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The group of hedge fund heavyweights, which includes the likes of Carl Icahn , David Einhorn , and Dan Loeb, bet on consumer discretionary, which appeared as the most overweight sector, while LyndoellBasell was the most overweight equity, compared to its weights in the S&P 500.

Apple is under scrutiny in the U.S., and Google is facing the same treatment in the United Kingdom over tax avoidance.

Do you do SEO for a brand involved in a straight fight with another company? It's pretty common for brands to become fixated on one particular competitor; I've seen entire marketing strategies geared towards beating another brand, rather than hitting a specific revenue target.

Eldorado Park s foot traffic increases from midnight to early morning as drug users and pedlars hit the streets to trade in drugs, and girls sell themselves at lolly lounges for a quick fix.

Rather than profit from the sale of software, Google is aiming for a critical mass, attempting to put Android everywhere.

Big name music download companies like iTunes and Spotify are going to get a run for their money as Google has unveiled a new music downloading service.

Google's search market share dropped slightly once again, with Microsoft and Yahoo slightly edging up, according to comScore's April 2013 search engine rankings .

A judge ruled that the use by M and S of the 'Interflora' trademark as a Google Adword was trademark infringement The case concerned the use by M&S of the word "Interflora" as an advertising keyword leading Google internet search engine users to advertisements for M&S flower delivery services.

Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly specialized and slightly obscure field of study into a more mainstream light.

Among the biggest fights Google is engaging, are the following three: In the last few days, it appears that Google's weapon of choice to fight these three battles may be Nvidia Apple and the iPhone/iPad: At the annual Google i/o developer conference last week, the Android development leadership was on stage and answered questions from the very ... (more)

Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years.

After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers.

Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer's phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

Webmasters will need to be much more careful about quoting content from online German publications after a new online copyright law comes into effect in Germany on August 1. The law, which targets search engines that provide snippets, originally would have given news sites the ability to seek monetary compensation for the supposed lost revenue ... (more)

Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at their own leaders.

It's official: After several days of rumors, Yahoo [NASDAQ: YHOO] has all but confirmed that it will be purchasing the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

A book Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research produced by the The National Security Agency to uncover intelligence hiding on the web has just been released by the NSA, following a FOIA request, Wired reports .

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend $85 to see Guy Kawasaki present at the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast last Wednesday.

We admire Google. We're impressed by Google's accomplishments. But we're wary of Google's relentless ambition and its at-times curious thoughts about our world.

You might have heard, for example, that Google made 2.5 billion in revenues in Britain in 2011 but paid only 6 million in corporation tax.