Blackstone, Elliott Management among bidders for Japan’s Simplex: Reuters
Stephen Schwarzman’s investment funds Blackstone Group, Paul Singer’s Elliott Management and Fortress Investment Group are among those shortlisted for the second round of bidding to buy Japan’s More...
Google Japan to Make Samurai Dramas
Google Japan is set to make Samurai dramas. The shows will be produced at the company’s Japan headquarters located at its Roppongi Hills building in Tokyo. Anyone who wants to make a video for the Google owned More...
Gaza Hackers Lure High Value Israeli Users with Faux Porn
Trend Micro on Monday published a research report on an ongoing malware campaign that targets Israeli victims, leveraging network infrastructure in Germany. The campaign is strongly tied to Arab hackers in More...
Iranian Composer Honors Philip Glass in Kiev
Iranian Composer, Morteza Shirkouhi, wrote the song “Echoes” in honor of the great American composer Philip Glass. For the “Glass Worlds” commemoration of the composers work More...
Leaked e-Mails Reveal Sony Wanted to Unload Music Publishing, Beatles and All
Sony Corp. was considering the sale of its music-publishing business, including a partnership with Michael Jackson’s estate that owns the Beatles catalog, as recently as last month, e-mails released More...
Sony’s PlayStation store victim of cyber attack: FT
– Sony Corp‘s PlayStation online store suffered an outage for about 2 hours after a cyber attack on Monday, the Financial Times reported, without citing sources. “We are aware that More...
Electrical Field Slows Brain Tumors and More Good News from Israel
· An Israeli electrical device extends the life of brain tumor patients. · Israeli experts are helping Kenya save wildlife from poachers. · Israeli bio More...
Bitcoin exchange Kraken to help in Mt. Gox bankruptcy
– U.S. bitcoin exchange operator Payward Inc said on Wednesday it will work on retrieving some millions of dollars lost by Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange More...
Japan raises military profile in naval war games with U.S.
– Japan stepped up its role in large-scale war games with the United States this week, with one of its admirals commanding air and sea maneuvers that the U.S. military described as the most complex ever More...
In blow to Abe, Japan trade minister to resign over funds scandal: media
– By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s newly appointed trade and industry minister plans to resign following reports that some of her support More...