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		<title><![CDATA[Xinhua Sports Buys  Sports Site NuBB For $27.6 Million & Sports Distributor for $15.5 Million]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Xinhua Sports & Entertainment, the Nasdaq-traded Chinese sports media company that was initially focus on finance though Xinhua Fiannce but changed name last year, has signed a deal to acquire  NuCom Online, the local sports company that operates sports portal, NuBB. NuCom investor KPCB China will become shareholders...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:16:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: Friendster's Sale Could Come By Month-End]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Social network Friendster put itself on the block this summer, and now it appears that the company could be sold by the end of December. CEO Richard Kimber told Reuters the company was currently negotiating with a &#8220;shortlist&#8221; of potential buyers, but a source told the publication that the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:12:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cheil Worldwide Takes Majority Stake In Digital Creative Shop The Barbarian Group]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ South Korean marketing agency Cheil Worldwide has taken a majority stake in The Barbarian Group, a digital creative shop that has gotten attention for its work on The Subservient Chicken and this month&#8217;s augmented reality issue of Esquire magazine. Barbarian will move its headquarters from Boston to New York....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:17:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Launches A Twitter-Like Service In China]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At least for now, Twitter has pretty much locked up the microblogging market in the U.S., but a couple of big players seem to think they can still get traction in some foreign countries. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is launching a Twitter-like service in China, IDG News Service reports. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:30:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shanda Online Brings In Yahoo Ad-Targeting Vet Zhu As Its New CTO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) Online, the ad and content-serving arm of Shanda Interactive, has reeled in Yahoo alum Dr. Jing Zhu as its new CTO. Zhu spent eight years with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), most recently serving as a senior director of the team that developed its contextual ad-targeting platform; the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:03:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shanda's Hurray Acquires Video Site Ku6.com]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ China&#8217;s Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) is adding online video to its growing digital media empire, through the acquisition of user-gen video site Ku6.com. It&#8217;s an all-stock deal; Ku6 will keep its name, becoming a subsidiary of Hurray, the mobile content company Shanda bought out this summer. Full financials were not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: PE Firms Investing $180 Million In Chinese Web Portal Sina]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Three private equity houses are investing $180 million in web portal Sina (NSDQ: SINA), one of China&#8217;s biggest online businesses, according to reports from Reuters.com and WSJ, citing sources. Sequoia Capital is joining with Chinese investment groups Fountainvest Partners and CITIC Capital to back a management-led purchase of 5.6...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:34:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chinese Travel Search Engine Qunar Raises $15 Million]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lots of activity in China&#8217;s burgeoning online travel industry. Travel search engine Qunar has raised $15 million in funding in a round led by GGV Capital. Mayfield Fund, GSR Ventures, and Tenaya Capital also participated in the round, according to investment research firm JLM Pacific Epoch, which cites local...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Currencies in Focus as Obama Tours Asia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Wayne ColeSYDNEY (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - A rare rally in the U.S. dollar was the focus in Asia on Friday as investors wondered if President Barack Obama's nine-day visit to the region would generate pressure on some countries to let their currencies rise.The bounce in the long-suffering dollar added to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:30:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strong Growth For Asia, Australia: BNP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Asia and Australia can look forward to a period of strong growth as infrastructure and other investment spending is funded by cheap money from the US and Europe, says BNP Paribas' chief economist.Inflation in the US and Europe, if it rises, is the only factor that may threaten growth...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chinese Broadcaster's New Media Arm Gets A $25 Million Investment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Phoenix New Media, the four-year-old new media unit of Hong Kong TV broadcaster Phoenix Satellite Television is getting an influx of funds from three investment firms. Morningside Ventures, Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, and Bertelsmann Asia Investment Funds are backing the operation with $25 million; Intel Capital is providing $10...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[AXA Eyes Asia Growth Via Asset Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denny Thomas and George ChenSYDNEY/HONG KONG (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - French insurer AXA AXAF bid for full control of its majority-owned Asian arm on Monday, seeking a tighter grip on the region's strong growth potential.The insurance market in Asia is growing faster than Europe and the United States, with Ping...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:30:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AXA Targets Asia Growth in Spite of China Snag]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denny Thomas and George ChenSYDNEY/HONG KONG (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - French insurer AXA AXAF sought full control of its majority-owned Asian arm to get a tighter grip on the region's booming markets, and stuck with plans to grow in China in spite of regulatory obstacles there.The insurance market in Asia is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:45:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cyworld Shutting Down U.S. Service; So Much For $110 Million Earmark]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Cyworld, the Korean social giant that could, finally couldn&#8217;t. At least not in U.S. It is shutting down its U.S. service, after three years of trying, according to a notice on its site. It will shut down in entirety on Nov 23. The service, owned by SK Telecom (NYSE:...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Glam Media Set For France Expansion In 2010, BRIC Nation Launches Planned]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Women-focused content network Glam Media is on course to launch in France next year and has plans to open offices in more European markets and developing nations around the world after that. The US company, which organises content from 1,800 sites into its Glam.com flagship site, opened its UK...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Our first question comes from George Price with Stifel Nicolaus. Please proceed with your question. George Price &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus Hi. Good morning, everyone and congratulations on a nice job in the quarter Adam Gutstein Good morning, George. Good to hear from you. George Price...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[AOL Keeping Its Venture Investments and AOL India]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Last week I reported based on AOL&#8217;s spinoff SEC filing that Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) may be retaining AOL India and AOL&#8217;s venture investments. Turns out neither of that is happening, and was based on my misreading of the SEC filings. On AOL India, the company has denied Time...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Government Tug-of-War Stunts World of Warcraft's Growth In China]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Growth of Activision&#8217;s money-making MMO World of Warcraft is being stalled in China, as Reuters reports that the game is now caught up in the government&#8217;s crack-down on foreign investment and operations in its online games industry. For context, Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) reported about $70 million worth of revenue...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Baidu Partners With Qtrax For Ad-Supported Music Downloads]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU)&#8212;which has come under fire for linking to illegal music downloads&#8212;is partnering with ad-supported music download service Qtrax to change that. The Chinese search engine says it will direct music-related search queries from its entertainment portal and music sites to Qtrax, when Qtrax has a track in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:22:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TripAdvisor Buys Up Chinese Travel Site Kuxun; Will Invest $50 Million In China Expansion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hoping to tap into the booming Chinese tourism market, Expedia-owned travel review site TripAdvisor is making a big push in the country. TripAdvisor is buying up Kuxun.cn, China&#8217;s second largest travel-related site, after Ctrip.com. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although investment research firm JLM Pacific Epoch cites...]]></description>
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