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Mark Zuckerberg to hold fundraiser for Chris Christie

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Lending Club’s future: disrupting student & home loans

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Twitter debuts its video creation app called Vine

Months after an unconfirmed report that Twitter had purchased video hosting start-up Vine, the social network finally announced Thursday that the app has Read More

Netflix shares surge 37% on news of unexpected profit

Netflix shares have ballooned 37.9% Thursday morning to $142 after the company revealed a strong fourth quarter. While investors and Read More

Apple shares sink 10% to $460 as investors bail

Apple shares were down more than 10% to $460 Thursday morning after the company's less-than-stellar earnings call Wednesday afternoon.  "The Read More

Extole raises $7.6M to help brands get the word out

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Guavus purchases Neuralitic Systems

Networks analytics provider Guavus has gone and purchased marketing analytics company Neuralitic Systems it was announced late Wednesday. Terms of the deal Read More

Netflix shares soar 35% as it reveals unexpected profit

Netflix delivered an interesting surprise Wednesday. While investors and analysts were expecting the worst, Netflix shocked many with a surprise Read More

Facebook increased lobbying spending 196% in 2012

I used to write about politics. And something always struck me as kind of funny: everyone HATES lobbyists and pork. Read More

Window Shopping: Disrupting retail with subscriptions

In early 2011, daily deals were all the rage. Groupon seemed to have come up with a fail-proof social commerce Read More

Government requests for Google user data up 25%

If you've ever been suspicious that your government is interested in your private data, you're not being paranoid. Not only Read More

Back to Colombia

  My co-author and business Partner Bob Dorf spends much of his time traveling the world teaching countries and companies Read More

Google shares pop on word of better-than-expected Q4

Google shares were up 6% on Wednesday morning to $745.61 after Google's swankier than expected Q4 earnings release Tuesday.  The Read More

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