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AOL Hands Off Patch To Turnaround Firm Hale Global

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This is the way the saga of Patch and AOL ends: Not with a bang, nor with a whimper, but with a “Huh?” Pressed to find a buyer or partner for his beloved network of community news sites, AOL chairman...
    






Will Overstock Force IRS To Make Up Its Mind About Bitcoin?

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Overstock raised eyebrows earlier this month when the retailer announced it would accept Bitcoin as payment. While Bitcoin has slowly been making inroads into the U.S. economy, Overstock is by far...
    






Charter to bid below $135 a share for TW Cable

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Charter in pursuit of Time Warner Cable, willing to make cash-and-stock offer of up to $38B NEW YORK (AP) — Cable TV operator Charter Communications wants to buy the much larger Time...
    






Even With A Supreme Court Win, Aereo Still Might Lose

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The battle between broadcasters and Aereo, a startup that offers television programming over the internet, will be resolved by the Supreme Court later this year. If the court rules for the networks...
    






Target Breach More Devastating than Expected

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Target had only bad news for its customers who got their identities stolen in a major hacking incident that took place a while ago. Email addresses and other crucial private information got leaked....
    






Lessons From Vanderbilt And Rockefeller: Know Your "One Big Thing"

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With all of the media coverage about Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos, it’s easy to forget that many of the gutsiest moves in business history happened long before Bill Gates...
    






VC Tim Draper On Bitcoin, Going Public And Hong Kong’s Startup Community

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If you have even the most minimal exposure to the venture capital industry then Tim Draper is a man who needs no introduction. He’s the “Draper” in the storied VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He’s...