Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its unaudited performance results for first three quarters of 2011, stating that from January to September 2011, its total revenue increased by 18.01% year-over-year to CNY43.983 billion, while its net profit increased by 24.38% year-over-year to CNY1.791 billion.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Company Limited has announced that the company will acquire a 49% stake in Huawei Symantec Technologies Company Limited, a joint venture established by Huawei and Symantec, for USD530 million.

Chinese software provider Ufida has created a joint venture with Atos, the European information technology service company.

Chinese Internet video website Tudou.com has announced that it has created a joint venture with another Internet video website, Letv.com, in Shanghai.

Chinese mainland PC maker Lenovo Group and Taiwanese laptop OEM Compal have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture for computer manufacturing in Hefei, capital of Anhui province.

Microsoft China has signed a cooperation agreement with China Standard Software Company Ltd, a Chinese Linux operating system provider, for the two parties to jointly develop, promote, and sell cloud computing solutions.

According to reports in Japanese local media, Haier Group will acquire Sanyo's white goods business from Panasonic.

Chinese search engine Baidu Inc. signed a digital music distribution deal in China with a company backed by Universal Music, Warner Music, and Sony Music.

Chinese Internet search engine company Baidu Inc. and Japanese communications giant NTT DoCoMo have established a joint venture in Japan.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has signed a deal with China's QiMing Information Technology Company Ltd. to establish a joint-venture company to develop, manufacture and sell car multimedia products in China.

Panasonic will cooperate with Hangzhou Dadi Environmental Protection Engineering Company Ltd., Dowa Holdings Company Ltd., and Sumitomo Corporation to form a jointly-held company, Panasonic Dadi Dowa Summit Recycling Hangzhou Company Ltd., in China.

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest LCD panel manufacturer by revenue, has announced that it will invest about USD500 million to build a new joint venture in Suzhou for the production of 7.5-generation panels.

Due to a sub-standard insulation function, Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Company Ltd, Sony's joint venture in China, has recently submitted a report to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China to recall 7,038 Sony-branded LCD TVs made between December 2010 and March 2011 in Shanghai.

Norwegian mobile Internet browser provider Opera Software ASA has announced plans to set up a joint venture with the Chinese mobile phone dealer Telling Telecom Development Company, aiming to develop a customized mobile browser platform for the Chinese market.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Japanese electronics maker NEC and the two parties will jointly establish a PC joint venture, in which Lenovo will own a 51% stake and NEC will own the remaining 49%.