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Goldman Sachs and Softbank Group have announced $138M in funding for the luxury online shopping site run by Gilt Groupe: http://bit.ly/jkKZAQ

SoftBank posted significant YoY increases, annual operating profit up 35% to $7.8 billion, on their 2010 year-end. Video here: http://bit.ly/iO6pFe

The smartphone component market has helped lift annual results with profit up over 90% as reported by Toshiba FYE 2010: http://bit.ly/jahglw

Sony Ericsson took the wraps off their next-gen Xperia model, dubbed Acro, which is set to debut here in Japan this summer: http://bit.ly/jgEfdc

Tokyo-based DeNA, creators of the uber-popular Mobage mobile social game platform, releases impressive 2010 fiscal results: http://bit.ly/kQBdSF

NFC is becoming daily news in global markets, as you may have noticed, with plenty of hype around the developer opportunity: http://bit.ly/mljyNO