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Jennifer Lopez, Verizon team up to launch mobile brand Viva Movil
Jennifer Lopez: actress, singer, dancer, fashion designer, and now, mobile phone mogul. The entertainer announced Wednesday that she had teamed up with Verizon Wireless to launch a new mobile brand, including retail stores, aimed at the fast-growing...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware, Jennifer Lopez, New Products, Social Issues
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Verizon, Jennifer Lopez launch Viva Movil stores aimed at Latinos
Verizon Wireless and Jennifer Lopez teamed up Wednesday to launch Viva Movil, a new brand of cellphone retail store that will target Latino customers. The brand launched its website and a Facebook shopping app Wednesday and will roll out physical retail...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware, Jennifer Lopez, New Products, Media Industry
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Edison agrees to pay $37 million in 2007 wildfire
Southern California Edison Co. agreed Monday to pay $37 million to resolve concerns about three overloaded utility poles that sparked the 2007 Malibu Canyon fire, a settlement that would bring the total for the destructive fire to more than $60 million....
Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Verizon Communications, Fires
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Edison admits errors in Malibu fire; settlements top $60 million
Southern California Edison Co. agreed Monday to pay $37 million to resolve concerns about three overloaded utility poles that sparked the 2007 Malibu Canyon fire, a settlement that would bring the total payout for the destructive fire to more than $60...
Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Verizon Communications
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Review: KROQ's indie-loving Weenie Roast 2013
This post has been corrected, please see below for details.2013 was the year indie finally conquered KROQ-FM. At the station's annual day-long Weenie Roast festival in Irvine on Saturday, almost every headliner evoked a certain scrappy outsiderdom -- even if those bands had radio hits hiding in their plaid...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, The Black Keys (music group), Dan Auerbach, Jimmy Eat World (music group), Staples Center
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Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi at Staples Center, Nokia Plaza
Going to a large sporting event usually means you won't have Internet connection until you leave the stadium, but Los Angeles' Staples Center will no longer have that problem. The arena, which is home to the Lakers, Clippers and the Kings, has been...
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Staples Center, Kobe Bryant
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Wireless carriers to launch ad blitz against texting and driving
The country's largest wireless carriers have joined together for a national advertising campaign to discourage mobile users from texting while driving. AT&T announced that competitors Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile and more than 200 other...
Tags: T-Mobile, Advertising, Walmart, Labor Day, Media Industry
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Nokia unveils the Lumia 928 smartphone for Verizon
Nokia and Verizon Wireless are teaming up to launch the Lumia 928, a variation of the Finnish phone maker's flagship smartphone. After a few days of teasing users with vague ads like one that ran in a recent issue of Vanity Fair, the company...
Tags: Mother's Day, Verizon Communications
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Black Keys to headline 2013 KROQ Weenie Roast on May 18
The Black Keys, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Vampire Weekend top the lineup for the 2013 KROQ Weenie Roast, coming up May 18 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, KROQ officials announced Monday. Tickets go on sale this Friday for the annual indie rock-punk-...
Tags: Radio Industry, Ticketmaster
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Black Sabbath to tour North America, play L.A. on Sept. 3
Here's some Ozzy Osbourne news that has nothing to do with the singer's marital troubles: Black Sabbath is headed out on a full North American tour. The legendary English heavy-metal band -- or three-fourths of it, anyway -- announced Thursday that it...
Tags: Black Sabbath (music group), North America
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Dish Network makes $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel
Dish Network Corp. is taking a run at Sprint. The satellite television company made an unsolicited $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday in an attempt to marry one of the nation's biggest pay-TV providers with the third-largest U.S....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Satellite Technology, Comcast Corporation, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Companies and Corporations
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Taxpayers failing to get their fair share of wireless gold rush
Satellite TV provider Dish Network says it's thinking only of customers as it offers $25.5 billion to buy Sprint Nextel, the third-biggest U.S. wireless company. "A transformative Dish/Sprint merger will create the only company that can offer...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Marketing, Companies and Corporations, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Federal Communications Commission
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