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Does AOL’s Huge Stock Decline Make It a Bargain Acquisition Target?

Kara Swisher in News on August 11, 2011 at 8:12 am PT

Wanna buy a famous Internet company for $500 million?

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Online Coupons Get Smarter

Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 25, 2010 at 12:33 pm PT

When Jennifer London cut a deal with Groupon Inc. to promote her smoothie shop in an email, she wasn’t sure how many people would show up for discounted drinks. Thirsty New Yorkers bought more than 1,300 of her online coupons, and “it kind of blew my mind,” Ms. London said. People redeemed roughly 900 of the coupons over six months at her small Xoom NYC Inc. shop, including a crush in June, but she was disappointed that few became regular customers.

Two Little Laptops With a Lot to Offer Their Core Users

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 3, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt Mossberg reviews Dell’s M11x and Sony’s Vaio X, two diminutive laptops aimed at radically different customers.

Computer Buyers Have to Consider System Upgrades

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on April 22, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

This year, with Microsoft and Apple set to upgrade operating systems, Walt Mossberg’s spring computer buyer’s guide focuses on buying a machine for the new OS you may soon want.

How to Get a (Slightly) Cheap(er) iPhone: Buy One Someone Else Returned

Peter Kafka in Media on January 6, 2009 at 3:53 am PT

The long-rumored/wished for $99 iPhone has yet to arrive. But if you’re ready to buy a phone that supports iFart but don’t want to pay full price, you do have one option: Buy one that someone else decided not to keep after all. Apple has quietly allowed some of its vendors to resell gently used iPhones for a while, but now Best Buy is making it a standing policy.