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Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia
Jan 24 2007 7:59PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.
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Stocks jump with eBay profit up 24 pct
Jan 24 2007 7:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - EBay Inc. reported Wednesday that fourth-quarter profit increased 24 percent from the same period last year, trouncing Wall Street estimates and prompting executives to raise guidance for the current quarter.
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Stocks jump with eBay profit up 24 pct
Jan 24 2007 7:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - EBay Inc. reported Wednesday that fourth-quarter profit increased 24 percent from the same period last year, trouncing Wall Street estimates and prompting executives to raise guidance for the current quarter.
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Data on Nationwide insurance stolen
Jan 24 2007 5:48PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Computer records containing medical claim information, health data and Social Security numbers of 28,279 health insurance customers of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said.
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Data on Nationwide insurance stolen
Jan 24 2007 5:48PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Computer records containing medical claim information, health data and Social Security numbers of 28,279 health insurance customers of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said.
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Venture capitalist invested $25B in 2006
Jan 24 2007 5:14PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Venture capitalists invested $25.5 billion in 2006, marking the industry's biggest burst of dealmaking since the dot-com bust clogged the financial spigot for entrepreneurs five years ago.
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Microsoft extends service on XP
Jan 24 2007 4:54PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - On the eve of the consumer launch of its new Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft Corp. is extending the period in which it will offer support for the previous version, Windows XP.
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Blogger gets 'un-cease-and-desist' note
Jan 24 2007 4:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for the virtual world "Second Life" has responded to a parody with something that's quite different from the usual corporate cease-and-desist letter.
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Blogger gets 'un-cease-and-desist' note
Jan 24 2007 4:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A lawyer for the virtual world "Second Life" has responded to a parody with something that's quite different from the usual corporate cease-and-desist letter.
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Political paper and Web site launches
Jan 24 2007 12:36PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Even for a city obsessed with politics, no one would claim that the nation's capital suffers from a lack of political reporting.
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Fees relaxed to boost stem cell research
Jan 24 2007 10:47AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin foundation that holds patents covering U.S. embryonic stem cell research will waive some of its fees to encourage more industry-sponsored research.
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AMD reports 4Q loss on acquisition costs
Jan 24 2007 12:36AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has scored some of its most dramatic victories against archrival Intel Corp. over the past year with soaring sales of the high-margin server chips that help power corporate networks.
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Yahoo's 4Q profit tops analyst forecasts
Jan 24 2007 12:26AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After beating analysts' earnings expectations for the first time in more than a year, Yahoo Inc. is hoping to make it a more regular habit with an improved advertising system designed to make the Internet icon more competitive with the Web's top moneymaking machine, Google Inc.
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Yahoo's 4Q profit tops analyst forecasts
Jan 24 2007 12:26AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After beating analysts' earnings expectations for the first time in more than a year, Yahoo Inc. is hoping to make it a more regular habit with an improved advertising system designed to make the Internet icon more competitive with the Web's top moneymaking machine, Google Inc.
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Sun returns to black after years in red
Jan 24 2007 12:19AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wall Street has welcomed Sun Microsystems Inc. back in the black, but investors are questioning whether the notoriously boom-and-bust company can remain profitable for the long term.
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