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Insight Comm buyer likely to be picked within month: report

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Insight Communications Co, controlled by The Carlyle Group, received final bids in its auction last week and a buyer will likely be picked within a month from bidders including WideOpenWest LLC and Mediacom Communications, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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RIM marketing executive jumps ship for Samsung

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has lost its second marketing executive in four months, highlighting the difficulties RIM faces in keeping pace with innovative market leader Apple.
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Spams clog Amazon's online bookstore

A wave of spam clogged Kindle, the online bookstore, with material that is not only unworthy of reading but also poses threat to Amazon.com Inc’s push into self-publishing.
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Dell, BN.com do poorly in online service survey

The websites of computer giant Dell Inc and book seller Barnes & Noble Inc provide some of the worst customer service, according to a survey of the largest Internet retailers released on Monday.
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Coupons.com raises $200 million in private round

Digital-coupon business Coupons.com said it had raised $200 million from institutional investors, underscoring the tremendous investor appetite for businesses that help consumers find bargains using the Internet.
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EBay seeks acquisitions to speed impulse buys

EBay is hunting for acquisitions to speed up its development of image recognition and augmented reality features as the online retailer and auctioneer seeks to capitalize on the potential of mobile phones to help consumers make impulse purchases.
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Super 8 opening one day early in Twitter promo

Amid rumblings about its low-key marketing campaign, Super 8 will come out in movie theaters one day ahead of schedule on Thursday as part of a promotional campaign targeted at Twitter users.
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Apple tightens iPad and iPhone giveaways

Apple has put restrictions over online giveaways of their products and has enforced its Guidelines for Third Party Promotions on companies using iPhones and iPads as gifts, tagging it “free”.
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Gas prices likely dampened May retail sales

U.S. retailers are expected to show a moderate increase in May sales, as high gas prices likely tempered consumer demand for summer clothing and other discretionary items.

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