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Technology
Jul 21 2010 5:20pm EDT

MySpace Founder Reflects on Facebook

MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe talks about MySpace, Facebook, and MindJolt, the gaming company he now runs. ... Read Blog

Small Business Resources
Jul 21 2010 4:34pm EDT

Small Businesses Boost Search Spending

Small businesses find that search can be an efficient—and critical—tool in their marketing efforts. ... Read Blog

National News
Jul 21 2010 3:14pm EDT

Reckitt Buys Condom Maker: "A Good Fit"

Reckitt Benckiser makes a $3.9 billion proposal to Durex condom maker SSL, where management is tempted. ... Read Blog

Health Care
Jul 21 2010 2:38pm EDT

Big Pot Budding in Oakland

Oakland's council gives the preliminary OK for four large indoor marijuana farms. One applicant would hire more than 370 workers and pay $1.5 million a year in taxes.   ... Read Blog

Politics
Jul 21 2010 2:18pm EDT

No More Bailouts?

President Obama signs financial reform into law and defends his next big financial initiative, the $30 billion Small Business Lending Fund. Critics see the fund as a bailout for small banks. ... Read Blog

Jul 21 2010 1:07pm EDT

Pension Funds Aiming at BP

Ohio and New York pension funds are charging BP with "false claims on the safety of its drilling operations" and seeking a class-action suit. ... Read Blog

Entrepreneurship
Jul 21 2010 9:15am EDT

Anna Wintour: Just a Concerned Neighbor

Serge Becker, the entrepreneur behind several of Manhattan's current "it" restaurants and clubs, has a new nemesis: Anna Wintour, the editor of "Vogue."  ... Read Blog

Media
Mar 23 2010 1:37pm EDT

Bankrupt Newspaper Companies Cutting 75 Percent of Debt

The lighter balance sheets are just a second chance, not a free pass to profits. ... Read Blog

 
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