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3 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Business Highlights

Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank.

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Related Topix: The, Video Games, Deep Silver, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Francois Hollande

5 hrs ago | MyFoxAtlanta

Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes.

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Related Topix: Apple, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat

9 hrs ago | Business Journal

Why Dr. Dre and Eminem have a beef with W+K

An ad produced by Portland-based Wieden + Kennedy Inc. for Facebook's new Facebook Home app is at the center of a lawsuit in which the companies are accused of using a song by the rapper Eminem without permission.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Wieden Kennedy, Advertising, Michigan

9 hrs ago | EDGE

Yahoo Reboots Flickr, Offers 1 terabyte of Storage

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a news conference on Yahoo, Flickr and Tumblr Monday, May 20, 2013, in New York.

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Related Topix: Yahoo!, New York, NY, Tumblr

9 hrs ago | Press & Sun-Bulletin

Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs

Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss for its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.

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Related Topix: Best Buy, Retail, Napster, Tioga County, NY, Big Flats, NY, Nichols, NY, Internet, Science / Technology

13 hrs ago | The Beaumont Enterprise

Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter

A view of an iPhone in Washington Tuesday, May 21, 2013, showing the Twitter and Facebook apps among others.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Facebook, Instagram, iPhone, Family, Teenagers

16 hrs ago | WSAW

Microsoft Expected to Reveal Next-generation Xbox

The company is set to reveal the next generation of its Xbox entertainment console during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

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Related Topix: X360, Video Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Redmond, WA

17 hrs ago | Business Journal

Wells Fargo slows foreclosure sales, while Bank of America continues

Wells Fargo & Co. , JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised orders on how the troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Wells Fargo , Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Mach One, Institutional Venture Partners

21 hrs ago | Digital Video Editing

Microsoft to build Australian cloud computing centers

Microsoft Corp is expanding its services for hosting and processing online data in Australia with the establishment of two new "cloud" computing data centers in the country.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology

Yesterday | TheStreet.com

Wahlman: Nvidia Is Google's Weapon of Choice

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)

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Related Topix: Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Facebook, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Apple, iPhone

Mon May 20, 2013

Bradenton.com

Under Mayer: Boosting mobile, buying companies

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

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Related Topix: Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Tumblr, Internet, Science / Technology

WPMT-TV York

Teslaa s fight with Americaa s car dealers

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, NEW YORK - Tesla Motors doesn't want to sell its cars the way every other car company does, and that's making a lot of traditional automobile dealers mad.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Tesla Model S, Sedan, Tesla Motors, York, PA

KTEN-TV Denison

Warren Buffett meets with young entrepreneurs

Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Business Wire, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway , Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services

NEWS.com.au

Nutella fan ordered to stop spreading the love

SHE was sweet on Nutella for years, but the spread super-fan Sara Rosso has been ordered to quit talking about her favourite flavour online.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Recipes, Public Relations, Facebook

International Business Times

Yahoo Is Purchasing Tumblr For $1 Billion. Will Yahoo Kill The Uber-Hip Blogging Platform?

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.

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Related Topix: Yahoo!, Tumblr, Blog News, Tellme, WebMD, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Sun May 19, 2013

Al Bawaba

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Jotun has introduced its new Reveal Edge powder coatings range specially formulated to bring distinct visual character, colour and personality into household products.

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Related Topix: Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design), The Foundry

Forth One

Daft Punk: One More Time's Rom...

The artist's sister said in social network posts that he died at home in Austin, Texas, on May 7, although the news took time to filter through to his friends and collaborators in the music world.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Daft Punk, Austin, TX, Romanthony, House, Facebook, Social Software

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls

The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook over the social network's messy creation made them rich.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Social Software, Publishing, Media, New Times

WMBF

Hits and misses in Facebook's history

Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Social Software

EDGE

Nyc LGBT Center and Anti-Violence Project Announce Community Events to Respond to Recent Violence

The New York City Anti Violence Project and LGBT Center announced via social media yesterday that a rally and Community Safety Night will be held next week in response to the recent ash of anti-gay violence across the city that lead to Saturday night's attack and murder of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Facebook, Social Software

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