(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to its shareholders.
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Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion
Posted by MEreporter 2 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
Samsung today lost almost $10 billion in market value as unverified reports trickled in about Apple giving a major order for memory chips to a rival. Taiwan’s DigiTimes, which has more misses than hits in its reporting, ran an article that Apple had placed a huge order with Japan’s Elpida for mobile DRAM chips, buying almost half of its production capacity. Samsung, which is the world
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VLC media player crosses 1 billion downloads
Posted by bgrnews 6 days ago (http://www.bgr.in)
VLC media player is a piece of software most of us use on a daily basis. Apart from its simplistic user interface, it is one video player that supports each and every conceivable video codec. Today, VideoLan has announced that their popular software has reached one billion downloads. However, there are some caveats to this news as the download numbers don’t include Linux and only Windows and Mac
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Hungary seeks 15-20 billion euro IMF/EU credit line: official
Posted by ReutersNews 108 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister's office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted on Saturday as saying.
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Blackstone's new real estate fund passes $6 billion
Posted by ReutersNews 119 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP has raised more than $6 billion for a real estate opportunity fund, which eventually could match its current $11 billion fund, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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JPMorgan could lose $5 billion from PIIGS exposure: report
Posted by ReutersNews 129 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
MILAN (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co could lose up to $5 billion from its exposure to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain, Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in an interview with Class CNBC, carried in Italian newspaper Milano Finanza on Saturday.
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BP seeking at least $20 billion from Halliburton: report
Posted by ReutersNews 141 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
(Reuters) - Oil major BP is seeking at least $20 billion from its contractor Halliburton in costs and damages in relation to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a court filing by BP's lead trial attorney.
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Eldorado to buy European Goldfields for $2.4 billion
Posted by ReutersNews 156 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - European Goldfields Ltd said on Sunday that it had agreed to be bought by Eldorado Gold Corp for about C$2.5 billion ($2.4 billion).
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NASA launches $2.5 billion rover to Red Planet
Posted by desidalal 178 days ago (http://www.msnbc.msn.com)
NASA launches its next Mars rover, kicking off a long-awaited mission to see whether the Red Planet could have hosted microbial life.
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Boeing wins $21.7 billion airplane order
Posted by ReutersNews 187 days ago (http://feeds.reuters.com)
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United States announced a massive order for Boeing jets from Indonesia's largest domestic airline, Lion Air, to be showcased as U.S. President Barack Obama winds up an Asia-Pacific tour.Presented By:Strengthen Customer Relationships Ads by Pheedo
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The world's '7 billionth' baby is here
Posted by onlinefmradio 190 days ago (http://www.onlinefmradio.in)Danica Camacho is cuddled by her mother Camille as they are wheeled out of the delivery room of the Government's Fabella Hospital moments after she was born Monday Oct.31, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. The Philippines, ranked 12th as the most populated country in the world, joins the rest of the world as it welcomes its symbolic 7 billionth baby. Read More »
Bipasha is looking like a billion dollar bill: RGV
Posted by desidalal 199 days ago (http://feeds.mid-day.com)
The maiden promo of action thriller "Players" is out and Bipasha Basu is seen in a red bikini that bowls one over. Her look has become the talk of the town.Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma seems to be in awe of Bipasha's new avatar"Just saw 'Players' first look...Bipasha is looking like a billion dollar bill aaaaahhhhhhhh!," Varma posted on his Twitter account Friday.The action-thriller is a remake of t
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