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Dollar Bank upgrading ATMs
Dollar Bank, Pittsburghs fifth largest financial institution, is upgrading its ATM fleet footprint-wide to work faster and smarter. Senior Vice President Joe Smith confirmed that Dollar has ordered 60 new machines providing automated deposit technology from NCR Corp., based in Duluth, Ga. I call it smart deposit design, Smith said. The replacement process will begin this summer, NCR said. Smith ...
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Canada pitches startups with lower taxes instant residency
Canada's new immigration-centric pitch to Silicon Valley's many foreign-born entrepreneurs. Canada is pitching Silicon Valley entrepreneurs on northern migration. The gist: Easier access to visas for foreign-born entrepreneurs, a growing base of engineering talent, R&D tax credits and lower corporate taxes. Low-tax U.S. states like Arizona, Nevada and Washington have pitched financial ...
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Think federal agencies have too much power The Supremes just gave them more
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Federal Communications Commission when localities, led by Arlington, Texas, challenged the agency's authority to set deadlines for wireless facility applications. Federal regulatory agencies won a victory when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission could establish deadlines for local cellphone tower siting ...
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Synageva gets breakthrough designation for candidate aimed at Wolman disease
Sanj K. Patel, president and CEO, Synageva Biopharma A drug candidate being developed by Synageva BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq:GEVA) to treat Wolman disease, a rare inherited disease that can kill infants in their first six months of life, has been designated a breakthrough therapy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Lexington, Mass. biopharmaceutical company said the designation - which ...
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Online takeout companies GrubHub and Seamless to merge
By Sarah McBrideSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two of the nation's biggest online food delivery businesses said they are merging in a deal that they hope will drive more orders, in more cities, through their platforms.GrubHub and Seamless, which allow consumers to easily order online from various restaurants, are part of a group of fast-growing businesses that standardize local services under a ...
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Hunger Striker Launches Twitter Campaign to Close Gitmo
Petitions have failed. Lawsuits have failed. Even campaign pledges from future presidents have failed. So now one Guantanamo Bay detainee is hoping that Twitter can help him shut down the infamous detention facility. Shaker Aamer, a Saudi citizen and former British resident, is one of 103 Guantanamo detainees currently on ...
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Google News Snippets YouTube Embedded Videos Face Legal Challenges in Germany
Webmasters will need to be much more careful about quoting content from online German publications after a new online copyright law comes into effect in Germany on August 1. The law, which targets search engines that provide snippets, originally would have given news sites the ability to seek monetary compensation for the supposed lost revenue caused by Google and other search engines when ...
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Twitter and Kiwi athletes Making a hashtag of it
Piri Weepu has heard variations of insults since signing up to Twitter in 2009. Photo / Michael CunninghamOn the evening of Anzac Day, Jesse Ryder settled in to watch his beloved Melbourne Storm beat the Warriors when his phone buzzed to life. "no wonder u got a hiding you c***. go the warriors you f'n ...
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Its Clearwire Eve Sprint expected to raise bid price for merger
The wireless industry is watching Sprint Nextel Corp. for a higher bid on Clearwire Corp. before Tuesdays shareholder vote. Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) shareholders vote at noon in Bellevue, Wash., on whether to accept or reject Sprints (NYSE: S) $2.2 billion acquisition offer. The vote comes as uncertainty around the deal is at a peak. Sprints bid, which offers $2.97 a share for stock that ...
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C-leveled buys FINTEL adds CTO and software suite
Denise DeSimone is CEO of C-Leveled. C-leveled, the North side consultancy that works with entrepreneurs and startups, is spreading its footprint west with the acquisition of Madison, Wis.-based FINTEL LLC. The deal brings FINTELs benchmarking and analytics software into C-leveled, and FINTELs co-founder Boris Nenide is joining C-leveled as chief technology officer and board member. Financial ...
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Social Media Evangelization for World Communications Day
Initiative Invites Catholic Media Offices Around the World To Share Online Pastoral ResourcesROME, May 10, 2013 (Zenit.org) - On the occasion of the this year's World Communications Day, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications is inviting people from around the world to partake in the "Mesa Comun" (Shared Table). The initiative allows the faithful of the Catholic Church ...
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Will 4K TV cause consumers to upgrade
Sony's Bravia 4K liquid crystal display television is displayed at its launch in Tokyo on April 11. Sony is one of several manufacturers that are banking on 4K technology injecting life into television sales. Just when you thought you invested in a TV with the clearest picture possible, along comes something even better. 4K ultra-high-definition televisions are now available for somewhat ...
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NetApp to announce 10 work force reduction analysts note says
It's not yet known whether reported layoffs would impact NetApp's Wichita site on North Rock Road. NetApp Inc. is preparing to announce a 10 percent work force reduction, affecting about 1,300 people, according to a private Piper Jaffray note reportedly sent to clients. The Register, a United Kingdom-based online tech publication, reported last week on the note. The report said that The ...
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Interleukin closes $12M private placement
Interleukin's founder and president Kenneth Kornman Just days after it said it will not be able to raise additional capital before acceptance of a diagnostic test study results in a peer-reviewed publication and not be able to fund operations beyond the end of this month, Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU) has raised $12 million through a private placement of its securities. The Waltham, ...
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Cincinnati venture capital firm makes $2.5 million bet on software company
Todd Gardner is a former partner at Blue Chip Venture Co. Remember the money that Cincinnati venture capitalist Todd Gardner had assembled to invest in software companies? Gardner has started investing it. His latest deal is a $2.5 million bet on a Indianapolis-based company called WebLink. As I reported last year, Gardner a former partner at downtown-based Blue Chip Venture Co. raised $22.5 ...
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Dell committee wants more info from buyout group
Dell Inc. wants more information again from the investor group challenging CEO Michael Dells shareholder buyout. The companys special committee formed to consider buyout offers has asked billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc. for more details about their takeover plan, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 computer maker in the ...
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Autodesk rescues Tinkercad users with buyout
Tinkercad, the Web-based 3D modeling startup led by Kai Backman, has been acquired by Autodesk. There was some actual business news amid the fun and gadgets at Maker Faire over the weekend with the announcement that Autodesk Inc. bought Tinkercad, the Web-based 3-D modeling company. Tinkercad, founded by Kai Backman, is a low-cost alternative to computer-aided design programs, requiring less ...
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Google AdWords Express Gets a Facelift
Google’s AdWords Express is the latest Google property to receive a makeover. AdWords Express, designed to be an easy introduction to AdWords for local businesses, has ...
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A.O. Smiths Jones named Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist
A.O. Smith's Paul Jones has led his company's transformation into a global water technology company. A.O. Smith Corp. executive chairman Paul Jones has been named a finalist for this years Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program in the Midwest. Three other Wisconsin executives were named finalists: J.P. Fingado of API Healthcare Corp., Hartford; and James Sartori and Jeffrey ...
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Pentagon approves iPhones iPads for military use
The iPhone and the iPad have been approved for use on the Pentagon's networks. Apple's iPhone and iPad have been approved by the Defense Information Systems Agency for use on the Pentagon's networks, Federal Times reports. DISA approved Apple mobile devices using the iOS 6 operating system. But DISA only approved government-issued iPhones and iPads, and said that personally-owned ...
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Amys Baking Co. is a Social Media Sensation
Social media catastrophe So there's this place called Amy's Baking Company Bakery Boutique and Bistro in Scottsdale, Arizona. If you keep up with network television, you might remember the husband and wife duo that run the place were once featured on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen ...
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Communication Intelligence Corp. raises $1.15 million
Communication Intelligence Corp . raised $1.15 million by selling preferred stock to the Phoenix Group and some other investors. Redwood City-based CIC (OTCQB: CICI) makes technology used in electronic signatures and document verification. Philip Sassower --age 72 -- is its CEO and chairman. In the past, he was CEO of Phoenix Enterprises LLC, a part of the Phoenix Group. In this deal, which ...
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Slideshow Fast-growing Greensboro firm poised to be an anomaly
Jerry Wass has in just a couple of years grown his leads-generating company, Anomaly Squared, from a concept to 300 employees, with plans to be at 500 by the end of the summer. The company may be branded as an anomaly, but the man behind it is certainly the epitome of the entrepreneurial spirit. As I photographed and chatted with CEO Jerry Wass at the new digs of Anomaly Squared in Greensboro, I ...
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Vista Equity Partners to pay $1B for Calif. tech company
Vista Equity Partners has agreed to buy out the shareholders of a California software company for about $1 billion. The Austin-based firm would pay $24.75 per share for Websense Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN), the developer of software and provider of services designed to protect companies from cyber attacks and data theft, according to a Websense news release. The Websense board of directors have approved ...
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Huntington unveils new credit card
Huntington Bancshares has debuted a new commercial credit card that aims to make it easier for businesses to save money each month by streamlining invoice and expense payment workflow processes. The MasterCard-branded card combines online card and data management tools and provides a monthly rebate payment. Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington (Nasdaq:HBAN) is among the largest banks operating in ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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