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Responding to apparent customer backlash over yesterday's price increases, an indifferent Netflix brushed off concerns, comparing the increases to the prices of day-to-day items.

Borders is nearing liquidation after its takeover bid has been rejected, but that's no surprise to those in traditional publishing circles. For them, Borders has been long gone.

The L'Or Blanc, a modified version of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, was unveiled at the world premiere at the KPM workshops in Berlin.

Netflix provoked an unprecedented outpouring of backlash across the Internet as the company unveiled plans to raise prices on its movie-rental services, but many across the Street believe the move will bode well for the company in the long-term.

As the Minnesota government shutdown drags on, residents may soon be without one of their favorite cold beverages: beer.

Subscribers are not happy with Netflix' new price hike announced Tuesday, which will raise the DVD and streaming combo subscription from $10 to $16 per month.

Burger King, IHOP, Chili's, and some 15,000 other restaurants have joined forces to offer more nutritional options on its menus. The measure is in part directed at fighting childhood obesity by offering more healthy options on menus, but the main question is will it make a difference?

Amazon is dropping the price of its Kindle 3G through a partnership with AT&T. But buyers of the digital device will get built-in AT&T ads on their Kindle 3G.

For those of us who can't afford the first-class lounge, here's a list of budget airlines that won't break the bank.

New pricing structure will charge customers $6 more per month for the same services

Netflix increased the price of its unlimited streaming video and DVD-by-mail services this week. Many customers are outraged. But shareholders should be smiling.

Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people in January and injured 13 others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, had been under the watch of his college authorities for disruptive behavior and he had been asked to produce a mental health clearance before he could return from a suspension, it has emerged.

Though Android and the parent company Google cannot be termed little guys, they are being bullied by the big guys, for being successful. Android team, Google and Android OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) are wading through rough waters with as many as 48 Android related lawsuits under the scrutiny of US laws.

The police who investigated Casey Anthony for the murder of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, said today that they are assessing the threat to her safety upon release and police protection may be provided for Anthony when she leaves jail this weekend, ABC News reported.

Streaming video services company Netflix will increase its pricing by 60 percent.

Better yet, high-tech firms are adding far more workers than they are letting go.

Netflix (NFLX) plans to increase the price for DVD subscription and unlimited streaming, doubling the current price of $7.99 per month. Starting in September, current users will be forced to pay an increased $15.98 per month.

The beleaguered News Corp., burdened by an ever-worsening scandal regarding illegal phone-hacking, may be forced to unload its remaining newspapers in Great Britain, according to Rupert Murdoch’s biographer.

Social daily coupon network Groupon is seeking more revenue lately. The company offered its first car coupon Tuesday. On Monday, the company announced it has altered its privacy policy, seeking to drive more income from user information.

Such a mass culling of jobs would be one of the largest such corporate layoffs in recent memory.

In an allegedly unholy coalition, Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion have joined hands to demote Android's position in the smartphone market. Six of Google's rivals tied up recently to prevent Google from buying a critical trove of telephony patents, at Nortel's wireless technology patents' auction, with judges in the United States and Canada approving the $4.5 billion transaction.

Groupon was transparent about its new privacy policies, and other companies do the very same thing. But most are not as large as Groupon and most do not specifically deal with financial transaction information, which Groupon says it may now share with other business partners.

News Corp. and its leader Rupert Murdoch are embroiled in a far-reaching scandal. Murdoch's style may have finally caught up with him.

NASA has invited the public to share a virtual dinner with the final shuttle space crew on July 14 on Thursday.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s scheduled court appearance has been postponed, as prosecutors mull whether or not to dismiss the charges against the former IMF chief in what is amounting to a crumbling sexual assault case.

Germany based solar panel technology leader Q-Cells SE scored its fourth world record for solar cells and modules this year by breaching the 18% level for yields in solar panel modules. But despite of this success it was removed from the PPVX share index a renown German magazine of the solar sector after Goldman Sachs and HSBC both gave bad grades in their reports.

You read that right! It's free Slurpees at 7-Eleven all day long today, July 11.

Casey Anthony’s safety could be in jeopardy after she is released from a Florida jail Sunday, after being acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, one of her attorneys said Monday.

Famed cake maker Buddy Valastro of the reality show Cake Boss on TLC decided to get in on 7-Eleven Free Slurpee day action and made the convenience store chain a Slurpee styled birthday cake.