Monthly Archives: August 2010
E-commerce in China set for rapid and powerful growth
According to Alibaba group statistics e-commerce in China has grown rapidly this year. 34 million Chinese shopped online for the first time in the first half of the year, which also increases the total number of online shoppers to 142 million (according to the China Internet Network Information Center). That means one in ten Chinese people shop [...]
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Skype files for IPO: Subscriber Metrics
Skype, makers of the popular VoIP and video calling client of the same name, finally has filed for an IPO with the US Security and Exchange Commission. The company is planning to publicly sell stock worth $100 million, which would substantially raise Skype’s liquid capital (here’s the registration form with some financial and strategic backgrounds). [...]
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