The return of golf to the Olympics after what will be 112 years by the time Rio hosts South America's first Games in 2016 comes amid accusations environmental laws were got round to build the facility in a nature reserve, ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2014
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Twitpic is being acquired in a deal that will give renewed life to the widely used service for sharing pictures on Twitter.
Internet
Sep 18, 2014
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn more American high school students into well-paid techies—and even hire some of them to work at his social-media company.
Business
Sep 18, 2014
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German business software maker SAP said it will buy travel and expense management software company Concur Technologies for $129 per share, or about $7.36 billion.
Business
Sep 18, 2014
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Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba will say "open sesame" to the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, as its shares begin trading in a highly anticipated debut that could raise up to $25 billion.
Business
Sep 18, 2014
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Google and Apple on Thursday said they are hardening encryption tactics on devices powered by their mobile operating systems and tossing away the keys.
Security
Sep 18, 2014
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Home Depot said Thursday that a data breach that lasted for months at its stores in the U.S. and Canada affected 56 million debit and credit cards, far more than a pre-Christmas 2013 attack on Target customers.
Security
Sep 18, 2014
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Drilling in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region led to a rapid increase in both the number of hotels and hotel industry jobs, but Penn State researchers report that the faltering occupancy rate may signal that there are ...
Economics & Business
Sep 18, 2014
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France's space agency on Thursday unveiled a revised proposal for an Ariane rocket ahead of a tough decision on launchers by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2014
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Hurricane Edouard was the perfect environment to test new data-collecting drones because the storm was strong, had a well-defined eye and never threatened land, U.S. government scientists said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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