet Users Visited Amazon in June [STUDY]

About one-fifth of global Internet users visited Amazon’s various websites during June, according to a report from comScore. (here is the story…) Related items One in five Web users visited Amazon in June: report Environmental Investigation Agency: Amazon.com Profits From Slaughter of Whales China's Internet Users Cross 500 Million China's Internet Population Estimated At...

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