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Postby cstaylor » Thu Nov 07, 2002 4:02 pm

I know one of the Overture engineers... we'll see what happens. :wink:
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Re: Google, Overture duel for Japanese Yahoo

Postby Taro Toporific » Thu Nov 07, 2002 11:03 pm

bikkle wrote:Search rivals duel for Japanese Yahoo

Tokyo-based Yahoo Japan is the dominant Internet presence in the country--


But not for long!

Ol' Son-san of SoftBank is bailling out of Yahoo . . .

Yahoo! Falling on Downgrade, Softbank Sale
11/07/2002 08:29 AM EST
Yahoo! was selling off in the premarket session after Softbank said it cut its stake in the Internet portal and an analyst downgraded the shares.
Softbank's U.S. unit said it sold 17.5 million shares in Yahoo! for $294 million, cutting its stake to 4% from 7%.

http://www.thestreet.com/_tsclsii/markets/stockwatch/10052921.html
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