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Kmart 'Ship My Pants,' 'Big Gas Savings' campaigns go viral
Kmart’s woes — sliding sales, worried investors — would make any retailer want to curse. But as it turns out, the discounter’s dirty mouth may prove to be a saving grace. The chain, which has a bit of a fuddy-duddy reputation,...
Tags: Target, IKEA, Walmart, Memorial Day, Media Industry
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U.S. drivers will spend $1.4 billion on gasoline over Memorial Day
Get ready for an expensive three-day weekend behind the wheel. The Union of Concerned Scientists says that Americans will spend about $1.4 billion on gasoline over the course of the Memorial Day holiday. Among those paying the most will be...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Petroleum Industry, Hybrid Vehicles, Ford
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Lyft lands $60 million in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz
Coming up on the one-year anniversary of its ridesharing service, Lyft is celebrating with a new round of funding worth $60 million. Known for the bright pink mustaches on the grill of its drivers' cars, Lyft is a service that lets smartphone users call...
Tags: Jennifer Lopez, Computer Hardware, Skype
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California picks 13 health plans for state-run insurance market
After weeks of negotiations, California said it has selected 13 health plans for a new state-run insurance marketplace where as many as 5 million people will shop for coverage next year. Officials at Covered California, the state agency implementing the...
Tags: Medicaid, Molina Healthcare Incorporated, Health Net Inc., Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Cigna Corporation
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With U.S. market share surging, Ford ramps up production capacity
Ford Motor Co. is expanding its production capacity to take advantage of the shift in buyer sentiment toward smaller cars and SUVs and for F-series truck sales spurred by the housing market recovery. Ford said it will increase production by about 200,...
Tags: Chrysler, SUVs and Crossovers, Passenger Cars, Kelley Blue Book LLC, Vehicles
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Tribune forms Silicon Valley digital venture, hires Shashi Seth
Underscoring that technology increasingly will drive the success of traditional media outlets, Tribune Co. is planting a flag in Silicon Valley and has hired a former top Yahoo executive to lead the company's digital ventures. Shashi Seth, who has...
Tags: Peter Liguori, Startups, Media Industry, AOL LLC, Economy, Business and Finance
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New ad platform targets mobile users by scouring social media
Mobile advertising is about to become a lot more personal. Pasadena technology company UberMedia has launched a mobile advertising platform that tracks publicly available information provided by smartphone users on their social media channels and then...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Twitter, Inc., Oblivion (movie), Tom Cruise, Computer Hardware
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Is Yahoo's billion-dollar bet on synergy worth it?
When Google went public in 2004 for $85 a share, I wrote a column questioning such a high valuation for a company built on a math equation. Wasn't it inevitable that someone would come along with a better search algorithm? Google closed Monday at $908....
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, AOL LLC, Marissa Mayer, Social Media
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How Google Music, Spotify and other subscription services compare
Google jumped into the music subscription market last week with Google Music All Access, escalating the competition in a crowded market. Although Google brings the biggest name to the market, many others already have large followings. Spotify stands out...
Tags: Culture, Trials, Sociology, BlackBerry, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Yahoo's challenge to be building Tumblr's advertising business
SAN FRANCISCO — To punctuate his company's $1.1-billion purchase by Yahoo Inc., Tumblr co-founder and Chief Executive David Karp let loose in a blog post with a celebratory expletive. It was classic Karp, a 26-year-old high school dropout who...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Culture, Online Advertising, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry
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Payvia buys mobile marketing firm Mogreet
Mobile payments company Payvia Inc. has acquired Mogreet, a Venice mobile marketing start-up. The companies declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal. The Mogreet team will join Los Angeles company Payvia, and Mogreet founder and Chief...Tags: Online Media Industry, Cox Media Group, Inc., Consumer Goods Industries, Consumers, Business
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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: Computer Networking and Internet, Culture, Online Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, YouTube
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