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Twitter Boss Quits UK Role Post TweetDeck
The social media giant’s boss resigns as Twitter UK director, days after the business regulator dissolves his other British firm. Continue reading
Women rescued in Ohio beg for privacy
Attorney for the three women said they would not be participating in any media interviews. Continue reading
Rafsanjani’s last-minute entry transforms Iranian race
By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) – Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Iranian media reported that Rafsanjani – a relative moderate – had registered for the June 14 presidential election with just minutes to spare. His candidacy radically alters what was previously seen as a contest between rival conservative groups. Continue reading
SALT 2013: The 5 Best Ideas of the Year Ahead
LAS VEGAS (TheStreet) — What better way to finish off the SALT conference than some stock-specific ideas ahead of the weekend for you to mull over? On Mad Money, we are always looking for new ideas, so here are some top ideas presented to members of the conference: 1) DEX MEDIA — from Andrew Jent of Hyman Capital Dex Media, which was also mentioned earlier this week at the Ira Sohn Conference, was recently formed from Dex One Corp. and Super Media Continue reading
TheStreet Cuts Losses in Half as Subscription Sales Rise
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — TheStreet, the New York-based financial media services provider, reported a net loss of $1.7 million for the first quarter compared to a loss of $4.4 million a year ago, the company said in a statement. Revenue for the period was $12.6 million, a 2% decrease from a year earlier. TheStreet posted a diluted net loss per share of 5 cents for the quarter ended March 31 compared to a loss of 14 cents per share for the same period a year ago Continue reading
‘Iron Man 3′ Has Knockout Domestic Debut
By David Germain LOS ANGELES — Iron Man reigns as the standard-bearer of Hollywood superheroes with a $175.3 million domestic opening weekend for his latest sequel and an overseas haul of a half-billion dollars in less than two weeks. According to studio estimates Sunday, Iron Man 3 has raced to a worldwide total of $680.1 million. That includes $175.9 million in its second weekend overseas, where the film has rung up $504.8 million so far. Continue reading
Department Of Justice To Release Report On Firearm Violence, 1993 – 2011
******MEDIA ADVISORY****** WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics will issue a news release EMBARGOED until TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013, 10 A.M. Continue reading
Former Dow Jones Executive William Cox Jr. Dies
NEW YORK — Former Dow Jones & Co. executive William Cox Jr. Continue reading
At NRA meeting, Cruz goes after Obama gun agenda
Obama, Bloomberg and the national media are targets of scorn at NRA event. Continue reading
Facebook quarterly revenue beats, but earnings miss
Facebook posted revenue Wednesday that surpassed Wall Street forecasts, as the company’s mobile ad revenues continued to rise. After an initial pop, Facebook shares rose slightly in extended hours trading.The social media giant posted net income of $219 million, or 9 cents per share, up from $205 million, or 9 cents per share a year earlier. Daily and monthly active users were also up during the q… Continue reading
