US will welcome its small cars

"A top Ford Motor Co. executive says market research shows the company's coming line of global small cars will be well received in the U.S. Derrick Kuzak, group vice president of global product development, says the European-designed Fiesta subcompact and Focus compact...

Alibaba shares fall as Microsoft withdraws Yahoo bid

Hong Kong-lisited shares in Alibaba.com fell 6% on Monday to HK$15.25(US$1.96) after Microsoft abandoned its takeover bid for Yahoo, whichowns 39% of Alibaba Group, Alibaba.com's parent, the South China Morning Post reported.Despite speculation that the decline was caused...

Yahoo China launched new blogging and networking service

"Last Tuesday, Yahoo China launched a new blogging and networking service. This move aimed to expand its revenue streams as a step to an expansion in the world's second-largest Web market by subscriber numbers. Yahoo China spokesperson stated last Tuesday that the Yahoo...

The Chinese Internet Crash of 2007 - Calamity or Capitalism?

THE CHINESE INTERNET CRASH OF 2007Calamity or Capitalism? By Tom Carter In late December of last year, a 7.1 earthquake off the coast of Taiwan severely damaged Asia’s undersea fiber-optic cables, disrupting...

Bulk shopping at Alibaba

Alibaba regularly ranks as one of the top destination web sites in the world, currently higher than Wikipedia or CNN, it is a mind boggling Bazaar of bulk items available for import and export, mainly from China. A popular site rarely heard about, it is for those who buy by...

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