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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc`s board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday. Such an acquisition would be CEO Marissa Mayer`s largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic Internet company in July 2012. Yahoo is keen on Tumblr because its younger user base would enhance the older website`s `cool factor,` the technology blog cited the sources as saying. The news could be announced as soon as Monday, it said. ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 02:18 |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Near-term U.S. deficits under President Barack Obama`s 2014 budget plan would be higher than those forecast by the Congressional Budget Office this week but would be $1.1 trillion lower over the coming decade, CBO said on Friday. The non-partisan congressional budget referee agency said that due to proposed spending increases, Obama`s budget proposal would lead to a $669 billion deficit for fiscal 2013 and a $675 billion deficit for fiscal 2014 year starting October 1. ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 20:14 |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Near-term deficits under President Barack Obama`s latest budget plan would be higher than the most recent estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, but $1.1 trillion lower over the coming decade, CBO said on Friday. The non-partisan congressional budget referee agency said enactment of Obama`s budget proposal would lead to a $669 billion deficit for fiscal 2013, $29 billion higher than CBO estimates based on current tax and spending laws. ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 19:44 |
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Kate Russell looks at a site which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, plus other sites and apps reviewed.
Friday, May 17, 2013 09:17 |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 20:45 |
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A video published on Thursday showed fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executed 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad`s forces. The film is believed to be from eastern Deir al-Zor province and dates from some time in 2012, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group. The Observatory`s head, Rami Abdelrahman, said the Nusra Front has recently been releasing several videos of their past operations. ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 15:57 |
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executed 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad`s forces, a video published on Thursday showed. A man whose face was covered in a black balaclava shot each man in the back of the head as they kneeled, blindfolded and lined up in a row in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor. `The sharia court for the eastern region in Deir al-Zor has sentenced to death these apostate soldiers that committed massacres against our brothers and families in Syria,` the executioner said on the video. ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:19 |
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BALTIMORE (AP) Kentucky Derby winner Orb has drawn the rail in Saturday`s Preakness and has been installed an overwhelming even-money favorite in the nine-horse race.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 23:42 |
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BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi police and hospital officials say at least 11 people have been killed when gunmen opened fire on a row of liquor stores in Baghdad.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 19:42 |
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From adaptive cruise control to power tailgates -- these are the top options for the driver who needs it all.
Monday, May 13, 2013 11:20 |
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