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Softbank Sells Yahoo! Shares
News Softbank said on Thursday its US unit had completed the sale of 3.16m shares in Internet portal Yahoo, generating a $336m (£224m) profit for the Japanese Internet investor. The sale reduces Softbank's stake in Yahoo to 22.58 percent from the...
[June 1, 2000, 14:11]
Softbank Investment Data Is Available - And Safe With StorageTek L20/L40
White Papers Softbank Investment Corporation (Softbank Investment) constitutes the core of the Softbank Group's venture capital operations. Softbank Investment operates a total of five servers, beginning with its key Solaris + Oracle-based system for managing...
[January 2, 2006, 23:00]
Softbank Acquires Kingston Technology
News US-based Kingston has been a star performer in recent years, emerging form nowhere to become a powerful force in the memory upgrade market. In the UK, it has enjoyed a close relationship with Surrey-based distributor Datrontech, that has given the...
[August 15, 1996, 11:23]
NetWorld+Interop Show To Run Late October In UK
News Organiser Softbank Forums said the show will be the first exhibition in this country to host an intranet that connects exhibitors, and will also offer spaces dedicated to education (including a two-day conference), Java, remote access and...
[March 18, 1997, 13:47]
Wozniak To Give Danger Advice
News Wozniak's resignation comes as handheld device developer Danger restructures its board to accommodate a director's seat for one of its largest investors, Softbank Capital Partners. Eric Hippeau, Softbank's managing partner, will serve as a director...
[March 11, 2003, 9:49]
MS And IBM Create Enfrastructure Startup
News ThinkTank.com is an affiliate of Softbank's HotBank Network. Last October, Softbank committed $200m to ThinkTank, which it could use for venture capital funding for its businesses. Softbank is a shareholder in ZDNet.
[September 19, 2000, 11:14]
Google's Search For Mobile Goes East
News Also on Thursday, Softbank announced it will form a joint venture with Vodafone Group to succeed Vodafone's Japanese operation, which Softbank agreed to buy in March. Masayoshi Son, chief executive of Softbank, will become chief executive of the...
[May 19, 2006, 9:35]
IBM Touts Linux Expertise
News The other new IBM Linux customers to be announced on Monday at a conference in San Francisco are online boat slip reservation system provider Marinalife, investment bank Credit Agricole Indosuez and Korean online university applications company...
[August 4, 2003, 9:15]
BIBLE: Ten Hot Valley Startups
News Investors include France Telecom Innovacom, JP Morgan, Olympic Venture Partners, Phoenix Partners, RWI Group, SOFTBANK Technology Ventures, Sand Hill Financial, and Telos Venture Partner Formed three years with Softbank as its main investor...
[November 10, 1999, 13:40]
Coming Soon: Exhibition And Conference Dates
News November - 1 December: Networld + Interop, Softbank 0181-8496 200, fax 0181-8496 203 Seybold 96, Frankfurt, Softbank Expos , 49891-4312 700, fax 49891-4312 709 30 October - 1 November: PC Troubleshooting, Manchester; Computer Seminars Ltd 0800...
[October 28, 1996, 11:29]
Hauser Keynotes First UK NetWorld+Interop Expo
News Details are available from show organiser Softbank's Web site. Softbank can be contacted by telephone on 0181-8496200. Hauser, now chairman of NChannel, a Network Computer startup, will discuss the future of home Internet appliances.
[September 5, 1996, 11:24]
Seybold DTP Expo Coming To Europe
News The show organiser is Softbank Expos, owner of Comdex, Interop+NetWorld and Ziff-Davis, publisher of PC Daily News. Seybold Europe will be a big benefit to the European audience," said Gerhard Fleischer, marketing communications manager, Softbank...
[August 1, 1996, 17:08]
US Report: Yahoo! Clobbers Wall Street
News also announced a 2-for-1 stock split and has entered into an agreement for a $250m (£152.4m) private placement of common stock to Softbank Holdings. SoftBank Holdings also has a controlling influence in Ziff-Davis, the owners and publishers of...
[July 9, 1998, 9:58]
A New Twist On Free ISPs
News Softbank and Yahoo! But unlike Softbank, CMGI's business plan has another revenue stream. CMGI is rapidly emerging as a force to contend with. The company owns the second biggest free Internet service provider (ISP), 1stUp.com, with two million...
[March 16, 2000, 13:44]
The Day Ahead: Sizing Up The Internet Incubators
News Creative is trying to become Korea's version of Softbank, which owns stakes in Ziff Davis and ZDNet, the parent of ZDII. Softbank, which is traded in Tokyo, also owns stake in Yahoo! And who can blame them?
[February 7, 2000, 11:56]
Buy.com Heads For The UK
News The UK launch is being handled by eVentures, a joint venture between epartners, backed by News Corp.and Softbank, the Japanese Internet investor. Softbank owns ZDNet UK publisher Ziff-Davis. US-based discount retailer Buy.com is set to announce its...
[January 18, 2000, 10:04]
Yahoo!- GeoCities Merger Depends On 'pooling Of Interests'
News is 30-percent owned by SoftBank, with directors and affiliates holding 57 percent of the company. Softbank also holds a 71 percent interest in Ziff-Davis, the parent of ZDNet. Yahoo! said in a regulatory filing Friday that its proposed merger with...
[February 26, 1999, 16:39]
US Report: Net Newcomer Zapata In Bizarre Bid For Excite
News Some companies have been successful at it, Wester said, pointing to Microsoft and Japanese firm Softbank (Softbank is the largest shareholder of ZDNN publisher Ziff Davis Inc. Started as an oil business in 1953 by former U.S.
[May 22, 1998, 10:13]
Compaq Boosts Net Offering With Zip2 Acquisition
News Softbank Ventures, a division of Softbank -- parent company of ZDNN publisher Ziff-Davis Inc.is an investor in Zip2. Zip2, a privately held US company, will become an operating division of the AltaVista Company, a division of Compaq that the...
[February 17, 1999, 11:03]
Coming Soon: Exhibition And Conference Dates
News 19-21: Seybold 96, Frankfurt; Softbank Expos 49891-4312 700, fax 49891-4312 709 November - 1 December: Networld + Interop, Softbank 0181-8496 200, fax 0181-8496 203 TMA29 Annual Convention of the Telecommunications Managers Association; Brighton...
[November 18, 1996, 8:25]
