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Chicago-based Groupon weighing Google buyoutNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Groupon Inc. is weighing whether to sell itself to Google Inc. or to proceed with a round of fundraising that may value the daily coupon company at more than $3 billion,...
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Sittercity acquires Sitters.comNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Sittercity.com, America's largest web site for connecting families with local, quality in-home caregivers, today announced the acquisition of the Sitters.com website. ...
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Facebook revamps messaging, takes aim at e-mailNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook unveiled a new messaging platform Monday that takes aim at one of the Internet's first applications, e-mail. Although blogs had been speculatin...
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Apple promises 'exciting' iTunes update TuesdayNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple is promising an "exciting" iTunes announcement. The iPhone maker has replaced its home page with a note that says, "Tomorrow is just another d...
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Online outrage follows Twitter Joke Trial'Nov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - LONDON -- He missed the plane. Now thousands of annoyed Internet users say authorities missed the joke. When Paul Chambers was arrested and fined for posting a jocular m...
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Yahoo jumps on reports of KKR buyout interest, Alibaba talksNov 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Yahoo! Inc., owner of the largest U.S. Web portal, jumped as much as 7.1 percent in Nasdaq trading on a report that KKR & Co. is joining a list of buyout firms that want...
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Fast-growing Groupon may seek venture fundingNov 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Groupon Inc., owner of a daily coupon website with 20 million subscribers, is seeking venture funding that may value the company at about $3 billion, according to three ...
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Curly haired Muppet becomes a role modelOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - A plucky little muppet in a pretty pink dress, her brown hair a perky 'fro, is helping little girls - and their moms - to accept themselves just the way they are by lovi...
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125 YouTube videos shortlisted for GuggenheimsSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Among the hundreds of thousands of videos uploaded daily to YouTube, surely a work of art is in there somewhere. Such is the premise behind "YouTube Play: A ...
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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart applauds Craigslist decisionSep 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Count Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart among the law enforcement officials applauding Saturday's decision by Craigslist to shut down its "adult services" section, which Dart...