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Yahoo joins growing list of bidders for Hulu: sources
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp and Walt Disney Co, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters on Friday.
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Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday.
Russia's leading social network banned by "mistake"
MOSCOW - Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pressure on the company as President Vladimir Putin consolidates his power.
Google eyes Waze as Facebook circles hot Web maps property
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc is in talks to buy Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up that has held discussions with several large technology companies, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
SAP revamps management to focus on cloud computing
FRANKFURT - German business software maker SAP said it was revamping its management to sharpen its focus on cloud computing as demand for the service which saves clients money grows.
Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start
SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said.
How Tumblr might ‘screw up’ Yahoo
The Yahoo-Tumblr deal’s most pressing issue isn’t what will come of balance sheets, it’s what will come of each organization’s corporate culture.
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