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Microsoft’s China woes increase

A visitor walks past a Microsoft booth at a computer software expo in Beijing, June 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) China took its investigation of “alleged monopoly actions” by Microsoft to a new level this week, raiding four of the company’s offices…

Empiezan a alzar la voz, por la izquierda, rivales de Hillary Clinton

Raquel Godos Washington, 19 jul (EFEUSA).- Pocos son en EEUU los que no creen que Hillary Clinton será la candidata demócrata en 2016, pero en los últimos días varios posibles rivales dentro del partido de la ex primera dama han…

China’s e-commerce giant takes on eBay and Amazon

(AP/File) There’s a new kid on the block looking to take on eBay and Amazon. At first glance you may think 11Main.com is just another Internet startup that will quickly fade and disappear, as have so many others that tried…

IRS considers taxing work perks like food, gym memberships

In competitive job markets like Silicon Valley, companies are doing everything they can to entice the best and brightest — offering freebies that have become the stuff of legend. ; Employee perks like free food at lavish cafeterias, laundry and…

Fox Nation celebrates its fifth anniversary

Fox Nation is five years old, but it’s 317.8 million Americans strong. A century-and-a-half ago, Walt Whitman wrote, “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear”—and if the great poet were with us today, he would no doubt be…

Save US jobs — level playing field between brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers

The old adage, if something’s too good to be true, it probably is, too often applies to bargain-basement prices for retail goods online. An often ignored loophole in existing sales tax law is giving online retailers an unfair advantage over…

The top ten reasons to "shop small" on Small Business Saturday

There hasn’t been a lot of good news in the small-business sector recently. The self-employed are getting hammered by insurance premium increases under the healthcare law, and they are trying to keep their doors open in a challenging economic environment.…

Church devastated by super storm Sandy looks forward to Christmas mass

For years The Oasis Christian Center had been a gathering place for the residents of Midland Beach, on the Eastern shore of Staten Island, New York. “We’ve done our best,” Pastor Tim McIntyre said, “to reach our community with God’s…

Obama has continued Bush’s failed policies

Romney’s biggest missed opportunity in the second debate wasn’t on Libya – he’ll get to address that in depth in the third debate. It was on the question about how he would differ from Bush administration economic policies. It was…