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Twitter Cofounder Jack Dorsey Just Posted His Baby Photos On Vine
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 02:02
Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey just highlighted a new way to use Vine, his company's app for sharing short, simply edited videos. He snapped a bunch of old photos of himself, going back to baby pics. It's decades of life ...
Rand Paul Warns Of Unintended Consequences In Iran And Syria
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 23:55
Rand Paul appeared at the Heritage Foundation Wednesday morning to give his break-out speech detailing his vision for American foreign policy. Though the speech lacked in specifics, Paul made some savvy observations abou...
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of LinkedIn? Almost ...
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2013 23:44
Current Facebook chief operating officer and former Google VP Cheryl Sandberg was almost LinkedIn's chief executive officer. Almost.
Twitter Confirms Its Purchase Of Bluefin Labs
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 03:11
As Business Insider first reported yesterday, Twitter has bought Bluefin Labs, the Cambridge, Mass.-based maker of tools for measuring the impact of social media on TV viewing. Twitter COO Ali Rowghani said in a blog pos...
Greg Asbed: Super Bowl Ad Extolling Virtues of Farm Labor Fails to Value, Include Farmworkers
The Huffington Post - 6 Feb 2013 23:35U.S. penalizes British bank for LIBOR market-fixing, internal messages reveal scheme
News Observer - 6 Feb 2013 22:42
U.S. and British regulators announced a $612 million settlement on Wednesday with Royal Bank of Scotland, with the global bank acknowledging that it manipulated key benchmark interest rates to benefit...
Analysis: U.S. data, earnings suggest "fiscal cliff" fears overhyped
Reuters - 6 Feb 2013 23:57
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Supreme Court Justice Says The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 23:44
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was speaking about her love of opera music with New York's WQXR radio program earlier this week when, somehow, the death penalty came up. According to Think Progress, she said sh...
Marco Rubio Will Deliver The GOP Response To The State Of The Union
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 23:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a leading proponent of overhauling the immigration system who has gained attention in GOP circles, will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of th...
Blackstone Buying Shopping-Center Stake
Wall Street Journal - 6 Feb 2013 23:57
Blackstone Group is buying a majority interest in 40 shopping centers valued at $1.1 billion as it continues to load up on grocery-anchored retail property in the U.S.
BlackBerry says Canadian Z10 launch was 'best ever'
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2013 23:56
Things are looking pretty good so far for the Z10 in Canada, but can BlackBerry keep it up?
Yelp Hits A Big Milestone: 100 Million Users In January (YELP)
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 23:47
In Yelp's fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Jeremy Stoppelman dropped a lot of numbers on the progress of the local-reviews site. But here's a big one: Yelp recorded 100 million monthly unique visitors in January. Yelp s...
News Corp Posts Higher Quarterly Revenue, Profit
The New York Times - 6 Feb 2013 23:44
News Corp reported higher quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday on strong growth at its cable networks.
News Corp posts higher quarterly revenue, profit
Reuters - 6 Feb 2013 23:41
(Reuters) - News Corp reported higher quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday on strong growth at its cable networks.
I.H.T. Special: Social Media Firms Move to Capitalize on Popularity in Middle East
The New York Times - 6 Feb 2013 23:38
The rise of social media in the Arab world is changing the game for regional advertisers, pushing growth in digital advertising.
How the major stock markets fared Wednesday
News Observer - 6 Feb 2013 23:35
Stocks were flat Wednesday after the latest earnings reports gave investors little impetus to extend a recent rally. Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500...
Political uncertainty in Europe pushes euro lower
News Observer - 6 Feb 2013 23:35
Political turmoil in Italy and Spain pushed the euro lower against the dollar Wednesday.
Visa's fiscal 1Q net income jumps 25 pct.
News Observer - 6 Feb 2013 23:35
Visa says its profit jumped 25 percent in the last three months of 2012 as consumers racked up more credit card debt and used their debit cards more often.
Five Must-Read Personal Finance Books For Every Stage Of Life
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 23:33
Mint.com user and Facebook fan Aaron writes: It would be great to have a post that lists out some of the top books to read for personal finance. I know there are different types of people using Mint (ranging from those w...
Good News For Rupert
The Huffington Post - 6 Feb 2013 23:33Steve Horn: Congressmen Supporting Fracked Gas Exports Took $11.5 Million From Big Oil, Electric Utilities
The Huffington Post - 6 Feb 2013 23:30News Corp. posts higher 2Q earnings, revenue
News Observer - 6 Feb 2013 23:30
Media conglomerate News Corp. says earnings for the last three months of 2012 grew, helped by higher revenue at its pay TV networks and gains from larger stakes in businesses...