Amazon has announced that its brand name Joyo Amazon has been formally changed to Amazon China and it will launch a shorter domain name Z.cn for its Chinese website to fully embrace its global identity.

Chinese home appliances and electronics maker Haier has started the construction of a new project in Foshan Sanshui Industrial Park, Guangdong.

VisionChina Media, one of the largest outdoor digital mobile television advertising operator in China, has announced plans to acquire DMG, China's largest subway television advertising operator, for a total consideration of USD160 million.

China Mobile Shenyang Branch has set up a high frequency transmission base station near a kindergarten in Shenyang's Dongling district, which parents and teachers think may threaten the health of the children in the kindergarten.

U.S.-headquartered technology company Advanced Micro Devices has signed a strategic cooperative memorandum with the municipal government of Shenyang, Liaoning province, marking the beginning of the company's strategic distribution in the northeastern market of China.

Tom Group has announced that it will invest HKD60 million to acquire the remaining 35% stake in its affiliate company Tom Outdoor Media Group from Singapore Press Holdings.

China Mobile says its TD-SCDMA networks in 10 Chinese cities have covered 95% of the areas covered by 2G networks, of which, the TD-SCDMA signal has covered all areas within the fifth ring road area of Beijing.

Wireless broadband firm ChinaTel Group Inc. says it will deploy a high speed wireless broadband telecommunications network across 29 cities in China by the end of this year.

IBM Software Group has published its China strategy in 2009 and stated it will build more software parks and industry labs.

Chinese electronics chain department store Buynow has announced plans to accelerate its deployment plans in 2009 with the company planning to open at least five large IT stores in such cities as Beijing, Shanghai, and Qingdao.

Chinese electronics retailer Suning has announced plans to open at least 200 new stores and hire 36,000 new employees in 2009, marking the beginning of a talent war in addition to the competitions for stores and resources in the Chinese electronics retail industry.

Shenyang Municipal Intermediate People's Court has announced its decision on a trademark infringement lawsuit between the U.S.-based Apple and the Shenzhen-based New Apple Concept Digital Technology Co., Ltd., which orders the Shenzhen-based electronics company to pay CNY400,000 compensation to Apple for trademark and logo infringements.

The Chinese technology products retailer Buynow has announced the opening of a flagship store at Yuexiu Shopping Square, which is also its first chain store in the Chinese capital, providing consumer electronics to local residents.

Ku6.com will implement a new round of bandwidth purchases across China in the fourth quarter of 2008 to provide more stable video broadcasting and better experiences to its users.

Yamada Denki, Japan's leading electronics retailer, plans to invest USD100 million to open a flagship store in Shenyang, provincial capital of Liaoning Province.