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Chinese internet firm Sina Corp. agreed to go private and delist from Nasdaq, twenty years after its landmark U.S. IPO that led to a wave of Chinese companies listing their shares in the United States. Sina’s decision was crystallized after an entity led by its chairman Charles Chao sweetened the acquisition offer to $43.30 a share. New Wave Holdings, the entity making the takeover bid, increased its offer from its initial one in July 2020 of $41 a share. Inglorious End of a Trailblazer Sina was founded in 1998 by a group of software engineers and started out as an...

Even after a tough week, some of China’s tech leaders continue to shine. Their U.S. ADRs are hanging tough, and in fact, the top 5 China techs rank among the top 26 in the latest IBD 50 ranking of best stocks. Baidu’s more or less a given, but portals Sina and Sohu are strong, and solar company Jinko Solar remains hot, as does software company Camelot Information Systems. The Mideast turmoil was tough on all stocks, of course, and U.S.-traded China techs were no exception.

One of the sharpest minds concerning Islam and its dangers is Ali Sina, ex-Muslim from Iran. He authored "Understanidng Muhammad: A Psychobiography of Allah's Prophet" and is webmaster of the informative faithfreedom.org. He founded "Faith Freedom International," composed of ex-Muslims. Sina write a thesis entitled "Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer."

They said the satellite would be purely scientific. But a month after its launch - and only weeks after the Iranian president said Israel should be wiped off the map - the head of Iran's space program now says the Sina-1 satellite is capable of spying on Israel. The launch of the Russian-made Sina-1 satellite into orbit aboard a Russian rocket last month marked the beginning of Iran's space program, and officials say a second satellite - this one Iranian-built - will be launched in about two months, heightening concerns. The Sina-1's stated purpose is to take pictures of Iran...

TEHRAN, Iran -- A month after Iran saw its first satellite blast off into space, the government in Tehran says it can be used to spy on Israel. The head of Iran's space agency claimed the primary mission for the Russian-made and Russian-launched satellite is to take pictures of Iran and monitor natural disasters, such as earthquakes. He admitted, however, its cameras can be pointed at anything, including Israel. The Iranians said they will soon send a second satellite into orbit -- one that they built themselves. A former Israeli deputy defense minister warned that Iran is using the satellite...

The Russian military satellite Mozhayets-5 that was launched on Thursday failed to separate from its booster rocket Kosmos-3M. The satellite is currently rotating in a near-earth orbit with the booster’s third stage and is sending no signals to Earth. Officials say there was no emergency situation during the launch. All the other seven satellites were orbited successfully. The booster was launched from the Plesetsk space center. The rocket also carried the Iranian Sina-1, China’s DMC, Norway’s NCube-2, the European Space Agency’s SSYTI Express, the UK’s TopSat, Germany’s UWE-1, and Japan’s XI-V. The launch of the Chinese-origin Sina had been twice...

Russian rocket launched with eight satellites on board MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Kosmos-3M carrier rocket with a Russian Mozhayets-5 educational satellite and seven foreign minisatellites on board was successfully launched from Russia's Plisetsk Space Center at 10:52 Moscow time, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday. "The launch went smoothly, and all the satellites are set to undock from the Russian carrier rocket at 11:27 Moscow time one by one with an interval of a few seconds," the source said.

Professor Moriarty had Sherlock Holmes. Police Commissioner Dreyfus had Clouseau. Boris and Natasha had Rocky and Bullwinkle. Yamin Zakaria has me. Who is Yamin Zakaria? Anyone who has followed my columns will remember Behold the Face of Islam and Followers of Islam: Can You See the Blood on Your Hands. Both were dedicated to, and about, the Islamic hate that is Mr. Yamin Zakaria. Yamin is a London-based writer and avowed supporter of Islamic terrorists. Consider this the third in a trilogy about the mindless meanderings of one Mr. Yamin Zakaria. Yes, you are entering the Twilight Zone. Welcome to...

China's player looks to the big game Entertainment chief's raid could make him leading online contender China's second-richest man, Chen Tianquiao, looks poised to become the country's leading new media player after staging the sector's first aggressive raid on a rival's shares. In a stealthy swoop over the spring festival holiday, Mr Chen's online game company Shanda Interactive Entertainment bought a 19.5% stake in Sina Corp, China's leading internet news portal, for $196m (£102m). The move finally turned the tables on Sina, which had tried to buy Shanda in 2003. The possibility of a takeover that would create China's...

Can we drop the 'Islamic terror' tag and call it only terrorism? Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury thinks so. “Drop 'Islamic terror' tag” said Carey in BBC Radio 4 on 29 September 2004. “The term Islamic should be dropped when referring to terrorists in a bid to deprive a terrorist of his religious legitimacy and to foster better relations between the West and Islam,” Lord Carey stated. “It would also send a clear message” added Carey, “to the average Muslim that they were not being blamed for terrorist attacks.” "He wants religious justification for his evil deeds, and...