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| Yahoo launches major upgrade to display ad system
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|  AP - Yahoo Inc. launched a much-anticipated upgrade to its online advertising system Wednesday as it tries to bring to graphical display ads some of the innovations that powered Google Inc.'s rapid rise in search marketing.
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| Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:33:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News |
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| US-NET Summary
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| Reuters - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler on Wednesday sued unknown bloggers who the singer said impersonated him on the Web, writing about the death of his mother and other "intimate details" from his life. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, Tyler, 60, said he didn't know the real names of those who have impersonated him and girlfriend Erin Brady on the Web, but he believes the same group was responsible for similar postings in 2007. -- read full article |
| Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:37:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News |
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| Online critics take aim at $700 billion financial bailout proposal
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Bailout type
Cost to taxpayers (Source: Reuters)
Proposed Treasury Department legislation
$700 billion+
Bear Stearns financing
$29 billion
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nationalization
$200 billion
AIG loan and nationalization
$85 billion
Federal Housing Administration housing rescue bill
$300 billion
Mortgage community grants
$4 billion
JPMorgan Chase repayments
$87 billion
Loans to banks via Fed's Term Auction Facility
$200 billion+
Loans from Depression-era Exchange Stabilization Fund
$50 billion
Purchases of mortgage securities by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
$144 billion
TOTAL
$1.8 trillion+
COST PER HOUSEHOLD
$17,064+
Internet criticism of the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion financial bailout package is growing, with skepticism crossing normal ideological boundaries. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:15:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News |
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| VCs shovel another $28.7 million into Digg
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| AP - Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. The investment announced Wednesday should squelch recurring rumors of a sale to Google Inc. or Microsoft Corp. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:59:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News |
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