And their 35% stake in Yahoo Japan is up 76% since the start of the year.
Weinstein thinks the company could be close to taking steps to monetizing its stake in Yahoo Japan.
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Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan.
The attack on Yahoo Japan's administration system was spotted late on 16 May, said the company in a statement.
Yahoo has a significant stake in Asia, particularly in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan.
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Yahoo would swap most of its Alibaba stake and all of its Yahoo Japan stale for those new entities.
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In April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
But he indicated that the company is still nowhere close to selling its stake in Yahoo Japan to partner Softbank.
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We currently have a valuation gap with respect to the Yahoo Japan stake that we have not been able to bridge.
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In November Start Today linked up with Yahoo Japan, and Zozotown now has a featured presence on the Yahoo Shopping site.
Are you taking into consideration that should they sell both Yahoo Japan and their AG stake that investment income will dry up?
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And both notes discuss how, if Yahoo Japan were to buy the Yahoo stake back, it would be accretive to Yahoo Japan.
More big moves: in April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
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This analysis would suggest that any institutions who are long Yahoo and short Yahoo Japan as a hedge are probably wise to cover their short.
Phone a few months ago to provide pre-installed Yahoo services such as Yahoo Japan Home, Yahoo Japan Auctions and Yahoo Loco to improve its search traffic.
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The company has always been made up of 3 parts: its core business, its investment in Alibaba in China and its investment in Yahoo Japan.
Roger McNamee, a principal at investment firm Silver Lake Partners, argues that Overture is well positioned, thanks to its msn business and a new deal with Yahoo Japan.
Bad press and market share declines aside, Yahoo Japan remains the dominant search player in Japan, and the company is increasingly trying to take advantage of that presence.
The deal creates an elaborate way for Yahoo to sell its Alibaba stake back to Alibaba, and to sell its Yahoo Japan stake to its controlling investor, Softbank.
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Unlike its stake in Alibaba, Yahoo Japan is publicly traded.
Yahoo Japan has been dead money for some time now and the fact it popped, a few months ago, was the time to cash in all the chips no questions asked.
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Yahoo Japan, jointly owned by mobile firm Softbank and Yahoo, said it had tightened security measures in the wake of the attack and was investigating to ensure attackers could not repeat the theft.
While we also plan to continue exploring alternatives to unlock the value of our Yahoo Japan stake for shareholders, any transaction has to be at a value that makes sense for Yahoo and its shareholders.
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Yahoo Japan Corp. gained 1.7% following news that Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang was leaving the boards of both Yahoo-named firms, as well as Chinese Internet major Alibaba Group, the parent company of Alibaba.com Ltd.
At the moment, Yahoo consists of its core business that new CEO Marissa Mayer has been focusing on improving, its 35% stake in Yahoo Japan, and its remaining 24% stake in Alibaba Group.
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He also is talking with Comcast's Internet-access service, Yahoo Japan, Microsoft's MSNonline service and wireless carriers about distributing the RipeTVformat to an international audience that, he insists, could include 300million homes and cell phones by 2006.
The appointment of Mr. Thompson is unlikely to interfere with Yahoo's discussions about the tax-free exchange of its stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan for cash and other assets, some of the people familiar with the matter said.
In Japan, where Softbank is the favored partner for U.S. high-tech firms, Microsoft introduced CarPoint, its Internet auto locator service after offering 50% to Softbank and another 10% to Yahoo Japan, where CarPoint will be the exclusive car-buying service.
The struggle to make a profit and reduce debt is still being waged at some big companies, including Daiei, once the biggest supermarket chain, Japan Airlines, Sanyo Electric, Rakuten, the biggest internet shopping mall, and Softbank (though the last could be cushioned by its large holding of Yahoo Japan shares).
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