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Payvia buys mobile marketing firm Mogreet
Mobile payments company Payvia Inc. has acquired Mogreet, a Venice mobile marketing start-up. The companies declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal. The Mogreet team will join Los Angeles company Payvia, and Mogreet founder and Chief...Tags: Marketing, Cox Media Group, Inc., Consumers, Online Media Industry, Business
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FACTBOX-Yahoo's acquisitions: from Geocities to Tumblr
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc announced on Monday it would shell out $1.1 billion to buy blogging service Tumblr, in a bid to revitalize its brand and attract a younger generation of users. Yahoo has been criticized for making big...Tags: Nick D'Aloisio, Online Advertising, Mark Cuban, Economy, Business and Finance, China
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More poor in U.S. suburbs than cities, report says
Once considered the definition of the middle-class American dream, the suburbs are now home to a larger, faster-growing poor population than urban areas, according to a new analysis. During the 2000s, the number of poor living in U.S. suburbs grew by 64...
Tags: Conservation, Social Issues, Brookings Institution, Environmental Issues, Poverty
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Microsoft to unveil new Xbox Tuesday
ReutersMicrosoft Corp. is unveiling its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version. The small device faces some big competition from the PlayStation 4 by Sony Corp. and the Wii U by Nintendo Co. and a shifting market. Gamers are gravitating to...Tags: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Corporation, Apple Inc., Gaming
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Mobile payments company Payvia buys L.A. marketing firm Mogreet
Mobile payments company Payvia announced Monday that it had acquired Mogreet, a Venice mobile marketing start-up. Payvia, based in L.A., said the deal would create a simplified all-in-one platform that enables companies to target consumers and provide...
Tags: Marketing, Cox Media Group, Inc., Online Media Industry, Business, Computer Hardware
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Editorial: Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food
Is there any human impulse stronger than the urge to tell others what not to eat? Fast food, red meat, white bread, trans fats, sugary cereals, processed foods, salty snacks, fried anything, refined grains, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Coca-Cola Co., Personal Income, Weight, Heart Disease
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Rodale launches online store
Emmaus publisher Rodale is entering the online retail business, hoping that readers interested in the ultimate bikini body and how to build beach muscle will also be inclined to drop $48 on a microfiber yoga towel made with recycled coconut shells or $199...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Online Advertising, Magazines, Emmaus
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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer...Tags: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Corporation, Gaming, Sony Corp.
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Solid week of US high-grade issuance expected
ReutersBy John Balassi May 20 (IFR) - Despite heading into Monday with increased interest-rate volatility, and stock futures slightly in the red after a big run last week, the credit markets are likely to see another solid week of issuance on the heels of three...Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Japan, Finance, Sony Corp., Federal Reserve
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EXCLUSIVE-Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
ReutersBy Serajul Quadir and Rafiqur Rahman GAZIPUR, Bangladesh, May 20 (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel...Tags: Employees, Central Intelligence Agency, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Bangladesh, VF Corporation
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Going gluten-free more common, but not necessarily easier
For more than 20 years, Kristine Kidd tasted what came her way as the food editor at Bon Appetit magazine. But she never felt great. "I had digestive issues my whole life," she says, but 21/2 years ago, the aching joints, bloating, fatigue and digestive...
Tags: Israel, Breads, Research, Washington, DC, Foods and Beverages
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J.J. Abrams on ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: ‘Spectacle is irrelevant’
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWith 2009′s “Star Trek,” filmmaker J.J. Abrams breathed new life into one of science fiction's most venerable franchises. His sleek […]...
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