PayPal’s Plans for Taking on Visa and MasterCard at the Cash Register

PayPal is hosting an event at its San Jose headquarters this morning to announce the next batch of retailers that are adopting the company’s in-store payments solution.
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Intel’s First-Quarter Earnings Call: Execution Remained Strong

Profits fell year-on-year and sales fell in some key product segments, yet still Intel managed to beat the street.
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Apple Starts Spending Its Cash: Dividend Plus Share Buyback

$45 billion over three years.
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Whitman: HP’s Turnaround Is a Multi-Year Journey That’s Just Getting Started

HP’s earnings are a mixed bag. So what’s the strategy going forward?
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AllThingsD Covers the Tech of Super Bowl XLVI (And the Ads, the Game and Madonna)

Ina Fried of AllThingsD liveblogged the game, the commercials, the tech and more.
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Like Yahoo Founder, Like New Yahoo CEO: Data Is Now King?

Advertising and media at Yahoo are now hereby a viscount and baron.
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Now, Breathe: Demand Media Beats Wall Street Expectation in Q3

The online social content company did better than expected in the recent quarter, but it still has to prove its model has more lucrative legs.
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Google Cries Bing and Yelp Yelps, as Senate Antitrust Hearings Commence Today

Giant Google is scared of tiny Bing — no, really. Or so its chairman could say later today.
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Demand Media Q2 Call Liveblog: Spam-a-Not

Rachael Ray might dole out spam recipes on Demand Media, but the company said on its Q2 conference call that its business was not hurt by the spam-killers of Google.
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Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament and Return With a Big Helping Of Humble (and Shaving Cream) Pie

News Corp. CEO and majordomo Rupert Murdoch tells British lawmakers he is sorry on the “most humble day of my life”, survives a surprise attack and loses his jacket. Other than that, the hearing turned into a what didn’t the Murdochs know and when didn’t they know it Q&A session.
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Binging in the Holidays (With Donuts!)

Palm, Qualcomm Chiefs Weigh Wireless Future