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BUZZ-CentralNic Group: the ABC of the .xyz domain

** AIM-listed CentralNic up another 26.5 pct taking rise over past week to 70 pct as global wholesaler for the .xyz domain gets a big boost from tech giant Google (Xetra: A0B7FY - news) 's restructuring

** CentralNic says it is the exclusive global wholesaler for .xyz websites, gets a cut of revenues for all .xyz domains registered

** Google bought the domain rights to abc.xyz for the parent co Alphabet link: https://abc.xyz/

** The ICANN WHOIS database history shows abc.xyz was registered in March last year

** However, the name servers -- web servers that point users to the correct place online when a domain name is keyed in -- for abc.xyz changed to google.com between Aug 6-Aug 10, confirming its ownership

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** BMW (Swiss: BMW.SW - news) , which has registered the domain www.alphabet.com (http://link.reuters.com/sug45w), said earlier this week it was looking into whether Google has infringed any trademark rights

** CNIC shares, very thinly traded in general, have shot up since late last week. Chart: http://link.reuters.com/zug45w (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)