
Markets: Five Companies That Are Definitely Thrilled Obama Was Re-Elected
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Photo: Adam Glanzman/Flickr The S&P 500 has fallen 3.5 percent in the two days since President Obama’s re-election. Maybe this means investors are scared of the administration; more likely they’re spooked by continuing fiscal headaches in Europe and that the split government re-elected Tuesday might fall off a “fiscal cliff”...
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Bender: Live Out Your Jay Z Fantasies With Incrediblue, a Marketplace for Yachts
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Photo: RobW_/Flickr With the havoc wrought by superstorm Sandy still fresh, and winter storms Athena and Brutus threatening, it’s a safe bet that sailing a luxury yacht across the Aegean sounds downright heavenly. Sure the economy may be in shambles in that part of the world, but the highs are...
Erli Bird: A Startup Connecting Other Startups With Early Adopters
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Don't listen to customers, develop your products in secret and make every decision yourself. This approach worked for Steve Jobs. But it won't work for your startup because you're not Steve Jobs. (Heck, even Steve Jobs wasn't Steve Jobs.) If you want to succeed today, you need to put your...
Fun Friday: Favorite Airline
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I'm going to fly to LA today. I would normally fly United because of miles/upgrades but the Gotham Gal booked this flight and we are going Virgin. I find flying on Virgin like going to a nightclub because of the lighting and I avoid it as a result. It got...

CHART: Apple Walking In RCA's Footsteps
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Apple's share price was leading the stock market's rally earlier this year, and lately it has been leading the correction. This fall from grace for the stock of Apple has a lot of analysts puzzled, because Apple the company still appears to be doing great. It has huge sales...

Happy 8th birthday, Firefox! A Q&A with Mozilla chairwoman Mitchell Baker [Video]
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Eight years ago today, Mozilla released the first version of open-source Web browser Firefox. Against all odds, it has cemented itself as one of the most widely used browsers today. Depending on who you ask, Firefox boasts between 20 percent (NetApplications) and 22.32 percent (StatCounter) market share as of October...
Zynga's Treasure
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We want to build an Internet treasure. –Zynga CEO Mark Pincus at Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored Conference...
Microsoft Surface Touch Cover splits within days, some users complain
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Early buyers of the new tablet complain that the edge that attaches to the computer comes away, requiring replacementSome early users of the Touch Cover of Microsoft's Surface tablet say one of the edges splits to expose a wire just days after they starting using it.A number of users on...

UK finds European space program profitable, ramps up investment
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The UK plans to increase its contribution to Europe's space program, in the hopes of attracting lucrative contracts and spurring domestic job growth. The country currently contribues £170 million ($271 million) per year to the European Space Agency (ESA), but Chancellor George Osborne told BBC News today that his...

Yahoo estimates that its exit from South Korea will cost it $94 million
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Yahoo estimates that its planned withdrawal from South Korea, the first country exit under new CEO Marissa Meyer, will cost it $94 million. Details of the financial implications of the move, which Yahoo previously revealed will result in 200 job losses, were disclosed in a regulatory filing which foresees cash...
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