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• Report: PE Firms Investing $180 Million In Chinese Web Portal Sina

  PaidContent - 2009-11-27

  Three private equity houses are investing $180 million in web portal Sina (NSDQ: SINA), one of China’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...

  Tags: Sina Corp., Investment, Portals, Financial Services, Finance, Internet, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Countries, Asia, China, Patrick Smith

• Failure of Focus Media Takeover Good and Bad for SINA

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-09-30

  Zacks.com submits: SINA Corporation SINA said that it has dropped plans for acquiring Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN due to the delay in approval from China's Ministry of Commerce regarding antitrust issues. The companies have decided not to extend the deadline of the agreement. In order to provide...

  Tags: Internet, China, Zacks.com, Focus Media Holding Ltd., Sina Corp.

• An Opportunity to Profit from Focus Media / Sina Transaction

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-06-22

  Zachary Scheidt submits: Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN has been devastated by the recent economic downturn. In late 2007, the stock topped out above $65 per share, but currently trades at roughly $7.50 - down roughly 88% from its former glory. The Chinese advertising company spent...

  Tags: Media, Internet, China, Zachary Scheidt, Sina Corp.

• Focus Media - Sina Transaction: Think Outside the Box to Make Profits

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-25

  Zachary Scheidt submits: Shareholders of Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) FMCN and SINA Corporation (USA) SINA were met with a surprise on Monday. The boards of both companies have agreed to a transaction whereby Focus Media will sell the majority of its LCD display network, its poster...

  Tags: Internet, Zachary Scheidt, Sina Corp.

• There's Still Hope for Focus Media After Sina Acquisition

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-24

  Joel Backaler submits: Like many others I couldn’t resist having high expectations for Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN. For the first two and half years after its IPO I watched its stock price soar, but over the past year I also witnessed its value decline 81%. Is there hope for...

  Tags: Internet, China, Joel Backaler, Sina Corp.

• Sina Can't Catch a Break, Even After Focus Media Deal

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-23

  Kirk Shinkle submits: Remember Chinese Internet stocks? Think back on the heady days of 2007 when companies like Baidu BIDU were being heralded as the Google GOOG of the East... Obviously, that was before the crash and even though Chinese shares suffered some of the worst damage of all...

  Tags: Internet, China, Kirk Shinkle, Sina Corp.

• Chinese Internet portal Sina launches English site

  - 2008-05-19

  BEIJING AFP — Leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com has launched an English news site, amid intense global interest in China following last week's earthquake tragedy. "We have chosen to launch our English news site now as we would like to provide up-to-minute coverage of the earthquake for overseas people...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, INTERNET, Sina Corp., tragedy

• Chinese official resigns after dozing off at speech

  - 2008-02-23

  BEIJING AFP — An official in southwest China has resigned from his post after he was caught falling asleep on the job, but he has gotten some support for his plight from cyberspace, state media reported Saturday. Jiang Wenhui stepped down as deputy director of the Chenggong County Investment...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, INTERNET, Leadership, lecture, MARKETING, Sina Corp., Xinhua News Agency

• 4 WEB PORTALS HIT USD108MN ADVERTISING REVENUES

  - 2007-11-26

  AsiaInfo Services 11-26-2007 4 Web Portals Hit USD108mn Advertising Revenues BEIJING, Nov 26, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Advertising revenues from four domestic Web portals in the third quarter of 2007 exceeded the symbolic USD 100 million, hitting USD 108 million....

  Tags: advertisement, INTERNET, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Portals, Sina Corp., Sohu.com, Web

• Chinese basketball chiefs mixed on Milwaukee's choice of Yi

  - 2007-06-29

  BEIJING AFP — Chinese basketball officials gave a mixed reaction on Friday to the Milwaukee Bucks selecting Yi Jianlian as the number six pick in the NBA draft, insisting he must get on court playing time. "I believe that this is a very good outcome," the sports website of...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Games, INTERNET, Milwaukee, NBA, Portals, Sina Corp.