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Tom.com to cut 80% of travel site staff
News Tom.com Ltd, a sports and entertainment Internet portal owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, will lay off 80 percent of the staff on its China travel Web site GoChinaGo.com today.
Malaysiakini founders wield influence in Asia
News Malaysia's Internet media founders of Malaysiakini have been ranked as being among the most powerful people in Asia, according to Asiaweek.
Chang only Tom.com director to exercise options
News Only one Tom.com Ltd director used share options in 2000 as the Internet site operator's shares dived in value.
LinkedIn cuts 10 percent of its workforce
News Business-focused social-networking site cuts 36 jobs to focus on revenue-producing areas a month after raising US$22 million in additional funding.
Tags: Web 2.0, Layoffs, Workforce, layoff, Facebook, File-sharing, job, Goldman Sachs & Co., LinkedIn, McGraw-Hill Companies
eBay ex-CEO to make Calif. gubernatorial bid official
News Former CEO of eBay is expected to officially declare her candidacy for governor of California on Tuesday.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, eBay Inc., Republican, Governor, Internet, Sen.
With Korea deal, eBay tries again in Asia
News The auction site's purchase of a 67 percent stake in Gmarket will boost its expansion in one of the world's fastest-growing online markets.
Tags: Acquisitions, Web sites, E-commerce, E-business, eBay Inc., Asia, Yahoo! Inc., Gmarket, Sales, e-commerce company
Short Take: PCCW may announce C&W stake sale in two weeks
News Pacific Century CyberWorks, Hong Kong's largest telecommunications company, will announce details of a possible sale of Cable & Wireless Plc's stake in CyberWorks in one to two weeks.
Short Take: PCCW may announce C&W stake sale in two weeks
News Pacific Century CyberWorks, Hong Kong's largest telecommunications company, will announce details of a possible sale of Cable & Wireless Plc's stake in CyberWorks in one to two weeks.
Tom.com, China Netcom to form ISP JV
News Tom.com, a Web site owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, and China Netcom Corp, China's third-largest telecommunications company, said they will form a venture to offer Internet access in China.
Short Take: CyberWorks deputy chairman to step down
News Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. Deputy Chairman Peter To will become the second top executive to leave the company in the last three months, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported, citing unidentified people.
Malaysiakini among Asia's most influential
News Malaysia's Internet media founders of Malaysiakini have been ranked as being among the most powerful people in Asia, according to Asiaweek.
Oracle to research race-based medicine
News Software giant contributes database software and data-analysis expertise to the University of Tokyo for research on medical care linked to genetic traits.
Tags: R&D, Business applications
HK's Skynet to cut 10% of staff
News Skynet International Group Holdings Ltd, which operates Web sites, said it will lay off 10 percent of its employees, becoming the latest local Internet company to scale back operations.
Tom.com, China Netcom to form ISP JV
News Tom.com, a Web site owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, and China Netcom Corp, China's third-largest telecommunications company, said they will form a venture to offer Internet access in China.
CyberWorks in talks with TVB on pay TV service
News Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, Hong Kong's dominant phone company, is in talks with Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Ltd for a possible pay television joint venture.
