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Online holiday sales up 15.4 percent: SpendingPulse
NEW YORK - U.S. online shopping rose 15.4 percent to $36.4 billion for the holiday shopping season, a MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse report showed on Thursday. Online sales registered double-digit growth in six out of seven weeks since October 31, SpendingPulse said.
Ex-Google exec's venture firm to raise $100 million: source
SAN FRANCISCO - Merus Capital, the venture capital firm co-founded by Google Inc's <GOOG.O> former head of mergers and acquisitions, is preparing to raise a new $100 million fund, according to a limited partner of the fund. The firm, based in Palo Alto, California, is still investing in start-up companies out of its initial fund of roughly $40 million, but plans to raise a second fund in early to mid-2011, said the limited partner, who wished to remain anonymous.
Wal-Mart invests in Chinese e-commerce firm
SHANGHAI company 360buy Jingdong Mall secured $500 million in funding from six strategic partners, including Wal-Mart, a 360buy spokeswoman said on Friday.
Fujitsu to lift cloud computing investment next year
TOKYO - Fujitsu Ltd <6702.T>, Japan's leading IT vendor, will invest more than $1.2 billion in cloud computing services next financial year, its president said Friday. Fujitsu is looking for new products and services as it tries to counter a crimp on corporate and public spending on new IT services amid weak economic growth that is pressuring earnings.
Skype recovering, still down for 20 percent
NEW YORK - Internet calling service Skype said its system was still down for around 20 percent of users on the second day of its biggest outage in more than three years, although service was gradually recovering. Skype Chief Executive Tony Bates, facing his biggest challenge since being hired in early October, said Skype was focused on restoring the service and "progress is going well."
Expedia makes American Air fares harder to find
ATLANTA - Online travel agency Expedia Inc <EXPE.O> is making users take extra steps to get American Airlines listings after the U.S. airline stopped selling tickets through rival Orbitz Worldwide Inc <OWW.N> earlier this week. American's ticket prices are no longer displayed in Expedia's initial search results. Consumers must click through to a separate Expedia page to get detailed information on flights and airfares.
TomTom to increase staff, expects more car deals: report
AMSTERDAM - Dutch navigation device maker TomTom <TOM2.AS> expects more deals with car producers and will increase its workforce by about 14 percent next year as it seeks market share in Asia, its chief executive told a Dutch paper. Harold Goddijn told daily newspaper De Financieele Telegraaf on Friday the workforce would grow to about 4,000 next year from 3,500 as the company looks to expand in India, China and Brazil as well as growing in eastern Europe.
Rovi to buy Sonic for $720 million, widens digital
NEW YORK/BANGALORE - Rovi Corp <ROVI.O> will pay $720 million in cash and stock to buy Sonic Solutions <SNIC.O>, which owns the popular digital video player software DivX, in a bid to broaden its footprint across the digital entertainment space. The Rovi deal follows Sonic's purchase of DivX Inc in June for $323 million, which boosted Sonic's Internet-based video delivery products.
Viacom sells developer of Rock Band video games
LOS ANGELES - Viacom Inc <VIAb.N> has sold Harmonix Music Systems, the developer behind the Rock Band franchise, to the investment firm Columbus Nova and gained up to an estimated $200 million in the deal, ending a failed foray into the video game business. Analysts have long questioned the value of Rock Band for a company known more for cable networks MTV and Nickelodeon and film studio Paramount Pictures. Viacom said in November it was putting Harmonix up for sale.
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