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Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...
Tags: France Telecom, Marissa Mayer, YouTube, Yahoo! Inc., News Corp.
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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: Marissa Mayer, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Social Media, YouTube, Microsoft Corporation
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Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago
Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...
Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo, Starbucks Corp., Companies and Corporations, Sports, Lollapalooza
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Yahoo buys Tumblr in $1.1 billion deal
ReutersYahoo Inc. said Monday it will buy online blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. The deal is the largest since Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer took the reins in July in order to reverse a multi-year decline in Yahoo's business and its Web...Tags: Marissa Mayer, Social Media, Yahoo! Inc., Manhattan (New York City), Google Inc.
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Larry Page, Marissa Mayer, YouTube, Software Industry
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Rodale launches online store
Emmaus publisher Rodale is entering the online retail business, hoping that readers interested in the ultimate bikini body and how to build beach muscle will also be inclined to drop $48 on a microfiber yoga towel made with recycled coconut shells or $199...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Newspaper and Magazine, Physical Fitness and Exercise, New Products, Emmaus
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Cost has Metra leery of Wi-Fi
Reading newspapers and books or taking naps were once the prime pastimes for Metra customers. Now nearly half the riders are using personal electronic devices like laptops, smartphones, iPads and Kindles, and that percentage has doubled since 2010, a...
Tags: Amtrak, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Metra, McDonald's, Science and Technology
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Garcetti's lead over Greuel at 7 percentage points in mayoral race
Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to seven percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is vital to her chances, according to a new USC...
Tags: Polls, Minority Groups, Eric Garcetti, Politics, Voting
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Obama agenda seems to be weathering IRS targeting of conservative groups, other controversies WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Crimes, Goldencents (racehorse), Government, Trials
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UPDATE: Farm Fresh changes weekly ad, shoppers chatter
Daily PressPeople, especially serious shoppers, do not like change. That's the message a vocal group of Hampton Roads shoppers have been sending to Farm Fresh after the grocery chain changed its weekly advertisement. In April, Farm Fresh switched to a smaller...Tags: Hampton Roads, Groceries, Harris Teeter, Inc., Services and Shopping, Farms
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Razor-sharp ad ideas
This story starts at a point in time that most observers predicted it would end. The year was 2002. The Internet party was long over. Pets.com and other high-flying digital darlings were defunct. It was the dark days for the few survivors of the dot-com...
Tags: Tesco plc, Authors, McDonald's, Microsoft Corporation, Politics
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Sale of downtown Annapolis post office building will end era ... eventually
Since 1901, Annapolis residents and downtown workers have been dropping off letters and buying stamps at the brick Georgian Revival-style post office on Church Circle. But not for much longer. A vote by the state's Board of Public Works on Wednesday...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Annapolis, U.S. Postal Service, Maryland Historical Trust, Rental Service
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