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Avago Tech. announced earnings drop

Avago Technologies, a US-based maker of chips for cell phone and computer products that has operations in China, announced an earnings drop due to higher expenses in the fiscal fourth quarter, MarketWatch reported. The firm expected first quarter revenue to fall by a further 10-14%. “Despite a slowdown in our industrial market, we delivered sequential […]

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Ready for prime time?

China’s television industry is on the horizon of disruptive changes

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An educated guess: The value of online ads baffles even the industry

  Investors have fiercely debated the proper valuation for China’s burgeoning online video sites over the past year. The focus of much of the contention has been Youku, the country’s largest site by a slim margin, which carried out a much-hyped IPO in December of last year but then saw its share price slump as […]

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The powers that be: The black hole of regulation, censorship and money-making

  Homer’s “Iliad” probably doesn’t rank high on the reading list of executives in China’s internet protocol television (IPTV) and internet television businesses. But its themes of multi-layered conflict – in which sparring heroes enlist the intervention of the gods, in turn sparking partisan conflict in the divine realm – would likely feel eerily familiar. […]

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Living in color

China’s harsh TV restrictions draw both commendation and dissent