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Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, (R) and Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, on Thursday, 01 July 1999, pose for photographers before a press conference announcing the launch of eVentures. Murdoch's new media investment company, ePartners, signed a joint venture agreement with Softbank, Japan's leading e-commerce investment house, to launch internet incubation and investment company to be named eVentures. The company hopes to introduce U.S internet companies to new markets in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO AFP/ADRIAN DENNIS)