Online advertising spending rose dramatically in the third quarter, with Facebook snatching nearly 1 of every 4 online display ads, as the social networking site widened its first-place lead.
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Among today’s top online stories for investors: Eight reasons not to be a day trader, how Steve Ballmer saved $100 million, and why an economist who called the housing bust now sees a recovery.
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RockMelt, a startup backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, will unveil its new browser today. It is directly aimed at Web surfers who spend most of their time on social networks.
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Dell (DELL) will ditch the BlackBerry and give employees a Dell smartphone.
The change will affect about 25,000 Dell employees who currently use a company issued BlackBerry, Reuters reported. Dell employs about 100,000 people in total.
Dell also plans to encourage its business clients to make the switch to Dell’s own smartphone, the Dell Venue Pro. The Venue Pro runs on Microsoft’s…
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Dell to Ditch BlackBerry, Give Employees a Dell Smartphone originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:31:00.
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Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), sold 2 million shares in the company.
Gates sold the shares in the open market on Nov. 2 at an average price of $27.23, according to an SEC filing. The transaction left Gates with 618,973,551 shares in M…