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Alaska Is Leery of Washington but Feasts on Its Dollars

NYT > Business  Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:46

No state benefits more from federal largess, but the governor decries “intrusive” policies and a senator voted against the stimulus bill.


 

News Story Mark Cuban's Plan to Kill Google

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Sun, 11/15/2009 - 17:04

Mark Cuban, the eccentric owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, has a post in his blog this week suggesting a way to kill Google by paying the top one thousand most popular sites $1M each to leave the Google Index.

He wonders if Rupert Murdoch's plan to leave the Google Index could mark the beginning of a full-scale exodus from Google, one which could be expedited with some cash payoffs from Microsoft.