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Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday it had appointed former Viacom Inc (VIAb.N) CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel Partners CEO John Chapple to its board as part of a settlement with investor Carl Icahn.
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Photograph by DeeperSea on Flickr The reaction to Mayor Bloomberg's wind power plan , which proposes wind turbines off the shores and maybe even atop buildings and bridges, is decidedly mixed. In one corner, you have fans like Donald Trump--"It's something we should absolutely be looking at"--and former mayor Ed Koch--" I think it's ingenious. Absolutely ingenious ." In the other ...
Hayward-based Thermage Inc. surged 39 percent to $4.20 in morning trading. The medical-device maker, which has a pending merger agreement with Reliant Technologies Inc.
TheaterCenter Stage Community Theatre will present "Moonlight and Magnolias" at the Ritz Theater, 103 W. 3rd St., Sheffield. Curtain time is 7:35 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday. Performances also will be Aug. 28-29. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students and children. 381-870 or tvaa.netMusic
LOS ANGELES----MGA Entertainment, Inc., announced today that as a result of misunderstandings surrounding some of the allegations involved in its trial with Mattel regarding the Bratz brand, it has issued the following clarification on facts versus fiction emanating from the trial, according to MGA Entertainment:
Demand for the technology is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years, and IBM's speech research group is focusing on forming partnerships to take it to market
What's a "Pixiefood"? It's a food that tastes great when you're a kid, but horrible as an adult. For example, writer Joe Posnanski remembers liking Necco Wafers when he was young, but he likens them to "sidewalk chalk" now. The...
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was pretty combative during an appearance yesterday on Talk of Alaska, a call-in show on the Alaska Public Radio Network. Here's what happened after the host, Steve Heimel, agreed with Stevens when he refused to answer...
Image tagged Bostonist by Flickr user Tassadara C ARK of Taste Nonprofit Center , 89 South Street August 27, 6-8pm [ Tickets , $22] You've heard the term "heirloom" (i.e. heirloom tomatoes), which refers to seed varieties handed down through generations, hailing from the days before produce was bred for sturdiness and shelf life versus taste. Well, Slow Food International is ...
Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have plans for the Widget Channel, a television application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics devices. (INTC) (YHOO)
He's been taking undeserved heat for his bullish Sirius call.
Last week I wrote that another name for "low-information" voters was "dumbasses." I added that I wrote those lines without fear of retribution because "dumbasses don't read this column."
Dirt Cheap, Growing Fast. What more could you ask for?
Hoping to plant their flags on the screens of Internet-connected television sets, Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. unveiled a new project Wednesday to populate those screens with tiny programs called widgets.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. and Iraqi governments have agreed on "time horizons" for the withdrawal of American military forces, according to the Associated Press.
