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Why today's Web blackouts are working

Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 01/18/2012 - 21:23

There's no guarantee that the decision by Wikipedia and others to go dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA will stymie the legislation.

But the blackouts are dominating media -- and that's the whole idea. FORTUNE -- I just looked at a Google cache version of a Wikipedia page.

It's easy ...


 

Tasteless or brilliant? Newfoundler harvests gourmet water from ...

Digg - Business & Finance  Sun, 11/21/2010 - 18:36

Glace Rare Iceberg Water is the latest turn in the obsession of a Newfoundlander, Ron Stamp, to make icebergs the keys to his fortune.

Will his gourmet water sell? He thinks he's hit on a marketing formula.


 

AT&T captivates Android fans with Samsung Galaxy variant

Topix - Business News  Thu, 06/17/2010 - 15:09

Fortune's headline trumpets that "AT&T Gets Serious About Android." Do they really, though? If you look closely at the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Captivate, AT&T's latest Android device, following up on their Aria announcement, there are still a few questions.


 

Bloomberg Shifts $5 Billion Out of Troubled Firm

NYT > Business  Fri, 02/19/2010 - 22:13

The mayor is moving his fortune from Quadrangle Group 10 months after a scandal with the state pension fund.


 

Get Rich Quick: 6 People Who Accidentally Found a Fortune

Digg - Business & Finance  Sun, 10/25/2009 - 20:30

We’ve all been there—a week until payday, the rent is due, and you’re rummaging in your parents’ attic to find Dad’s Mickey Mantle rookie card.

Here are six stories of people who found a fortune when—and where—they least expected it.


 

Amid ad slump, Fortune redesigns business magazine

Newsvine - business  Fri, 10/23/2009 - 14:22

Fortune is embarking on an ambitious redesign of its business magazine to become more competitive in the face of a vicious advertising slump.


 

Scrushy ordered to answer questions about assets

Newsvine - business  Thu, 09/10/2009 - 09:01

A judge has ordered imprisoned HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy back to Birmingham to answer questions about his dwindling fortune.


 

NJ judge seeks more info on billionaire's fortune

Newsvine - business  Fri, 09/04/2009 - 12:45

A New Jersey tax court judge being asked to help split the fortune of one of the world's richest men has asked for more information to help him decide whether the case even belongs in his courtroom.


 

States give Hollywood a fortune in tax breaks

Newsvine - business  Tue, 06/02/2009 - 13:03

Many states that are cutting spending on schools, roads and other basics have been lavishing hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives on Hollywood studios to lure TV and movie productions — this, despite scant evidence that taxpayers come out ahead on such deals.


 

Porsche Finds Fortune From Unlikely Outsourcing

NYT > Business  Fri, 04/03/2009 - 10:52

Instead of outsourcing to cheaper production markets, Porsche has been using Finnish factories, yet it remains profitable.