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Why A Japanese E-Commerce Giant Is The Lead Investor In Pinterest
Thu 17 May 2012
Rakuten
CEO
Hiroshi Mikitani
Japanese
e-commerce giant Rakuten is the lead investor in Pinterest's $
100 million
round. Most people in the
United States
have never heard of Rakuten. And that's a big
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Thu 17 May 2012
LONDON
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IFR
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Jean-Claude Trichet
took the podium in
Berlin
last October 6 for his final press conference as president of the
European
Central
... (photo: AP / Martin Oeser)
The Times of India
Thu 17 May 2012
Tokyo stocks rebound, close up 0.86%
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Thu 17 May 2012
World stocks mixed amid bargain-hunting vs caution
BANGKOK —
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Europe
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Thu 17 May 2012
North Korea 'resuming work' on nuclear reactor
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Thu 17 May 2012
Investments up, stocks tumble in the Philippines
By
Alito
L. Malinao MANILA, May 17 (
Xinhua
) -- The
Philippine economy
was marked by both positive and negative developments in the past few days, with a huge surge in
... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
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Asia stocks rise after Greece sets election date
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's possible exit from the euro common currency and traders hunted for bargains after
... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Thu 17 May 2012
Nikkei slips on Greece fears but Japan GDP supports
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Wed 16 May 2012
Apple's new iPhone to have larger screen: Sources
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Canada Dot Com
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Reuters
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Facebook prices shares at $38 in record Web IPO
my SA
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