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Republican party shows fundraising prowess

The first fundraising quarter, one of the most consequential in determining the trajectory of this year's midterms, produced some extremely encouraging signs for GOP candidates. In the Senate, Republicans hold a clear fundraising advantage in a handful of pivotal races: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Illinois. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) was...

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Politics

Tea Party in two camps: Sarah Palin vs. Ron Paul

Tea party activists are divided roughly into two camps, according to a new POLITICO/TargetPoint poll: one that's libertarian-minded and largely indifferent to hot-button values issues and another that's culturally conservative and equally concerned about social and fiscal issues. The survey, an exit poll conducted Thursday by Edison Research at...

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Business

Goldman Sachs Gain Ex White House Ally

Goldman Sachs is launching an aggressive response to its political and legal challenges with an unlikely ally at its side -- President Barack Obama's former White House counsel, Gregory Craig. The beleaguered Wall Street bank hired Craig -- now in private practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom...

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Cover Story

Democrats = Wall Street Reform?

Democratic leaders scrambled Monday to peel away the Republican votes they need to bring a Wall Street reform package to the Senate floor this week -- an effort hampered by sharp partisan divisions. Both sides are attempting to exploit a lingering resentment toward Wall Street in the election-year debate. Democrats...

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Z Media

Facebook says, "Targeted ads aren't so bad."

Facebook is set to unveil a new "like" button system, which will be available for external websites to use. The new system will reportedly involve a button which allows you to "like" an external webpage when you visit it. In theory, it sounds good for website owners, who may benefit...

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Z Media

Facebook New Privacy Section Confusing

Today, alongside Community Pages and a revamped Interests section, Facebook is also making some changes to its privacy controls. Facebook and confusing privacy settings have long gone hand in hand, which really isn't a surprise given the huge amount of connections and data sharing that the site keeps track of....

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Silicon Valley

Facebook tells Twitter to Back Off!

The battle over who owns your interests on the Web intensified today as Facebook started rolling out a set of new features designed to connect people more closely to the topics they care about. Millions of new so-called Community Pages now exist around topics such as cooking and yoga. They...

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Business

Google is going to squeeze Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com has a real problem and it's not one of the usual suspects (Oracle, SAP or Microsoft).Google's Marketplace announcement a few weeks back just confirmed if there is one company that is likely to be giving CEO Marc Benioff a really bad toothache, it's Google, and unfortunately dentures might be...

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Business

Startup, Meetup, Tweetup, Boom

A new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the city is trying to overthrow old media and build a better New York--with the help of their iPhones. Are they dreaming? Definitely. But in a good way.On any given day in New York City, there are usually close to a dozen, if...

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Silicon Valley

Sheryl Sandberg is the new COO of Facebook

With uncanny instincts--and a personal touch--Sheryl Sandberg is leading Facebook into the future. Nobody close to Sheryl Sandberg, now the COO of Facebook, is surprised to find her running the company that turned friend into a verb. In her case, it's an action verb. Sheryl remembers birthdays. She texts people...

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