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  • Yahoo to sell 40% stake in Alibaba

    Struggling internet company Yahoo Inc has agreed to sell half of its 40 per cent stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $US7.1 billion ($A7.24 billion).The deal, announced on Sunday in the ...

  • Train level crossing trial to send warnings to cars

    New technology that allows approaching trains to send signals to cars at level crossings will be trialled in Melbourne over the next month.The technology operates wirelessly to send messages to cars approaching ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - 12 hours ago

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

  • Yahoo! to sell stake in China's Alibaba for $7.1 billion

    After more than a year of tedious negotiations, struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! has agreed to sell its stake in Alibaba, China's top e-commerce player, for at least $7.1 billion, the companies announced.The ...

  • Yahoo! to sell stake in China's Alibaba for $7.1 billion

    Alibaba, China's top e-commerce player, will re-purchase a 20-percent state in itself from US portal Yahoo! for at least $7.1 billion, the companies announced."At the minimum price and assuming the ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - Sun, May 20, 2012 6:10 AM AEST

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

  • China clears Google purchase of Motorola Mobility AFP - Sat, May 19, 2012 6:39 PM AEST
    China clears Google purchase of Motorola Mobility

    Google on Saturday said that Chinese regulators approved its $12.5 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility, clearing the path for the Internet titan to complete the acquisition early next week.US and European ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - Sat, May 19, 2012 6:10 AM AEST

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

  • Motorola Mobility smartphones face US import ban AFP - Sat, May 19, 2012 3:01 AM AEST
    Motorola Mobility smartphones face US import ban

    A US commission sided with Microsoft by moving to ban the import of Android-powered Motorola smartphones based on patent infringement complaints by the software colossus.The ruling issued by the International ...

  • Yahoo! stock climbs on report of Alibaba sale AFP - Fri, May 18, 2012 9:10 PM AEST
    Yahoo! stock climbs on report of Alibaba sale

    Yahoo! stock price climbed Friday on renewed rumors that it was close to a multibillion-dollar deal to sell half of its stake in Alibaba.com back to the Chinese online shopping portal.Yahoo! shares were ...

  • Facebook sets richest tech flotation in motion AFP - Fri, May 18, 2012 9:41 AM AEST
    Facebook sets richest tech flotation in motion

    Facebook on Friday makes the richest-ever share offering for a technology firm, raking in billions of dollars it could wield to dethrone Google as king of the Internet.Facebook stock priced at $38 per ...

  • Facebook sets richest tech IPO in motion AFP - Fri, May 18, 2012 9:12 AM AEST
    Facebook sets richest tech IPO in motion

    Facebook on Friday is to make the richest-ever share offering for a technology firm, raking in billions of dollars it could wield to dethrone Google as king of the Internet.Facebook stock priced at $38 ...

  • HP poised to cut up to 30,000 jobs AAP - Fri, May 18, 2012 8:42 AM AEST
    HP poised to cut up to 30,000 jobs

    Hewlett-Packard is reportedly poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs to help offset dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the internet on smartphones and tablets.Bloomberg News ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - Fri, May 18, 2012 6:10 AM AEST

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

  • Hewlett-Packard to cut 30,000 jobs: report AFP - Thu, May 17, 2012 7:50 PM AEST
    Hewlett-Packard to cut 30,000 jobs: report

    Struggling Hewlett-Packard will unveil a vast restructuring plan next week that will include axing about 30,000 jobs, Dow Jones's AllThingsD reported Thursday.HP chief executive Meg Whitman will discuss ...

  • LG unveils new smartphone to revive business AFP - Thu, May 17, 2012 6:17 AM AEST
    LG unveils new smartphone to revive business

    South Korea's LG Electronics on Thursday unveiled a new version of its Optimus smartphone with greater memory and a more powerful battery, in an attempt to catch up with its rivals.The company said the ...

  • Toshiba drops Japan TV operations AFP - Thu, May 17, 2012 6:14 AM AEST
    Toshiba drops Japan TV operations

    Toshiba said Thursday it has stopped making televisions in Japan, citing slow domestic demand as falling prices, fierce global competition and a strong yen pressure the country's electronics makers.The ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - Thu, May 17, 2012 6:10 AM AEST

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

  • Asia software piracy hits firms for $21b AAP - Wed, May 16, 2012 4:15 PM AEST
    Asia software piracy hits firms for $21b

    An industry report says software piracy in Asia cost businesses more than $US20 billion ($A20.18 billion) in lost sales last year.The Business Software Alliance's study released on Wednesday said consumers ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - Wed, May 16, 2012 6:10 AM AEST

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

  • Germany's T-Mobile to cut 900 US jobs AFP - Tue, May 15, 2012 10:08 PM AEST
    Germany's T-Mobile to cut 900 US jobs

    Germany's T-Mobile, the fourth-largest wireless telecommunications company in the United States, said Tuesday it would cut 900 jobs as part of a company-wide restructuring."These changes resulted ...

  • Yahoo sends CEO packing without severance AAP - Tue, May 15, 2012 8:56 AM AEST

    Yahoo has ended Scott Thompson's four-month stint as its CEO without giving him a severance package, according to documents filed.Thompson, 54, left on Sunday in a management shake-up triggered by inaccurate ...

  • Software piracy costs record $63.4 billion in 2011: study

    Software piracy cost the industry a record $63.4 billion globally in 2011 with emerging economies listed as the main culprits, an annual study said Tuesday.This was up nearly eight percent from the previous ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - Tue, May 15, 2012 6:10 AM AEST

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

  • Sony, Panasonic eye next generation TV tie up AFP - Tue, May 15, 2012 3:23 AM AEST
    Sony, Panasonic eye next generation TV tie up

    Japan's cash-bleeding electronics giants Sony and Panasonic are looking to join forces to produce next generation televisions in a bid to claw back market from South Korean rivals, according to a report.The ...

  • Sony, Panasonic in talks on OEL TV tie-up: report AFP - Tue, May 15, 2012 1:47 AM AEST
    Sony, Panasonic eye next generation TV tie up

    Japan's Sony and Panasonic are in talks on a partnership to produce large OEL (organic electroluminescence) televisions in a bid to vie with their South Korean rivals, according to a report.Through the ...

  • Jobs, pre-orders at risk as GAME faces possible end ABC - Mon, May 14, 2012 8:50 PM AEST

    Video game and software retailer GAME has appointed administrators to its Australian operation just a few months after its British parent company hit rocky waters, putting the future of 500 local jobs ...

  • Ousted Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has cancer: report AFP - Mon, May 14, 2012 6:29 PM AEST
    Ousted Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has cancer: report

    Ousted Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson told board members before his resignation that he has cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.Thompson, who quit amid a controversy over inaccurate ...

  • Yahoo! reboot may be blessing in disguise AFP - Mon, May 14, 2012 5:45 PM AEST
    Yahoo! reboot may be blessing in disguise

    The ousting of Yahoo!'s chief executive after less than a year forces the flagging Internet pioneer into another painful reboot, but some analysts say it could be a blessing in disguise.Yahoo! boss Scott ...

  • Aust stocks slightly higher AAP - Mon, May 14, 2012 5:37 PM AEST

    Australian shares closed slightly higher, driven by gains in the telecommunications and financial sectors.At the close on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.9 points, or 0.28 per cent, at ...

  • Yahoo sweeps out CEO AAP - Mon, May 14, 2012 2:09 PM AEST
    Yahoo sweeps out CEO

    Yahoo swept out Scott Thompson as CEO in an effort to clean up a mess created by a misleading resume that destroyed his credibility as he set out to turn around the long-troubled internet company.Ross ...

  • Yahoo CEO departs amid 'job history' error AAP - Mon, May 14, 2012 8:10 AM AEST
    Yahoo sweeps out CEO

    Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately.Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company.Thompson has been under fire ...

  • Yahoo CEO departs amid resume error AAP - Mon, May 14, 2012 7:40 AM AEST
    Yahoo sweeps out CEO

    Yahoo says it is appointing Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO and Fred Amoroso as chairman of its board, effective immediately.Yahoo says CEO Scott Thompson has left the company.Thompson has been under fire ...

  • Captain tossed from troubled Yahoo! ship AFP - Mon, May 14, 2012 6:50 AM AEST
    Captain tossed from troubled Yahoo! ship

    Yahoo! boss Scott Thompson stepped down in the face of controversy about his allegedly inflated resume, leaving the struggling Internet pioneer seeking its sixth CEO in five years.As part of a truce in ...

  • Osprey Medical Inc. To be advised InvestSMART - Mon, May 14, 2012 6:10 AM AEST

    Osprey Medical is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of products that are designed to reduce the incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). The core technology ...

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