China microblogging site to tighten controls
China's popular micoblogging site Weibo said it was tightening controls over its Twitter-like service, state press said Monday, amid concerns over growing government interference on the web.
China's popular micoblogging site Weibo said it was tightening controls over its Twitter-like service, state press said Monday, amid concerns over growing government interference on the web.
Internet
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News Corp's purchase of Myspace was a "huge mistake" and the social network was mismanaged "in every possible way" following the acquisition, chief executive Rupert Murdoch said Friday.
Business
Oct 21, 2011
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One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.
Internet
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SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has announced he is changing the name of his monster rocket BFR, aimed at carrying people to the Moon and possibly one day to Mars, to "Starship."
Space Exploration
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Internet
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US Internet giant Google is mulling a bid for rival Yahoo! and has talked to at least two private-equity firms to consider how the deal would be financed, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
Business
Oct 22, 2011
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New research shows executives are likely to overestimate the financial benefits of strategy planning—as conducted by an overwhelming majority of large companies—by a factor of five.
Economics & Business
May 28, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Clients of the major accounting firm Arthur Anderson sustained negative stock-market returns following public announcement that the firm had shredded documents related to its infamous Enron audit in 2002. ...
Economics & Business
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Internet
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Social Sciences
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