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(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, offered to buy Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock, a move that could thwart the proposed acquisition of Sprint by Japan's SoftBank Corp. Sprint shares soared as much as 17.8 percent after the announcement to their highest level since August 2008 and slightly topped the value of the Dish bid. Dish's surprise bid on Monday is the latest twist in a wave of consolidation in the U.S. … [Read more...]
Everybody has a story but few are as painful and triumphant as Ramona Pierson's. Pierson is the CEO of a stealth startup, Pierson Labs. She is also, quite possibly, the most inspiring tech founder in the Valley today. And that's saying something. Business Insider recently met with her and her cofounder Nelson González at the startup's Palo Alto headquarters. Pierson is lucky to be alive. She's also lucky to be walking, talking and thinking, much less be leading her second … [Read more...]
The website Socialbakers claims more than half of Bieber's Twitter-leading followers are spam accounts. Justin Bieber continues to break Twitter milestones with his follower count, which is now over 37 million strong -- but fewer than half of those are true Beliebers, the site Socialbakers claims. The website identifies fake, spam accounts by checking for "genuine tweets," according to the BBC, and giveaway terms such as "diet," "make money" and "work from home." However, Bieber's … [Read more...]
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