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Internet sales tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle and is on track for approval after lawmakers return...
Tags: Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Anti Trust Crime, Ron Wyden, Corporate Crime
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Fab co-founder Bradford Shellhammer lays out plans for change
For proof of how fast the business of design is changing, look no further than Fab. The site launched in 2010 as a TripAdvisor-Foursquare-Yelp social-networking hybrid called Fabulis was aimed at gay men. But having burned through most of its start-up...
Tags: Foursquare, Media Industry, IKEA
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Stocks stall on tepid economic growth
The stock market stalled Friday after the U.S. economy didn't grow as much as hoped and earnings from a handful of big companies failed to rev up investors. The economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, the...
Tags: Earnings, George Soros, NASDAQ, Financial Markets, Analysts' Comments
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'Iron Man' fight escalates. Amazon to launch set-top box.
After the coffee. Before watching the NFL draft. The Skinny: Actually, I'm not all that excited about this year's NFL draft since the Redskins don't have a first-round pick. Thursday's stories include Disney's growing feud with theater owners, Amazon...
Tags: Television, Services and Shopping, Washington Redskins, Television Industry, David Letterman
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LinkedIn wants to be your personal assistant with new Contacts app
LinkedIn, the business-centric online social network, is rolling out an iPhone app and website feature that combines users' address books, calendars and email accounts in one location. Like a virtual personal assistant, the new app, dubbed LinkedIn...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware, Tim Cook, Social Media
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Bill could lead largely to end of Internet sales tax loophole
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisan support, the Senate is poised to pass a bill this week that could lead largely to the end of the nation's long online sales tax holiday. The measure would allow states to require that large online retailers...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Jay Carney, Agriculture, U.S. Congress, Financial Markets
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Amazon asks viewers to vote on its next original series
Amazon, the online retailing giant, is following Netflix and Hulu into the world of original online content. But unlike the other outlets, which have been selecting their programs the old-fashioned way (that is, executives putting their reps on the line...
Tags: Television, Dexter (tv program), John Goodman, NCIS: Los Angeles (tv program), Entertainment
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Attention comedy geeks: Splitsider enters film distribution business
Watch your back, Netflix. Splitsider.com, widely considered to be the bible of comedy geek news, has become the latest entity to dive into the increasingly crowded pool of original online feature film distributors. Inspired by the success of...
Tags: Louis C.K., Entertainment, Jim Gaffigan, Netflix Inc., Jimmy Fallon
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Amazon 'TV pilots' are set to fly (Part 1)
Los Angeles Times Television CriticAmazon, the online bookseller turned online department store, turned e-book-reader manufacturer, turned publisher, turned video streaming service, turning movie-and-TV studio, has posted its first 14 "TV pilots" -- six kids' shows and eight grown-up...Tags: Television, Satellite and Cable Service, John Goodman, Book, Entertainment
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Amazon premieres 14 new television pilots (online)
Amazon is turning to its consumers to help decide which of the new television shows premiering Friday to add to its programming lineup, democratizing a process that was once reserved for a rarefied group of network executives. The online retailer will...
Tags: Television, Nickelodeon (tv network), Music, Downton Abbey (tv program), John Goodman
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Will Twitter be music to users' (and the music industry's) ears?
Will a song be worth more than 140 characters to Twitter users? After testing out a new music discovery service with celebrities such as Ryan Seacrest, Blake Shelton, Ne-Yo and Moby, Twitter is clicking play on Twitter #Music. The free service will be...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Moby, Music, Wiz Khalifa, Blake Shelton
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Highest-paid interns are at tech, oil firms, not on Wall Street
Think Wall Street interns are the best paid? Think again. A recent survey by Glassdoor.com found that the highest-paid interns work for technology and oil companies. Taking the top spot is VMWare, a Palo Alto company that specializes in cloud...
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., ConocoPhillips
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