FASTTAKES: Yahoo Japan, eBay, PLDT, Kordia, Vimpelcom

Staff writer
03 Dec 2010
00:00

YahooJapan and Google have won approval from Japanese competition regulators for a search tie-up announced in July.

eBay has paid $75m for shopping firm Milo, which provides real-time inventory and pricing data from US local stores.

A $2b lawsuit alleging that the Chinese government stole code from a California company to use in its Green Dam internet filter will proceed after a District Court rejected an application to dismiss the case.

BT has reshuffled management of its global services unit, appointing Andy Nicholson as head of the finance vertical, Neil Rogers to government & health, Kim McMann to consumer goods and Bas Burger to manufacturing and logistics.

The Philippines' PLDT has completed the rollout of a 2.8 billion peso ($63.9m) fiber network covering the Visayas and Mindanao areas.

Orcon, a unit of New Zealand state-owned operator Kordia, has bought managed services company Bizo for an undisclosed sum.

Russia's VimpelComgrew its September quarter profit 14.1% year-on-year to $495.9m, on the back of strong growth in both mobile and broadband customers.

Microsoft has appointed Tracey Fellows as Asia-Pacific vice president, replacing Emilio Umeoka, who is leaving the company. Fellows currently heads Microsoft’s Australian operation.

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