World Bank, Softbank to create Third World Internet venture

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son (L), president and chief executive officer of Softbank, shakes hands with World Bank President James Wolfensohn at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14 after they agreed to establish a joint venture for Internet start-up companies in 100 developing countries in an effort to narrow the ''global digital divide'' between rich and poor nations.

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