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Retail
Amazon Is Google’s Top Search Advertiser
Online retailer Amazon.com spent $158 million in 2013 to buy search advertising from Google.
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Media
Minecraft Now Officially to Become Part of Microsoft
Microsoft's acquisition of Mojan, maker of Minecraft, has now been confirmed.
Jon C. Ogg 9:00am ET
Investing
Top Stocks That Will See Huge Buying in S&P Index Quarterly Rebalancing
All stock market indexes rebalance on a quarterly basis, as price movement constantly upsets the actual percentage that is supposed to be allocated.
Lee Jackson 9:15am ET
Investing
Top Pharmaceutical Stock Highlights This Week’s Insider Selling
With the summer doldrums over, the stock market is starting to return to normal. We also saw some very large insider selling in a top European pharmaceutical stock.
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Investing
Sirius XM Keeps Top Spot Among Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks
Short sellers shied away from three of the top five most shorted stocks on the Nasdaq between the August 15 and August 29 settlement dates.
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Consumer Electronics
Apple’s U.S. Smartphone Share Lead Widens Ahead of iPhone 6 Launch
Apple’s got a lot of momentum going into next Tuesday’s event that everyone expects will be the announcement of at least one new iPhone.
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Consumer Electronics
AARP Gets Into the Tablet Business at Walmart, With Intel and Google Inside
Tablets may have a new frontier -- senior citizens! Now AARP is getting into the tablet business with its RealPad.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Dragged Down the Dow
thinkstockSeptember 2, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday with the blue chips spending most of the day in the red. The energy and basic materials sectors took a beating today as crude…
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Investing
Top-Yielding Stocks Dominate UBS Equity Focus List for September
In a new research report from the UBS CIO Wealth Management Research team, they continue to have a very favorable view on the U.S. equity market,
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Apps & Software
Will Celebrity Photo Hack Cost Apple iCloud Customers?
The Apple iCloud service got hacked and hundreds of compromising celebrity photos got released onto the Internet.
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Economy
Companies That Have Cut Their U.S. Tax Bills the Most
These companies have cut their effective tax rates the most and boosted their net income at the same time.
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Investing
Google Ranks 3rd in Market Cap Among All U.S. Companies
Google has passed Berkshire Hathaway to become the third largest U.S. company by market capitalization.
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Apps & Software
China to Launch OS, Challenge Microsoft and Google
In what is likely to become a major challenge to Microsoft Windows and Google Android, China will release its own operating system.
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Apps & Software
PlayStation Network Taken Down by Hackers
Hackers appear to have taken down the huge Sony PlayStation Network.
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Consumer Electronics
GameStop Hardware Sales Doubled on Xbox One, PlayStation 4
courtesy GameStop Corp.GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) reported second quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Thursday. The video game retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22 on $1.73 billion in…