#sony #ericsson #mobile #consulting @callistecomm According to Tarmo Virki 2011, “Sony Corp is to take over its mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson for 1.05 billion euros ($1.5 billion), as it seeks to exploit its music and video to help it catch smartphone leaders such as Apple Inc. The deal to buy out its Swedish [...]
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Sony Buys Ericsson Out of Mobile Phone Venture | Reuters
October 29th, 2011 
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Posted in Business, Finance, Joint Ventures 
Tags: Ericsson, Finance, joint venture, Mobile, Reuters, Sony, Tarmo Virki 
No Comments »InterContinental Hotels in 12 New China Brand Deals: China Head | Reuters
October 20th, 2011 admin According to Melanie Lee 2011, “InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG.L) (IHG) has signed 12 contracts for its new China hotel brand with the first opening of the new brand expected in late 2012 or early 2013, its China head said on Tuesday. IHG also intends to expand the China branded hotel overseas in 2-3 years to cater to Chinese [...]
Posted in Asia, Business, China, Global Tags: Asia, Branding, China, InterContinental Hotels, marketing, Melanie Lee, Reuters No Comments »Wal-Mart China CEO Quits as Retailer Grapples with Pork Scandal | Reuters
October 20th, 2011 admin According to Melanie Lee and Donny Kwok 2011, “The head of Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s (WMT.N) China business has resigned citing personal reasons, after the world’s largest retailer ran into trouble with Chinese authorities leading to store closures and employee detentions. The departure of China CEO Ed Chan, along with Senior Vice President of Human Resources Clara Wong, is [...]
Posted in Asia, Business, China, Emerging Markets, Global, Reuters Tags: Asia, Business, China, Donny Kwok, Melanie Lee, Retail, Reuters, Wal-Mart No Comments »Entrepreneurial hotbeds: A Mix of Science and Luck | Reuters
October 20th, 2011 admin According to Deborah L. Cohen 2011, “Nick Cronin moved to Chicago from Milwaukee to stack the entrepreneurial deck in his favor, hoping to leverage the city’s improving climate for emerging ventures. ”There is more excitement about startups, which means more events, more willing mentors, more media coverage and more overall buzz,” said the founder of ExpertBids, [...]
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Reuters, Start ups, Technology Tags: Business, Chicago, Deborah L. Cohen, Entrepreneurs, ExpertBids, Reuters, start-ups, Technology No Comments »
Video: Creating Information at Lightspeed: Yuri Milner | Reuters
September 25th, 2011 admin According to Reuters 2011, “Today we create information in two days that’s comparable to all the information created from the dawn of civilization. What will happen in 10 years? One of the biggest investors in the internet sector tells us.” View more > http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/09/23/creating-information-at-lightspeed-yuri?videoId=221869136&videoChannel=6 (This video runs for +14 mins)
The Advent of The Global Brain | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters
September 25th, 2011 admin According to Chrystia Freeland 2011, “Get ready for the global brain. That was the grand finale of a presentation on the next generation of the Internet I heard last week from Yuri Milner. G-8 leaders had a preview of Milner’s predictions a few months earlier, when he was among the technology savants invited to brief [...]
AT&T Fights Back At U.S. Challenge of T-Mobile Deal | Reuters
September 11th, 2011 admin #tech #consulting According to Sinead Carew and Diane Bartz 2011, “AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA fought back against the Justice Department’s challenge to their proposed merger, arguing the deal would “usher in more intense competition.” AT&T and T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, argued in a federal court filing on Friday that the massive $39 [...]
Posted in Business, Court, Law, North America, Reuters, Telecom Tags: Business, Diane Bartz, Reuters, Sinead Carew, Telecom No Comments »Internap Not For Sale, Bets On Data Center Growth | Reuters
September 10th, 2011 admin #tech #consulting According to Rachana Khanzode 2011, “Internap Network Services Corp, a provider of services that help improve Internet connectivity, is not up for sale at a time when a wave of consolidation is sweeping through the fast-growing telecom networking industry.” Read More > http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/09/us-internap-idUSTRE78878I20110909
Posted in Computing, Hosting, Internet, Technology, Web Security Tags: Internap, Internet, Rachana Khanzode, Reuters, Technology No Comments »
