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Chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.–Jack Ma has always been good at surprising people.
Previously, with the decision of setting up an online sourcing directory in mainland China in the late 1990s, Mr Ma provoked mostly incredulous looks when internet service was greatly limited in the country.
Now the former English teacher has surprised us again via speaking at an internet conference at Stanford University that he was “very, very interested” in acquiring all of Yahoo.

Europe’s largest hedge fund company in terms of number of employees－－Man Group has seen its share price tumble 30% ever since a pre-close trading update which revealed a surprise drop of $6bn in assets. The hedge fund company then doubled the number of job cuts it plans to make by the first quarter of 2012 as part of its plans to cut 1/5 jobs, or around 400 employees.
According to people familiar with the matter, it is revealed that the move will bring Man’s headcount back to the level it stood at before acquiring GLG.

The stock of Morgan Stanley fell by over 10% and the price of credit insurance on its debt rose to the highest level ever since early 2009. According to people close to the issue, it is said that this is due to the nervousness around the bank that caused some hedge fund customers to cut down their exposure.

Shares of the group fell by $1.58 to $13.51, while the bank’s shares have fallen by 44% within two months.

During an interview, self introduction is your first chance to say something to leave possitive and memorable impression to the interviewer. Here are some tips and techniques for you to properly introduce yourself during an employment interviewing.
1. First of all, ask the interviewer where they would like you to start your self introduction with. If the interviewer let you decid, start with your past working experiences and why you are interested in the position;
2. Never ask the interviewer what they would like to know about you;
3. Try to think yourself as a paid consultant instead of an interviewee in order to reduce your anxiety;
4. Do not talk too much during an interview, but do not be clumsy with your speech;
5. Try to spend no more than 5 minutes on answering an interview question as you might easily lose others’ attention then;
6. Try to learn about the interview style of the interviewer before attending the interview;
7. If possible, find a friend to help you do some rehearsal in advance.

The largest US bank by deposits–Bank of America, is planning to charge its customers $5 a month for using debit cards from early next year in an attempt to claw back revenue in the face of new US financial regulations, which limits the fees charged to retailers.
According to the beleaguered bank, it is said that almost all the debit card users would be charged when they used their cards to buy goods. Only some “premium” customers will be exempt from this.

The Finnish handset maker–Nokia is going to cut down 3500 jobs and close a manufacturing factory in Romania, as the world’s largest maker of mobile phones by volume went on the evolution to deal with the growing influence of smartphones on its markets.
According to the company, it is said that the closure of the plant in Cluj would cause 2200 job losses, with another 1300 to be cut in the area and Commerce division.

Last week, the social networking site–Facebook announced its plan to integrate integrating applications from media companies more closely into Facebook. Users will then be able to read an article on a news site or listen to a song while automatically sharing them with all of their friends. This action means that the advertisers will be looking to use Facebook members’ activities as endorsements.
However, privacy campaigners warned that the social networking site is not making users fully aware of how it plans to collect information concerning the users’ reading and listening habits from new entertainment and media applications. There will be privacy concerns raising over such approach.