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News aggregator Ongo to shut down

Online news service Ongo, which launched last year as a paid "aggregator" for various newspapers, said Tuesday it would close down by the end of the month.

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Netflix's 1Q tops forecasts, stock still plummets (Update)

(AP) -- Netflix's comeback from a customer backlash accelerated during the first quarter, but the recovery wasn't impressive enough to ease more pressing concerns about the Internet video subscription service's ...

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ahead of the Bell: Netflix to unveil 1Q results

(AP) -- Investors will be focusing on how many customers Netflix has been adding and how much money the company has been losing when the video subscription service releases its first-quarter results.

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'Marley' to stream on Facebook while in theaters

(AP) -- The Bob Marley documentary "Marley" will stream on Facebook simultaneously during its theatrical opening, a signal that social media may also play a role in shifting movie release windows.

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oracle's fiscal 3Q to provide gauge on technology

Oracle's latest quarterly earnings should provide a peak at just how confident companies have become in the economy by their willingness to spend money on new technology.

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Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings

(AP) -- Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law.

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Netflix customers return in 4Q; stock soars 16 pct

(AP) -- Netflix has regained almost as many customers as it lost following an unpopular price increase, signaling that the video subscription service is healing from its self-inflicted wounds.

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Netflix unveils video service in UK, Ireland

(AP) -- Netflix's Internet video service made its debut in the United Kingdom and Ireland Monday as part of a previously announced expansion that is expected to saddle the company with its first annual loss in a decade.

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Warner Bros. to impose 56-day delay on DVD rentals

Prepare to have your patience tested if you prefer to rent DVDs rather than buy them.

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created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Netflix stock surges with Internet video streaming

(AP) -- Netflix has released some statistics that indicate the video subscription service must be doing something right, even though investors and customers have been ridiculing it for much of the past six months.

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Netflix CEO's stock options slashed after bad year

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will pay a $1.5 million penalty for blunders that alienated the video subscription service's customers and pulverized its stock.

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Humbled Netflix CEO still thinking, talking big

(AP) -- To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Netflix hits 20-month low as debt worries mount

(AP) -- Netflix stock's free fall accelerated Tuesday as the shares reached a 20-month low amid intensifying concerns about the video subscription service's ability to overcome public relations problems and competitive pressures.

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Netflix seeks to raise at least $400 million

Netflix raised $400 million Monday as the video subscription service tries to recover from a customer backlash that has battered its stock and tarnished its brand.

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Wal-Mart ready to settle Netflix case for $27.5M

(AP) -- More than 25 million current and former Netflix subscribers are being offered a sliver of a $27.5 million settlement from Wal-Mart. The proposed payment is being made to settle allegations that the video subscription ...

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