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Google touts daily deal on home page, a first

Google Inc promoted a Groupon-like daily deals offer on its home page on Wednesday for the first time, a rare instance of the Internet giant using its prized online real estate for advertising.

iPhone 5 Prototype Left in a Tequila Bar: Apple's Marketing Brilliance

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There's a story you may have heard today. It's about Apple's iPhone 5, and how a prototype of the product supposedly got left in a bar. The story goes that an Apple employee left his prototype for the iPhone 5 in a tequila bar in San Francisco, since a similar situation happened with the iPhone 4 last year.
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Disney axes Marvel's marketing department: report

Entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney Co axed Marvel Studios' marketing department as it seeks to cut film costs in a move that comes right after the company showcased The Avengers, Marvel's first movie under Disney, at their fan D23 convention over the weekend, Bloomberg said.
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Exclusive: Groupon turns to Citydeal team ahead of IPO

No. 1 daily deals website Groupon Inc is turning to executives from Citydeal -- the European business it bought last year -- to help boost slowing growth in its domestic business, ahead of a planned public listing.
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U.S.-based Businesses Complain over .XXX Domain

The new triple-x domain that will launch in December is already facing dissatisfaction from businesses across the U.S. as porn and mainstream businesses feel they are being forced to buy domain names they don?t want.
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Visa on the Offensive: Analyst

Jefferies recently met with Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) management and felt the sessions were upbeat in terms of Visa's competitive positioning, product strategy, post-Durbin initiatives, business model resiliency (regardless of macro climate), and robust, highly visible EPS growth.
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"Spam King" charged with bombarding Facebook users

Sanford Wallace, known as the "Spam King," has turned himself in to U.S. authorities after he was indicted for masterminding a scheme that sent more than 27 million unsolicited junk messages through Facebook's servers.

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