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Netflix Stock Quote’s Fall After Losing Starz Deal

Starz Entertainment announced bad news for Netflix and it’s users Thursday stating that they ill not renew their contract with Netflix.  The contract allowed Netflix to show a lineup of recently released movies and TV shows on their online interface. The setback triggered a nearly 9 percent drop in Netflix Inc.’s stock price. That means […]

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Hurricane Irene Has Her Own Twitter Account, Says “I Don’t Want To Hurt Anyone”

Well, if you were wanting to keep updated on the status of Hurricane Irene, why not just follower her on Twitter? That’s right folks, now even a hurricane can have their own Twitter account.  You can follow @irene and keep updated as the Hurricane makes its way up the east coast. The Hurricane Irene Twitter account […]

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NYC Hurricane Update – NYC Ordered To Evacuate [VIDEO]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City has ordered a mandatory evacuation of all low lying areas in and around the NYC area – the mandatory evacuation in NYC will affect approximately 250,000 people. According to The New York City Office of Emergency Management, the last time a hurricane hit New York City was on […]

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Facebook More Valuable Than CBS, Yahoo, & Ebay, $41.2 Billion Valuation

Despite the bad rep of the late 90’s and the Internet bubble crash, there are still Internet companies that are thriving on the web. None more impressive than the social networking giant Facebook. A new study by the New York securities firm NYPPEX is putting Facebook at the value of $41.2 billion. The value the […]

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Business Mobile News

Ebay Expects $1.5 Billion in Mobile Sales… WHAT???

Have you heard?  The future of the web is mobile… And this “mobile revolution” is occurring today, as we speak. Take Ebay for example. Just yesterday (Sunday, December 12th, 2010), over $13 million in merchandise was sold worldwide through Ebay mobile applications. In the United States alone, $5 million worth of merchandise was sold yesterday […]

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Top Stocks Today: NYSE:KG, NASDAQ:MYGN, NYSE:OMX, NASDAQ:GMCR, NASDAQ:RP

According to Google Finance, here are the top 5 stocks that were winners today, Tuesday, October 12, 2010. 1) King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Public, NYSE:KG) – up 39.31% – King Pharmaceuticals (KG) shares are up up 39.5 percent to $14.15 on news Pfizer is taking over the company. Bloomberg had an interesting story highlighting action a […]

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Facebook Launches “One Time Passwords” For Use On Public Computers

As part of their continuing effort to focus on security, Facebook announced one-time passwords today for use on public computers. So when you are out at a cafe, conference, hotel, or airport, and you are skittish about using your real password to login to Facebook, now you can get a one-time password that will protect […]