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Amazon Retaliates Against New Colorado Web Sales Tax
By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER
Amazon.com Inc. pulled the plug on its marketing affiliates in Colorado after the state enacted a law that imposes new sales-tax regulations on online retailers.
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Microsoft, Yahoo Now Must Sell Search Pact To Users, Advertisers
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)-Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) have sold regulators on their Internet search alliance. Now comes the hard part: Selling Internet users and advertisers.
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MetroPCS Hires Bankers as It Eyes Rival
By ROGER CHENG
Wireless service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. tapped investment bankers to advise it on the potential acquisition of rival Leap Wireless International Inc., according to a person familiar with [...] -
Viacom 4Q Net Soars On 2008 Charge, Revenue Slips
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) – Viacom Inc.’s (VIA) fourth-quarter profit more than quadrupled because of an easy comparison due to large year-ago restructuring charges, but its sales declined as advertising [...]
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Google plans experiment to offer superfast Web
By Ian Sherr
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc said on Wednesday it would build a super high-speed broadband network for up to half a million people around the United States [...] -
Super Bowl is most watched TV show ever
David Bauder (AP) – The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M-A-S-H” to become the most-watched program in television history.
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Microsoft Expands Search-Ad Agreement With Facebook
By Dina Bass
(Bloomberg) – Microsoft Corp., an investor in Facebook Inc., expanded an Internet-search agreement with the social-networking service, while losing the site’s banner- advertising business.
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Monster Shares Dn; Expenses Seen Higher, Revenue Flat
By Kerry Grace Benn
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) – Monster Worldwide Inc.’s (MWW) shares plunged Thursday after the company said late Wednesday its expenses will likely increase this year as revenue [...] -
Sports could be battleground for Comcast/NBC deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sports programing, a must-have for U.S. cable operators, could end up being the center of a battle between Comcast, NBC Universal and the companies’ critics as regulators [...]
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AOL swings to profit despite declines in global ads
By John Letzing – MarketWatch
AOL Inc. posted a slender profit Wednesday, shedding light on the company’s performance during its final days as a part of Time Warner Inc. in its [...]
