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The noisiest shareholder activist takes a break

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By CHRISTINA REXRODEAP Business Writer Evelyn Y. Davis is the world's most famous shareholder activist. She's also the most outspoken, the most outrageous, the most intelligent, the most confident, the most charming. Just ask her. "There's no other shareholder like me!" she declared

A look at Netflix since much-hated price hike

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By The Associated Press Thursday marked one year since Netflix announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S. It has bounced back this year to revive its subscriber growth, though its stock remains 70 percent down from its peak about a year ago. Here's a look at the developments over the

Yahoo's interim CEO faces off with shareholders

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo's restless shareholders let interim CEO Ross Levinsohn know that they won't give him much time to fix the troubled company if he gets the job on a permanent basis. Levinsohn faced skeptical questioning at Yahoo's annual

Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband wins temporary control of her affairs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By Robyn Ross, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband has won control over his ailing wife's affairs, the Agence France-Presse reports. Zsa Zsa Gabor unconscious, rushed to hospital

SOS call for historic ocean liner docked in Philly

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By JOANN LOVIGLIOAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Caretakers for the SS United States, the legendary ocean liner moored on the Delaware River since 1996, are renewing and expanding their emergency distress call for the beleaguered piece of American maritime history. In an eleventh-hour

Study: Sept. 11 most memorable TV moment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By DAVID BAUDERAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack is by far the most memorable moment shared by television viewers during the past 50 years, a study released on Wednesday concluded. The only thing that came close was President John F. Kennedy's

Ky. woman fights porn companies' anti-piracy suits

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - It's a common tactic for pornography producers trying to protect their product from online piracy: They sue unknown "John Does" who illegally download movies, then go to Internet providers to learn their true identities and collect.

As Europe struggles, young job-seekers suffer most

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 9th

By DAVID McHUGH and PAUL WISEMANAP Business Writers BRUSSELS (AP) - Irene Fernandez lost her job with Spain's postal service five months ago, a victim of government spending cuts. Since then, she's been getting by on spending money from her mother and the $530 a month she earns grooming

Cruise, Holmes reach settlement in divorce case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 9th

By BY JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reached a settlement on Monday, legally sorting out their divorce with the same speed that kicked off their much-scrutinized romance seven years ago. Just as Hollywood was settling in for what was expected to be a

Small world: Show for N. Korea's Kim goes Disney

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 8th

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage in North Korea during a concert for new leader Kim Jong Un, in an unusual - and unauthorized - performance featuring Disney characters. Performers dressed as Minnie Mouse, Tigger and others danced and pranced as footage