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• IRG Telecom, Media, and Technology Weekly Japan Market Review

  - 2009-02-25

  Hong Kong, Feb 25, 2009 - ACN Newswire - The following is an excerpt from IRG's TMT Weekly Market Review Feb 16 - 22. IRG is a financial advisory and investment firm focused on the core growth sectors in Asia with particular focus on the telecommunications, media and technology TMT...

  Tags: Rakuten Inc., Toshiba Corp., Yahoo Japan

• FAST and Rakuten Announce Joint Venture of Mobile Search in Japan

  - 2007-08-24

  Companies combine expertise in search and advanced mobile markets to provide innovative search and mobile advertising services NEEDHAM, Mass. & OSLO, Norway -- Rakuten, Inc.(JASDAQ code:4755), a leading Internet Service Company in Japan, and Fast Search & Transfer[TM] (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST[TM]), the leading global provider of enterprise search technologies,...

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• Norway's Fast Search & Transfer ASA and Japan's Rakuten Inc announce JV

  - 2007-08-23

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-23 August 2007-Norway's Fast Search & Transfer ASA and Japan's Rakuten Inc announce JVC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Norwegian real-time search solutions provider Fast Search & Transfer ASA FAST said on Thursday (23 August) that it has signed a joint venture agreement with the Japanese Internet service company Rakuten...

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• Norway's Fast Search & Transfer ASA and Japan's Rakuten Inc announce JV

  - 2007-08-23

  NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-23 August 2007-Norway's Fast Search & Transfer ASA and Japan's Rakuten Inc announce JVC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Norwegian real-time search solutions provider Fast Search & Transfer ASA FAST said on Thursday (23 August) that it has signed a joint venture agreement with the Japanese Internet service...

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• Download videos via magazines in Japan's latest ad scheme

  - 2007-06-07

  TOKYO AFP — Making use of Japan's passion for high-tech mobile telephones, a company is testing a way to let people download video advertisements by snapping photos of related pages from a printed magazine. Rakuten Inc., Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, is trying out the technology by handing...

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• RAKUTEN, INC. TO OPEN ONLINE SHOPS IN CHINA

  - 2007-01-09

  AsiaInfo Services 01-09-2007 Rakuten, Inc. to Open Online Shops in China JAPAN, Jan 09, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Rakuten, Inc., the controller of the largest online shopping mall in Japan, announced recently that it would open online shops in China,...

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• LinkShare Corporation and YOOX.COM Announce International Performance-Based Marketing Partnership.

  - 2006-10-31

  NEW YORK, October 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Partnership Will Emphasize Expansion in United States, Japan and UK LinkShare Corporation, a leader in global performance-based marketing solutions, and YOOX.COM, global e-tailer of multi-brand fashion & design, today announced an international performance-based...

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• ANA and Rakuten to Start Joint Venture Domestic Travel Company

  - 2006-07-12

  Tokyo, Japan, July 12, 2006 - JCN Newswire - ANA and Rakuten, Inc, the company behind Rakuten Shopping Mall, the busiest online shopping destination for Japanese consumers, announced at a press conference today that the two companies will establish a joint venture company to provide online travel services to...

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• TBS makes nice with netco.(TELEVISION/INTERNATIONAL)(Rakuten Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-12-12

  HONG KONG In a replay of Internet giant Livedoor's takeover bid for Fuji Television in February, Tokyo Broadcasting System is fending off Japanese netco Rakuten. Rakuten, headed by Hiroshi Mikitani, spent [yen] 100 billion ($826 million) over seven weeks, building up...

  Tags: Livedoor Co., Rakuten Inc.

• Mirror Image Ensures Global Distribution of LinkShare's Performance-Based Marketing Campaigns

  - 2005-11-14

  TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- LinkShare Corporation has selected Mirror ImageR Internet to ensure global distribution of the company's performance-based marketing campaigns for affiliate, search and e-mail initiatives. According to Horace J. Meng, LinkShare's chief technology officer, LinkShare's affiliate network supports more than 10 million e-commerce relationships. "Our clients rely on...

  Tags: LinkShare Corp., Mirror Image, Rakuten Inc.