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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Tumblr founder David Karp participates in the "Bloomberg Leadership Summit" seminar in New York. Karp, 26, who founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Yahoo for $1.1 billion, doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp's mother told the AP that she let him leave school because she realized "he needed the time in the day in order to create." (AP Photo/Charles Sykes/Invision for Advertising Week)

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to ...

  • Updated: 11:14 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage

Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs. Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday alleging that a 30-second Facebook ad broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem's 2000 song "Under the Influence." ...

  • Updated: 10:16 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT

Crews search through the night after tornado slams Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51 MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night early Tuesday lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous ...

  • Updated: 3:01 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
FILE - In this May 18, 2012, file photo, provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid the hype and excitement surrounding Facebook's initial public offering, there were looming doubts. Potential investors wondered whether the social network could continue growing its advertising revenue without alienating users. One year later, much has changed at Facebook in a year, including the addition of mobile advertisements, the launch of a search feature and the unveiling of a branded smartphone. (AP Photo/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla, File)

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos ...

  • Updated: 2:28 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013

AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT

Damage control: Obama takes action on trio of controversies, but Republicans still unsatisfied WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to ...

  • Updated: 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

Business Highlights

___ Wal-Mart's 1Q profit, sales disappoint NEW YORK (AP) — The first few months of the year were tough for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The world's largest retailer reported Thursday that its first-quarter profit edged up just slightly, and the company struggled with a sales slump in its namesake business during ...

  • Updated: 3:41 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

News Summary: Tech, labor spar on immigration

VISA BATTLE: Wrangling over efforts to increase the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers has strained a bipartisan deal in the Senate on immigration reform, showcased the power of big labor and splintered a once-chummy group of elite tech leaders hoping to make inroads in Washington. CHEAP LABOR?: Technology ...

  • Updated: 11:42 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The expansion of H-1b visas is considered the first major victory for Zuckerberg’s new non-profit lobbying organization, FWD.us, which receives financial backing from such big tech names as Bill Gates of Microsoft, Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Napster pioneer Sean Parker. In announcing the group, pronounced “forward us,” Zuckerberg in April called for changes so that U.S. businesses could attract “the most talented and hardest-working people, no matter where they were born.” (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an ...

  • Updated: 10:35 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

US tech, labor spar on immigration

To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democratic allies, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is ...

  • Updated: 5:29 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013, photo, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, right, and company co-founder Reid Hoffman sit in the lobby of LinkedIn's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. LinkedIn and Facebook celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But the companies' experiences as publicly traded entities couldn't be more different. LinkedIn promotes its service as a stepping stone to a more enriching career. As it turns out, the professional networking company's IPO was a great place to start a rewarding investment portfolio, too. LinkedIn's stock has nearly quadrupled in value from its $45 IPO price two years ago. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

LinkedIn looks to build on its impressive resume

LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different. LinkedIn Corp. promotes its service as a stepping stone to a more enriching career. As it turns out, the professional networking company's ...

  • Updated: 2:10 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013
FILE - In this March 18, 2013 file photo the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., asks a question during the committees's hearing on immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. About the proposed bill Sessions says, “The supporters promoted the bill aggressively before anybody saw the language, and certain Republicans and conservative voices sort of held their fire, but that's beginning to change.” Sessions was a leading voice in the Senate against the bill in 2007 and is reprising that role this time around, making floor speeches, issuing press releases and holding briefing calls with reporters to argue that the bill would unlock a much larger volume of immigration into the U.S. than advertised, to the detriment of U.S. workers and jobs. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Study sets off immigration bill squabble

A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the ...

  • Updated: 3:44 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2013

Facebook: Breyer won't stand for board re-election

Facebook says that venture capitalist Jim Breyer won't seek re-election to its board of directors. Facebook Inc. said Friday that Breyer, partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Accel Partners, will stay on until the company's annual meeting on June 11. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook has eight other board members, including ...

  • Updated: 9:49 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013

Facebook CEO reaped $2.3B gain on stock options

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reaped a gain of nearly $2.3 billion last year when he exercised 60 million stock options just before the online social networking leader's initial public offering. The windfall detailed in regulatory documents filed Friday saddled Zuckerberg, 28, with a massive tax bill. He raised the money ...

  • Updated: 7:07 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2013

Winklevoss twins crack jokes about Facebook lawsuit in new ad

The Winklevoss twins 'crack' a joke at their Facebook lawsuits in a new ad for pistachio nuts. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, both 30, poke fun at their real life struggles against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the new commercial for Wonderful Pistachios.  http://bcove.me/62yh6ymf

  • 4:51 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011

Reports: Facebook-Skype Chat Product Designed By Seattle Team To Be Unveiled Next Week

Facebook will unveil a new video chat product, developed by Facebook's Seattle team, in partnership with Skype sometime next week, TechCrunch reports."The product has been built on Skype and will include a desktop component," TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington reported, citing a source with knowledge of the Facebook-Skype partnership. "It’s not ...

  • Updated: 11:12 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2011

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg To Visit Seattle On Recruiting Trip Wednesday Night

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg will visit Facebook's Seattle offices Wednesday night on a recruiting trip, Brier Dudley of The Seattle Times reports."The company had scheduled a tech talk for tonight with its vice president of engineering, Mike Schroepfer, but ... now the event has morphed into a recruiting ...

  • Updated: 2:49 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Forbes: Bill Gates Still Richest Man In America

Forbes has released its list of the 400 richest Americans, and Bill Gates is still at the top.Gates is worth $54 billion, Forbes says. Warren Buffett is #2 with $45 billion.Forbes says the 400 richest Americans are worth $1.37 trillion. Wealth rose for 217 members of this year's list while ...

  • Updated: 4:49 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010
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