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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:49:53 GMT

Yahoo's Dot-Com Premium for Tumblr Tests Mayer: Real M&A
Bloomberg
Marissa Mayer is buying companies like it's 1999. The Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) chief executive officer yesterday announced the company will acquire blogging network Tumblr Inc., part of a plan to restore the Web portal to its heyday as an Internet darling.
Wait. Didn't Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before?CNBC.com
All your most pressing Yumblr buy-out questions answered, Tumblr styleDigital Trends
Yahoo Buys Tumblr for $1.1 BillionPatch.com
New York Times -CIO -Reuters
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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:04 GMT

Apple's Profit Shifting Claims: We're In Humpty Dumpty Territory Here
Forbes
Today's the day that Apple's Tim Cook appears before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The battle lines have been drawn, the statements issued, and the big questions is whether Apple has been profit shifting. The answer is, variously, ...
Can Tim Cook Tame Washington?Businessweek
Apple Circumvents US Tax Code, Feds...ABC News
Ireland's Appeal to AppleBloomberg
Financial Times -Chicago Tribune -Telegraph.co.uk
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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:06:43 GMT

UPDATE 2-IT firm iGate sacks CEO over undisclosed relationship
Reuters
Tue May 21, 2013 6:01am EDT. By Sumeet Chatterjee and Harichandan Arakali. MUMBAI/BANGALORE May 21 (Reuters) - IT outsourcing company iGate Corp said it had sacked its chief executive, Phaneesh Murthy, for not disclosing a relationship with a ...
Outsourcer Fires Indian CEO Over RelationshipWall Street Journal
iGate's ex-CEO Phaneesh Murthy denies charges, says a case of extortionTimes of India
IGate Terminates CEO's Contract Citing RelationshipBloomberg
Fox Business -Hindustan Times -Daily Bhaskar
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Tue, 21 May 2013 08:47:13 GMT

Good News For Boeing: 787 Dreamliner Deliveries Resume And United Takes Off
Forbes
The airline expects to launch international Dreamliner flights on a number of routes, including Denver-Tokyo, Houston-London, Los Angeles-Tokyo, Los Angeles-Shanghai and Houston-Lagos. Deliveries resume. The company has just resumed deliveries of ...
Dreamliner's Other Issues Draw AttentionWall Street Journal
United 787 Makes Uneventful ReturnCNBC.com
United Dreamliner lands in Chicago after 4-month groundingChicago Tribune
New York Times -Houston Chronicle -Businessweek
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Tue, 21 May 2013 06:02:27 GMT

Court rules for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac in Oakland County lawsuit; Meisner ...
Oakland Press
Top Oakland County officials said they will be continuing the fight against national mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a years-long court battle accusing the lenders of owing Michigan millions of dollars tied to state transfer tax. After a lawsuit ...
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Exempt From Michigan Transfer TaxBloomberg
Michigan county will ask US Supreme Court to force Fannie Mae and Freddie ...MLive.com
Oakland County vows to take fight real estate tranfer tax fight to Supreme CourtDetroit Free Press
kdvr.com -Fox Business -Reuters
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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:42 GMT

UK Inflation Rate Falls More Than Forecast to 2.4%: Economy
Bloomberg
U.K. inflation slowed more than economists forecast in April to a seven-month low and producer prices rose the least since 2009 as fuel costs fell. Consumer prices rose 2.4 percent from a year earlier, down from 2.8 percent in March, the Office for National ...
UK Inflation Cools on Fall in Oil PricesWall Street Journal
Boom in the south drives up house pricesTelegraph.co.uk
U.K. Inflation Slows More Than Economists Forecast to 2.4%San Francisco Chronicle
The Guardian -Financial Times -BBC News
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Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:11 GMT

How Tesla's rivals support Tesla
CNN
Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors is receiving a huge windfall from an unlikely source: competing automakers. The company is bringing in millions of dollars by selling credits from California and 10 other states for selling electric vehicles. Buying the ...
Musk Says Tesla Probably Will Pay Off US Loan WednesdayBusinessweek
Tesla Motors may repay US loan by Wednesday - CEOReuters
Tesla Rides High, But Faces Formidable Foe: Car DealersNPR
Globe and Mail -Trefis -INAUTONEWS
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Mon, 20 May 2013 13:04:45 GMT

GrubHub to Merge With Seamless as Food Orders Go Mobile
Bloomberg
GrubHub Inc. and Seamless North America LLC, two of the top food-delivery websites in the U.S., have agreed to combine their companies to take on rivals in the growing market for online meal orders. GrubHub Chief Executive Officer Matt Maloney will ...
GrubHub, Seamless to combine online food ordering businessesChicago Tribune
GrubHub, Seamless, and the Importance of the PurchaseBusinessweek
Seamless And GrubHub Confirm Merger, GrubHub Co-Founder Maloney To ...TechCrunch
Wall Street Journal -Reuters -ABC News
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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:41:09 GMT

Fed's Evans Says Economy Has Been 'Improving Quite a Lot'
Bloomberg
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said the U.S. economy has improved “quite a lot” as the central bank maintains record stimulus and expressed confidence policy makers have tools needed to monitor markets for excesses.
Fed Policy Is Right on the Money: Chicago's Evans - CNBC.comCNBC.com
Fed could keep up bond buys, end in autumn if sure on jobs: EvansReuters
Key economic events for the week of May 20Washington Post
New York Times -Businessweek -Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:15:31 GMT

Bundesbank Says German Recovery to Gather Pace in Second Quarter
Bloomberg
The Bundesbank said Germany's economic recovery will gather pace in the current quarter after an exceptionally long winter damped growth at the beginning of the year. “Economic activity is expected to improve markedly in the second quarter of 2013,” the ...
Bundesbank Projects Guarded Optimism on German Recovery - NASDAQ.comNASDAQ
De-constructing of the European banking union-Analysis - Balkans.comBalkans.com Business News
Eurozone recession extends into 2013 - Property Magazine InternationalProperty Magazine International

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