News tagged with financial times
Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund
(AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Carlos Slim ups stake in NY Times to 8.1 percent
Carlos Slim, the Mexican magnate believed to be the world's richest individual, has increased his stake in the The New York Times Co. to 8.1 percent, regulatory filings showed Thursday.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Facebook delaying IPO until late 2012
Facebook plans to wait until late next year before going public, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Poor women and welfare reform: working without a net
Welfare and Unemployment Insurance, considered important parts of Americans' safety net during difficult financial times, have provided little to no help for many low-wage earners who have the shortest distance to fall. Poor ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2011 |
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Wal-Mart and Amazon go around Apple App Store
(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday revealed new video and book-reading services that are designed for the iPad but bypass Apple Inc.'s fees on content sales.
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Sequel syndrome: Follow-ups don't mean moviemakers are lacking in originality, expert says
The names are quite familiar to moviegoers: Harry, Optimus Prime and Edward. Each represents a movie franchise that has seen great success and is poised for a repeat. A record 27 movie sequels have or will be released during ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Web-based tablet apps challenging app-store offerings
An app war is brewing. Pressure to break the grip of app stores and the need for multiple versions of applications to run on the slew of devices out there are driving some companies, notably media outlets, to test tablet ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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European papers fear loss of readers with paywalls
Europe's troubled newspaper industry is keeping a close eye on the outcome of experiments by English language sites to charge for content but is reluctant to install paywalls for fear of losing readers.
May 03, 2011 |
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Ongo seeking full NY Times, adding partners
Online news service Ongo is hoping to provide its subscribers with full access to The New York Times and expanding its lineup of contributors, Ongo chief executive Alex Kazim said Wednesday.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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New York Times to try charging online -- again
Four years after pulling the plug on an attempt to charge readers on the Web, The New York Times is going to try again.
Mar 20, 2011 |
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FT exec urges publishers to charge for web content
The managing editor of the Financial Times website on Thursday urged other publishers to try charging for online content, saying the British outlet has over 200,000 digital subscribers.
Mar 04, 2011 |
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AOL steps up news, ad push with Huffington Post
(AP) -- AOL Inc.'s $315 million deal to buy news hub Huffington Post signals that it is serious about building its profile as a media company as its legacy dial-up Internet business dies away.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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News site counts on readers to pay for experience
(AP) -- A new website called Ongo wants to charge people $7 per month to look at news that is for the most part free elsewhere.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Probe may push Facebook to early stock offering
A US probe into Goldman Sachs's massive investment in Facebook could drive the hugely popular social-networking website to go public earlier than it hoped for, analysts said.
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Cablegate leaks divide opinion on freedom of information
WikiLeaks' mass exposure of US diplomatic cables has divided liberal intellectual opinion between supporters of total government transparency and those who see a threat to democratic rule.
Nov 30, 2010 |
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