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Icahn’s bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could leave him with a black eye — and a hole in his wallet — if he's wrong about Microsoft Corp.'s desire to buy the Internet pioneer.
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Beer makers increasingly turning to viral ads
Anheuser-Busch is generating lots of buzz with an ad equal parts bawdy and hilarious, but you won't see it on television. It's part of a fast-growing growing trend, now increasingly embraced by beer makers and other mainstream marketers, known as viral ads that appear on the Web only.
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DelleDonne leaves UConn, for now
Elena DelleDonne, the USA TODAY Girls Basketball Player of the Year, has returned home to Wilmington after only a couple of days on the University of Connecticut campus. DelleDonne, a 6-5 guard who averaged 29 points and 11 rebounds last...
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Latest must-have for East Coast bus routes is Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi was once a novelty aboard buses, but it's becoming a must-have for companies such as Greyhound that service New York and major East Coast cities.
New York Daily News |
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New play explores what search reveals about us
PHILADELPHIA — They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo. Could those words also be clues to finding a missing person?
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by alcibiades (3.6) on Fri 11th Nov 2005 00:47 UTC
Kellym and others are always asserting that Apple is the same price or cheaper for comparable performance and equipment. The difference is, they give you more.
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Leaders of No. 2 union OK Hollywood labor contract
Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work -- an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
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Site-specific browser: a new class of its own netspeak
It integrates your favourite on-line application with the desktop
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Rethink spurred by ITU move
The telecom regulator had earlier recommended a differential pricing for the two types of wireless access technologies but then decided to review its decision in the light of developments at the International Telecommunications Union — the global telecom standards and regulatory body.
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The Hindu Business Line : IT is changing the face of India’s logistics sector
We provide an integrated value chain of services and plan to ensure end-to-end visibility across different services — international logistics, warehousing and distribution, on a real-time basis.
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VS opens Malayalam computing initiative
KANNUR: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has said that the advantage of the Malayalam computing initiative of the State government will reach 50 lakh families over the next three years. Launching the State-level inauguration of the ...
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Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis
When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage.
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Markets (June 6)
RESTRUCTURING Spectranet on the block again New Delhi, June 8 Spectranet, the Internet service provider division of the Punj Lloyd group, is on the block again.Earlier in 2005 a deal between Punj Lloyd and the Bharti group to hive off Spectranet had fallen through because the two ...
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Leaders of No. 2 union OK Hollywood labor contract
Leaders of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved a new contract with Hollywood studios that grants actors more money for Internet work – an issue that sparked a crippling writers' strike earlier this year.
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Networking site to power online growth
Even before Jeff Bewkes took over as Time Warner’s chief executive earlier this year, fixing the media conglomerate’s troubled internet division was his top priority.
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Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis
By STEPHANIE NANO NEW YORK (AP) -- When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Beer makers increasingly turning to viral ads
Anheuser-Busch is generating lots of buzz with an ad equal parts bawdy and hilarious, but you won't see it on television, and it barely mentions the beer it's advertising. Dubbed "Swear Jar," the too-risque-for-TV ad debuted on the Internet in 2007. A minute long, it begins with an office worker asking about a jar at the reception desk. It's a "swear jar," he's told: Anyone who swears puts in a ...
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Beer makers increasingly turning to viral ads
Anheuser-Busch is generating lots of buzz with an ad equal parts bawdy and hilarious, but you won't see it on television, and it barely mentions the beer it's advertising. Dubbed "Swear Jar," the too-risque-for-TV ad debuted on the Internet in 2007. A minute...
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Terre Haute receives nearly 7 inches of rain
Terre Haute received nearly 7 inches of rain on Saturday, leading to the current state of emergency in Vigo County and flash flooding throughout the area, according to the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.
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As Energy Costs Soar, US Looks to Solar
BOSTON - Apple Inc is considering harnessing the sun to power its iPod music players. California's Ironwood prison is installing more than 6,000 solar panels, and Boston's Fenway Park is tapping solar power for Red Sox baseball games.
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Icahn's big bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could leave him with a black eye - and a hole in his wallet - if he's wrong about Microsoft Corp.'s desire to buy the Internet pioneer. Icahn, 72, has used a combination of guile, gall, grit and gamesmanship to get his way more often than not since he began tormenting ...
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China Quake Could Speed Growth of Ad-Hoc Activism
CHENGDU - It was just an afternoon stroll down the streets of his hometown, but every step blogger "Yellow Peach" took was revolutionary.
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Antivirus Vendors Gripe that Test isn't Current
Trend Micro is leading a handful of dissatisfied vendors who may not participate in the VB100 evaluations.
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Icahn’s big bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
Sun, Jun 8, 2008 (11:47 a.m.) Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could leave him with a black eye _ and a hole in his wallet _ if he's wrong about Microsoft Corp.'s desire to buy the Internet pioneer.
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Icahn's big bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could leave him with a black eye _ and a hole in his wallet _ if he's wrong about Microsoft Corp.'s desire to buy the Internet...
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