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Alibaba’s Ma says Kering lawsuit ‘regrettable’

May 19, 2015 publisher alibaba, alibaba-group, apple, chairman, chinese, news, products, question-during, saint-laurent, seoul, tech-companies, the-e-commerce, united, united-states

By Christine Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – The founder of Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd on Tuesday called “regrettable” a lawsuit by a group of luxury goods firms owned by Kering SA accusing the Chinese e-commerce giant of being a conduit for counterfeiters. Executive Chairman Jack Ma was speaking after Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and other brands owned by Kering sued Alibaba in the United States on Friday, accusing it of knowingly making it possible for counterfeiters to sell their products throughout the world. Ma also said Alibaba was interested in investing in U.S

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Convicted murderer in ‘Serial’ podcast allowed to call new witness

May 19, 2015 admin chairman, murder, saint-laurent, seoul, special-appeals, time, united, witness

(Reuters) – A Baltimore man serving life for murder, whose conviction was called into question by last year’s “Serial” podcast, will get a chance to call a new witness who says she can give him an alibi. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals granted Adnan Syed an opportunity to call a woman who said in an affidavit she saw him at a library around the time of the murder of his ex-girlfriend and high school classmate, Hae Min Lee, on Jan. 13, 1999

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Obama tweets, and a million follow: ‘It’s Barack. Really!’

May 18, 2015 publisher confirm-whether, east, murder, not-immediately, president, president-barack, robert-downey, roberta-rampton, saint-laurent, seoul, twitter, twitter-town, white-house

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sent his first tweet from his very own account on Twitter on Monday, quickly amassing a million followers in five hours, the latest of many White House efforts to amplify his message with social media. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account,” Obama tweeted from his verified @POTUS account.

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Property management software maker AppFolio files for IPO

May 18, 2015 admin confirm-whether, east, morgan-stanley, not-immediately, offers-legal, pacific, pacific-crest, president-barack, robert-downey, saint-laurent, seoul, william-blair

Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Pacific Crest Securities and William Blair are underwriters to the IPO. The California-based company, whose investors include BV Capital and IGSB, provides software to small and medium-sized property managers and also offers legal software for small law firms under the brand “MyCase”.