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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: Social Media, Facebook, YouTube, Marissa Mayer, France Telecom
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Hon Hai struggling to meet its overtime deadline for July 1
China PostTAIPEI (The China Post/ANN) -- Although Hon Hai Precision has made a lot of progress in working conditions at its Chinese factories, the company still faces a challenge in trying to meet a July 1 deadline for cutting working hours. The Fair Labor...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Unions, Science and Technology, Work Relations, Media Industry
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Chinese telecom giants tap Internet potential
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkBEIJING (China Daily/ANN) -- Chinese telecom operators have stepped up their efforts to boost their business through exploring online channels, since more people in the country prefer shopping on the Internet. On World Telecommunication and...Tags: China Mobile Limited, China Unicom Limited, Media Industry, Marketing, Germany
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On The Street With Google Glass: An Early Look
Back when she was in college, software developer Monica Wilkinson says, she used to dream of "being able to carry a computer in my head," instead of lugging her books and laptop all over campus. As she tried out her new Google Glass recently, Wilkinson...Tags: Science and Technology, Google Inc., Career and Workplace, Employees, Google Glass
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Studios Score as Series Orders Soar
VarietyPilot season was good for the major studios, which emerged from upfront week with orders for 50 new scripted comedy and drama series, up by more than 20% from last year. Production of new scripted primetime programming for the Big Four and CW is more...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Television, NBCUniversal, Hawaii Five-0 (tv program), Josh Holloway
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What's next for UNLV graduates? You might be surprised
Las Vegas SunAs bright sunny skies beamed down on them, hundreds of UNLV's graduates lingered near the entryway of the Thomas & Mack Center around noon Sunday. UNLV officials said there were nearly 3,000 undergraduate and professional students who were eligible to...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Energy Saving, Science and Technology, Engineering, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Making the switch to contract worker
CareerBuilderTemporary workers, also called independent contractors or free agents, are self-employed and are hired by businesses or people to provide an end-result of work. From flexible schedules to control over projects and clients, being a temporary worker...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Career and Workplace, Business, Media Industry
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Yahoo confirms $1.1 billion deal to buy Tumblr blogging service
San Jose Mercury NewsYahoo (YHOO) confirmed Monday that it will pay $1.1 billion for the popular blogging service Tumblr, in a bold but risky move that CEO Marissa Mayer called a "game-changer" aimed at adding new and younger users to Yahoo's web audience. "On many levels,...Tags: Science and Technology, Social Media, Google Inc., Computer Networking and Internet, Marissa Mayer
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Wi-Fi on the water
Orange County RegisterNewport Harbor boaters who use the remoteness of their moored vessels as an escape from the ultra-connected world will have to find a new excuse now, as a new Wi-Fi network has been installed just for harbor users. The new Wi-Fi service, which runs from...Tags: Orange County Register, Point Harbor
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Yahoo $1bn swoop for Tumblr 'signals a new dot-com frenzy'
Evening Standard, LondonYahoo's decision to buy social networking site Tumblr for a reported $1.1 billion (pounds sterling 725 million) shows the valuation of hot internet start-ups is soaring in a new dot-com frenzy, analysts say. The sale, which is said to have been approved...Tags: Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet, Media Industry, One Direction (music group)
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AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, executive motoring briefs
AME InfoNISSAN MIDEAST TO RECALL NISSAN, INFINITY VEHICLES IN UAE: The UAE economy ministry has said several 2013 models of Nissan's Pathfinder and Infinity's JX are to be recalled due to a faulty brake torque member, Emirates 24-7 has reported. The decision...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Malaysia, Fluor Corporation, Viral Diseases and Infections, Physical Therapists
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Failure, Internal Medicine, Research, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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