TOKYO, Dec 10 Asia Pulse - Japanese movie production company Toho Co. (TSE:9602) reported Tuesday that it will book a 10.6 billion yen (US$115 million) valuation loss on its securities holdings for the March-November period. The company will write off

TOKYO, Dec 10 Asia Pulse - Google Japan Inc. announced Tuesday that Koichiro Tsujino, who led the development of Sony Corp.'s (TSE:6758) Vaio brand of computers and other products, will be appointed president effective Jan. 1. Tsujino, 51, joined Google's

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The HBO psychotherapy series "In Treatment" and the movie dramatization of the 2000 election aftermath "Recount" both earned five Golden Globes nominations on Thursday."Recount" will compete for best TV movie or miniseries, with Kevin Spacey, Tom

ECONOMIC pressures and tax advantages drawing film and television production out of state have all taken a toll on Hollywood's entertainment industry, but faith still abounds. Los Angeles-based Hudson Capital LLC is combining two legendary Hollywood studio lots to become

Dipchand "Deep" Nishar, a Google Inc. executive who helped start the company's mobile business and other key products, is leaving the company to become a senior executive at LinkedIn Corp.Mr. Nishar, 40 years old, will become vice president of products

PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. says its new ultra-high-speed Internet service will be coming over the next several weeks to Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore and Ft. Wayne, Ind.Comcast says the next-generation Docsis 3.0 technology will include some of the fastest speeds available

TOKYO, Dec 11 Asia Pulse - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (9432) and Microsoft Corp. announced plans Wednesday to work together to develop services that offer access to Microsoft software applications over NTT's next-generation network. A team with members from

Dec. 10--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will reduce its circulation area to 27 counties in and around metro Atlanta and cut 56 full-time and 100 part-time jobs as the media industry faces "unprecedented economic challenges," the company said Wednesday. The cutback --

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. is shifting its Web browser out of test mode just 100 days after its debut, an unusually quick transition for a company known for keeping the "beta" tag on some products for years.Thursday's removal

Dec. 11--The economy appears to be in a "mini-depression" but could start growing again by mid-2009, the publisher of Forbes magazine told a Modesto audience Wednesday. Rich Karlgaard, speaking at the annual conference of the Almond Board of California, said

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald Graham is joining the board of Facebook Inc., connecting the popular Internet hangout with a media industry veteran.The addition of Graham, announced Thursday, marks another step in Facebook's maturation since Mark

CLEVELAND - A longtime reviewer sued his newspaper and the Cleveland Orchestra Thursday, charging that he was removed from his beat because of critical coverage of the conductor.The lawsuit filed by Donald Rosenberg said the orchestra lobbied to get him

Time Warner Inc. said its chief executive, Jeff Bewkes, will also take on the role of chairman at the beginning of next year, succeeding Richard Parsons when he steps down at the end of his contract.Time Warner said Mr. Parsons,

Dec. 12--During the summer Olympics, PC maker Lenovo used social-media marketing to enhance its corporate sponsorship of the games. "That was a big breakthrough for us," said David Churbuck, vice president of global Web marketing, who noted that the effort

Making videos for YouTube -- a pastime for millions of Web surfers -- is now a way to make a living.

Pardon has been giving the bags with a nude black-and-white image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to its clients. The nude photo was taken in 1993 when she was a model.

The Rospatent federal patent agency tells the RIA-Novosti news agency that the symbol was trademarked only as part of the company's brand and has not been trademarked on its own.

George W. Bush's presidential library domain name has been retrieved after a Web developing company accidentally let it expire - and it apparently came at a high price.

Scientists said Friday that the mass of gray matter was more than 2,000 years old - the oldest ever discovered in Britain. One expert unconnected with the find called it ''a real freak of preservation.''

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