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Twitter Cofounder Jack Dorsey Just Posted His Baby Photos On Vine
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 04:02
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 ...
Libor rigging: timeline
The Guardian - 7 Feb 2013 01:36
How the benchmark rate fixing unfolded The Libor interest-rate scandal dates back to 2005. Little known outside the City, it underpinned trillions of pounds worth of loans, mortgages and financial contracts in Europe and...
Harris launches Portsmouth bid
BBC - 7 Feb 2013 01:50
Football financer Keith Harris and the Pompey Supporters Trust launch rival takeover bids for Portsmouth Football Club.
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of LinkedIn? Almost ...
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2013 01:44
Current Facebook chief operating officer and former Google VP Cheryl Sandberg was almost LinkedIn's chief executive officer. Almost.
Outback Steakhouse Challenged Oreo To Sculpt A Bloomin' Onion Out Of Creme
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 03:03
Oreo is getting social media totally right -- lighthearted, open, and human. It's also pretty fun for fans when brands interact with each other. It just makes everything feel less... corporate. You see, Oreo has been run...
Twitter Confirms Its Purchase Of Bluefin Labs
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2013 05:11
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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:35U.S. penalizes British bank for LIBOR market-fixing, internal messages reveal scheme
News Observer - 7 Feb 2013 00:42
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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:57
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Marco Rubio Will Deliver The GOP Response To The State Of The Union
Business Insider - 7 Feb 2013 01:35
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...
Philip Marley: My student digs sold for £22m
MoneyWeek - 6 Feb 2013 15:21
Philip Marley came up with a clever scheme to profit from Ireland's acute shortage of student accommodation.
Virgin Media triumphs in struggle against debt
The Guardian - 6 Feb 2013 02:21
Liberty Global's bid appears to have been launched as a result of the pay TV company achieving financial sobriety Virgin Media, against many expectations, has triumphed in its struggle against debt. In 2011, its borrowin...
Blackstone Buying Shopping-Center Stake
Wall Street Journal - 7 Feb 2013 01:57
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.
Yelp Hits A Big Milestone: 100 Million Users In January (YELP)
Business Insider - 7 Feb 2013 01:47
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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:44
News Corp reported higher quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday on strong growth at its cable networks.
Visa profit rises 30 percent; authorizes $1.75 billion buyback
Reuters - 7 Feb 2013 01:44
(Reuters) - Visa Inc's first-quarter profit jumped 30 percent, and the world's largest credit- and debit-card network authorized a new $1.75 billion share repurchase program.
News Corp posts higher quarterly revenue, profit
Reuters - 7 Feb 2013 01:41
(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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:38
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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:35
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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:35
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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:35
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 - 7 Feb 2013 01:33
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...