Rakuten in the company in August 2007 and, in 2010, it announced a joint venture with Baidu in China (Lekutian). In June 2011, Rakuten acquired Brazilian e-commerce firm Ikeda — since renamed Rakuten Brazil. In July, it bought German e-commerce start-up Tradoria and rebranded it Rakuten Deutschland, and in September UK online retailer and e-commerce marketplace Play.com for £25 million (almost $41 million), which was converted into the points-based loyalty program Rakuten.co.uk. In September 2011, Rakuten took a minority equity stake in Russian online retailer Ozon.ru, dubbed "Russia's Amazon", which had reported 2010 sales worth US$137 million. A four-company-strong consortium, led
Delaware Depository Depository’s vault staff utilizes various manual and mechanical methods of counterfeit detection to mitigate risk associated with counterfeit or tainted bullion products. A key benefit to storing physical bullion assets in Wilmington, Delaware is that this geographic location has not been impacted by terrorist attacks, weather-related disasters, or geopolitical events that threaten to disrupt a bullion depository’s security and ongoing operations. Delaware Depository maintains a disaster recovery center to restore operations and provide continuity of services in the event of a major business interruption. Delaware Depository developed the IRA Gateway™, an internet-based portal featuring a messaging system, document repository, and