9:49 p.m. | Updated In an unexpected move, Groupon has walked away from Google’s $6 billion takeover offer, according to a person close to the company, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The brush-off, first reported by The Chicago Tribune’s Breaking Business Web site on Friday evening, at least temporarily thwarts Google’s [...]
Another big break for Sen. John Ensign, after federal prosecutors announced Wednesday the Nevada Republican would not face charges related to payments he made following his extramarital affair with a former campaign staffer. “The Department of Justice has informed us that Senator Ensign is no longer a target of its investigation and that it has [...]
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsEvan Williams, left, who has started several Internet companies, including Twitter, and Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist who says investors are eager to participate in young start-ups. In a memorable scene in the movie “The Social Network,” Sean Parker, the investor played by Justin Timberlake, leans over the table and tells the founders [...]
A work of video art briefly depicting a figurine of Christ with ants crawling on it has been yanked from the Smithsonian’s Portrait Gallery after complaints from a Catholic group and members of Congress. The four-minute video, made by the late New York City artist David Wojnarowicz, features an 11-second segment of a small crucifix [...]
Thomas F. O’Neill, a founder of Sandler O’Neill, is retiring from the investment bank to become chairman of Ranieri Partners Financial Services Group, according to an internal e-mail obtained by DealBook. Here is the e-mail, which was sent to the bank’s employees on Wednesday afternoon: Sandler O’NeillThomas F. O’Neill I have decided to retire from [...]
WikiLeaks lost its temporary home Wednesday. The whistle-blower website, which suffered hacker attacks after releasing a trove of U.S. diplomatic cables and documents, has been removed from its temporary web host, Amazon.com. Sen. Joe Lieberman, whose staff had questioned the relationship, called the move “the right decision” on Amazon’s part. WikiLeaks’ main site and a [...]
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