Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr (Update 3)
Yahoo's CEO is making a $1.1 billion bet on the online blogging forum Tumblr as Marissa Mayer tries to make a former Internet icon cool again.
May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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Yahoo CEO to announce 'something special' in NYC
(AP)—Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.
May 18, 2013
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Companies in states with weaker economies provide investing opportunity, study finds
Companies located in more economically-troubled states provide a greater opportunity for investors than companies in other states according to new research by the University of Miami School of Business Administration. The ...
May 14, 2013
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Nokia unveils metallic smartphone, stock tumbles (Update)
Nokia Corp. on Tuesday unveiled its first Lumia smartphone with a metal cover, low-light camera features and new social network apps. But the new model failed to impress investors, who sent the company's stock down more than ...
May 14, 2013
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Head of hacker-powered stock scam sent to prison
A US man was sent to prison on Monday for orchestrating a hacker-powered scam to pump up stock prices and then dump inflated shares, raking in millions of dollars.
May 13, 2013
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BMC Software agrees to be sold for $6.6 billion (Update)
(AP)—BMC Software Inc. has agreed to be sold to a private investor group for about $6.6 billion in cash.
May 06, 2013
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Consumer confidence withstands Boston bombing
The overall level of consumer confidence declined in April from March, but was identical to last April's reading, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University ...
Apr 29, 2013
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Google pays CEO a buck, four other execs get $124M
Google CEO Larry Page and his longtime partner Sergey Brin limited their salaries to $1 apiece last year, while four other top executives received combined compensation packages totaling more than $124 million.
Apr 25, 2013
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As Facebook stumbles, LinkedIn thrives
One of the most successful social networking companies in Silicon Valley saw tremendous growth last year, primarily because it's not a place for posting vacation photos, rating restaurants or playing online ...
Apr 24, 2013
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Georgia-Pacific to buy Buckeye Technologies
Georgia-Pacific is buying Buckeye Technologies Inc., boosting its product lineup, for about $1.46 billion.
Apr 24, 2013
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US stock regulator clears disclosures on social media
The US government's stock market watchdog on Tuesday cleared Netflix of improper disclosure of key corporate data, saying it is now acceptable to release pertinent information on Facebook.
Apr 02, 2013
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Dan Porter, head of OMGPop, leaving Zynga
(AP)—Dan Porter is leaving Zynga a year after the online game maker bought his company, OMGPop, for $183 million.
Apr 02, 2013
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Consumer confidence continues to improve in March
Consumer confidence continued to improve in March due to more positive signs of expanding employment, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University ...
Apr 01, 2013
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3Qs: Expert weighs in on how to play a bull market
The Dow Jones industrial average reached a record high on Tuesday and continued rising throughout the week, erasing all of the losses suffered in the Great Recession of 2008–2009. But many investors have ...
Mar 11, 2013
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Apple stock hits latest 52-week low
Shares of Apple hit their lowest level in more than a year on Monday, continuing a decline hastened by the company's last quarterly earnings report.
Mar 04, 2013
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