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Is Yahoo's billion-dollar bet on synergy worth it?
When Google went public in 2004 for $85 a share, I wrote a column questioning such a high valuation for a company built on a math equation. Wasn't it inevitable that someone would come along with a better search algorithm? Google closed Monday at $908....
Tags: Advertising, YouTube, AOL LLC, Marketing, Microsoft Corporation
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Yahoo's Flickr to offer massive 1 terabyte of storage for free
Yahoo followed its purchase of Tumblr, a cool, hip brand, with a fresh revamp for Flickr, another cool and once beloved start-up that has struggled to retain its luster since it was acquired. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company said it was redesigning...
Tags: Sociology, Apple iPhone, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Culture
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Burbank brush fire knocked down, size estimate revised down to 1-acre
Firefighters on Monday were able to knock down a 1-acre brush fire above DeBell Golf Club. At one point, the blaze was thought to be much larger — up to 20 acres — but fire officials said that was due to the steep canyon hillside. The...
Tags: Fires
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Burbank tax preparer pleads guilty to falsifying returns
A man faces up to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty Monday to two counts of submitting false tax returns through his Burbank firm. A federal grand jury indicted Peter Chavez, 44, in 2005 on 19 charges relating to preparing false...Tags: Prisons, Trials
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Britain: Horror attraction combines dark ride with haunted maze
A unique new haunted attraction opening this summer at a small United Kingdom theme park will combine a walk-through horror maze featuring live actors with a dark ride journey inside an abandoned mine shaft. The Hobs Pit maze and ride is set to open...
Tags: Media Industry, Theme Park Vacations, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations
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Apple tries not to stand out in the tax-avoidance crowd
Apple found itself in the uncomfortable position Monday of being labeled a corporate bad guy, drawing fire from senior senators in both parties for using subsidiaries in Ireland to reduce its tax bill. But if Apple has its way, its bitter rival Google...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, U.S. Congress, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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Departing 'SNL' cast members offer giddy goodbyes in season finale
The season finale of “SNL,” hosted by five-timer Ben Affleck, was a star-studded event commemorating the end of an era for several veteran cast members. Guest stars included Jennifer Garner, a.k.a Mrs. Ben Affleck, who showed up during the...
Tags: Kanye West, Ben Affleck, Alprazolam (drug), Jimmy Fallon, Music
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Yahoo! anuncia la compra de Tumblr y promete "no fastidiarla"
Nueva York, 20 may (EFE).- El portal de internet Yahoo! anunció hoy oficialmente la compra de la página de microblogs Tumblr y, en un guiño al lenguaje informal de los usuarios de su nueva adquisición, prometió "no fastidiarla". En un comunicado...Tags: Marissa Mayer, Social Media
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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced today represents Mayer’s boldest move yet since she left Google 10...Tags: Social Sciences, Marissa Mayer, Computer Networking and Internet, Larry Page, Sergey Brin
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The Internet likes Kanye; not such a big fan of the Tumblr purchase
Yahoo has added another major property to its portfolio, Kanye West went dark and political for his SNL gig, and France is buying military equipment. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 20, 2013. With the exception of television show...Tags: Kanye West, Lotteries, Corrections Corporation of America, The New York Times, Computer Networking and Internet
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Pac-12's Larry Scott is college's highest paid commissioner
Orlando SentinelPac-12 commissioner Larry Scott made more than $3 million last season according to financial documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal. His compensation makes him the highest paid college commissioner. According to the report, Scott was paid a...Tags: Southeastern Conference, Big Ten Conference, College Sports, Education, Utah Utes
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Record python killed in South Florida
A record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after a long struggle in which it wrapped itself around a man's legs. The monster snake was 18 feet, eight inches long, beating the previous...
Tags: Florida International University, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Endangered Species, Wildlife, Biology
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