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Rakuten Inc.

(4755) is in the Financial Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$178.1M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Online Shopping; E-Commerce; Travel Services; Financial Services; Baseball Team Owner

Number of Employees 3,709

Contact Information

Rakuten Tower 4-12-3 Higashishinagawa

Tokyo

(81) 3 6387 1111

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Pension Funds: 525110

Company News

Recent Events

Rakuten Taps the Brightcove Platform for E-commerce Online Video Initiatives

12/07/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

dljdirect and rakuten inc. - All News and Analysis

Chief of Japanese Shopping Mall-Operator Joins Board of Online Brokerage.

- 2003-11-26

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 26--TOKYO--Rakuten Inc., Japan's largest Internet shopping mall operator, said Wednesday its president and chairman Hiroshi Mikitani has joined the board of directors at online brokerage house DLJdirect SFG Securities Inc. ...

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RAKUTEN TO ENTER FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS WITH DLJDIRECT DEAL.

- 2003-11-17

TOKYO, Nov 17 Asia Pulse - Rakuten Inc. (TSE:4755) will acquire major online securities firm DLJdirect SFG Securities Inc. in a deal estimated to be about 30 billion yen (US$274.7 million), taking the plunge into the financial services industry. This would be another large buyout for Rakuten that...

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Japan Web Vendor Rakuten to Buy Online Brokerage DLJdirect.

- 2003-11-14

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 14--TOKYO--Rakuten Inc., Japan's largest Internet shopping mall operator, said Friday it has agreed to acquire online brokerage DLJdirect SFG Securities Inc. by the end of the year. Under the agreement, Rakuten...

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Japan Internet Shopping-Mall Operator to Buy Online Broker.

- 2003-11-11

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--TOKYO--Rakuten Inc., Japan's largest Internet shopping mall operator, will get into the online brokerage business by purchasing DLJdirect SFG Securities Inc., industry sources said Tuesday. Rakuten will purchase all outstanding...

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