The wizard of the Internet

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Japanese venture capitalist Masayoshi Son, founder and president of Softbank Corp., may own more of the Internet than anyone with his myriad investments. Son has invested $1.7 billion in more than 100 Internet companies including Yahoo! Inc.and Ziff-Davis Inc. SoftBank's venture capital arm has invested $906 million in eight Internet companies and holds about 7-8% of the publicly-listed value of all Internet properties. Son's strategy is to view investments not as one-time transactions but as alliances.

Japan, Venture Capital Companies, Miscellaneous Intermediation, Investors, not elsewhere classified, Internet, Investments, Softbank Corp., Son, Masayoshi

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At Liberty to build an empire

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Liberty Media, although acquired by AT&T Corp., is under the firm direction and guidance of John Malone. Investors believe in Mr. Malone. Liberty Media has a market capitalization of $43 billion, and anticipates a revenue total of $900 million for 1999. Malone has 4% equity interest in the company. Liberty Media also has its own board and can issue its own debt.

United States, Cable Television Systems, Cable Networks, Cable and other pay TV services, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, AT&T Corp., T, Cable television broadcasting industry, Cable television, Company Profile, Liberty Media Corp., Malone, John C.

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Hold the phone, your PC is on line

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US-based Net2Phone, which offers cheap phone calls over the Internet, aims to provide software for all Internet-based voice services.

Planning, Telecommunications industry, Online services, Internet services, Communications industry, Net2Phone Inc.

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