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Hikari surges on report CyberWorks to buy stake
News Hikari Tsushin Inc shares rose on a Hong Kong newspaper report that it is in talks to sell a controlling stake to Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, Asia's No. 2 Internet investment company. Hikari denied the report.
DoCoMo to sell as much as US$9b of shares
News NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's biggest company by market value, plans to sell as much as US$9 billion of new shares in the first quarter of next year to fund overseas expansion, bankers involved in the transaction said.
Toyota may join GM, Ford, Chrysler Online Parts Exchange
News Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest automaker, has told General Motors Corp. it's interested in joining an Internet purchasing exchange GM is creating with Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG to cut parts procurement costs.
Getty and Flickr deepen photo-licensing ties
News Flickr photographers now can more actively try to sell photos through Getty's 60,000-image collection. Meanwhile, Toyota shows that there's a market.
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Short Take: Toyota to take stake in new satellite broadcaster
News Toyota Motor Corp plans to buy a stake in an unnamed satellite broadcaster in April to expand cellular-based services that let drivers call for roadside assistance or surf the Internet.
NTT's H1 profit down 27%; decline less than expected
News Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp, the world's largest phone company by sales, said first-half profit fell a less-than-expected 27 percent.
Sumitomo, Mitsui, Mitsubishi to create trucking Web site
News Sumitomo Corp., Mitsui & Co., and Mitsubishi Corp., three of Japan's biggest trading companies, will create an online trucking service for retailers, a Sumitomo Corp. spokesman said.
Sony buys stake in cable operator
News Sony Corp will buy a 10 percent stake in Tokyu Cable Television, a Tokyo-based cable TV operator.
Sony, NTT to deliver movies, games via fiber lines
News Sony Corp and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp will jointly offer a service allowing users of Sony's PlayStation 2 video-game console to download movies, video games and other data over fiber-optic lines.
Yahoo Japan's Q4 profit more than doubles
News Yahoo Japan Corp's fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as Japan's most-visited Web directory sold more ads to companies marketing themselves on line.
Yahoo Japan's Q4 profit more than doubles
News Yahoo Japan Corp's fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as Japan's most-visited Web directory sold more ads to companies marketing themselves on line.
