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Senate to vote on Internet sales tax bill
Daily PressThe Senate is set to vote on an Internet sales tax bill within the first week of May. Also known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, the bill gives states the authority to require online sellers to collect sales tax at the point of purchase. There is an...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), eBay Inc., Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Labor Legislation
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Local drive-ins enter 21st century
Of The Morning CallTwo local throwbacks, Shankweiler's and Becky's drive-in theaters, have entered the 21st Century by adding new digital projection systems ... Amazon warehouse workers suing over wage issues won a key court victory ... Sen. Bob Casey wants lawmakers to...Tags: Nazareth
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How to cut the cable cord (and how much you will save)
In anticipation of our move to a new house, my husband blurted out something quite shocking. "I think we should just drop cable." Well, since I assumed cable television was necessary for his sports-watching hobby, and he assumed that I was beholden to...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hulu, Consumer Electronics Association, Satellite and Cable Service, Television
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.”...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Education, Culture, Radio, News Media
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos backs Henry Blodget with $5 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission may have booted Henry Blodget off Wall Street, but the former Merrill Lynch & Co. Internet analyst has attracted some big fans for Business Insider Inc., which he co-founded in 2007. A major endorsement for the...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jeff Bezos, Walmart
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Cooking for a good cause: New Meals On Wheels cookbook
The recently released celebrity cookbook, Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook ($29.95), features more than 125 family-style recipes from chefs, actors, writers and other celebrities. Made With Love showcases everything from Judi Dench&...
Tags: Recipes, Books-A-Million Incorporated, Ricotta Cheese, Salt, Celebrities
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Internet sales tax is good for Md. business
Imagine you are a benevolent monarch and you have the power to institute a sales tax. (Even benevolent government has to be financed, after all.) Would you set one up that gave preference to sellers located outside your kingdom and penalized your own...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Tea Party Movement, Heads of State, U.S. Senate, Government
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Internet sales tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle and is on track for approval after lawmakers return...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Anti Trust Crime, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Ron Wyden
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Kindle TV? Amazon reportedly working on its own set-top box
Apple and Roku's dominance in the Internet-streaming TV set-top box market might be about to get interrupted by Amazon.com, which is reportedly working on a box of its own. The giant online retailer is working on a device due later this year that...
Tags: Marketing, Amazon Kindle, Auction Service, Apple TV, Netflix Inc.
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Facebook unveils software that transforms Android devices
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Mark Zuckerberg has set into motion his most ambitious plan yet to make Facebook Inc. the world's dominant form of communication. Facebook's chief executive on Thursday unveiled Facebook Home, software that transforms...
Tags: Software Industry, Networking, Online Media Industry, Culture, Computer Networking and Internet
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Bill could lead largely to end of Internet sales tax loophole
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisan support, the Senate is poised to pass a bill this week that could lead largely to the end of the nation's long online sales tax holiday. The measure would allow states to require that large online retailers...Tags: Dick Durbin, Economy, Business and Finance, Sales, Computer Networking and Internet, Harry Reid
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iTunes celebrates a decade, faces new challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — When Apple launched its iTunes music store a decade ago amid the ashes of Napster, the music industry — reeling from the effects of online piracy — was anxious to see how the new music service would shake out. "The...
Tags: Hulu, Online Media Industry, Tim McGraw, Radio, Apple iPod
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