O, how the mighty fall have an asthma attack and roll off the side of a cliff. Digg, erstwhile king of the internet, just sold itself for a mere $500,000. In 2008, it turned down Google’s offer of two hundred million. More »
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Six whistleblowers won more than $46 million as a result of the national foreclosure settlement.
The price of oil sunk to its lowest level since October following an unexpected rise in U.S. commercial crude inventories.
The people running this Australian-based online store are my new heros. If a visitor purchases a product on the site while using IE 7, he gets charged an additional 6.8% tax on top of his order.
And while being on the subject of Internet Explorer, there is still 1% of our visitors that use IE 7 and 1% that use IE 6. Guys, now would be the perfect time to upgrade. Seriously.
Nasdaq said Wednesday that it plans to spend $40 million to compensate trading firms for losses caused by glitches that delayed Facebook’s debut.
As traders at Morgan Stanley were frantically trying to shore up Facebook’s share price in the days after the company’s IPO, other managers on the deal were helping short sellers bet that the newly minted stock would fall.
Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.79 percent. The 15-year mortgage, a popular option for refinancing, declined to 3.04 percent.
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