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Scripps Networks posts higher 3Q earnings

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., the operator of pay-TV networks such as Food Network and HGTV, said Thursday that its third-quarter net income grew 20 percent thanks to higher revenue from both advertising and distributor fees. The company earned $118.4 million, or 78

Post-Sandy, Airbnb fees waived, Uber demand surges

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By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Two tech startups - one that pairs travelers with hosts and another that pairs drivers with people who need rides - have found diverging ways to deal with demand for their services in aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Airbnb, the online home

New Yorkers search for food, water and electricity

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By LEANNE ITALIE and MEGHAN BARRAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The people gathered around the side of a building on Third Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology: a power strip that had been

$100M pledged to US-Israeli electric car venture

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JERUSALEM (AP) - U.S.-Israeli electric car venture Better Place says investors have pledged it $100 million in additional financing. Top shareholder The Israel Corp. says it will pump in $67 million in this round, on top of previous investments of some $250 million. Better Place Spokeswoman Julie

Spider-Man co-creator talks to Ga. arts school

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By RUSS BYNUMAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Before he scripted the first adventures of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, a young Stan Lee launched his career in comic books as a lowly sidekick. To hear Lee tell it, the artists he worked for as a teenage assistant in 1940 might as well

Ahead of the Bell: LinkedIn to share 3Q results

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - LinkedIn's third-quarter earnings are expected to show the Internet's largest professional networking service is still growing at a robust rate. The results, due out after the stock market closes Thursday, will likely have to top analysts' projections to

Wipro hives off non-IT businesses, stock gains

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By ERIKA KINETZAP Business Writer MUMBAI, India (AP) - India's Wipro will separate its core information technology business from its consumer care and lighting, infrastructure engineering and medical diagnostics businesses, the company said Thursday. The announcement sent the stock as much

Experts: NYC sea barrier could have stopped surge

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By JENNIFER PELTZ and PETER SVENSSONAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities in Europe, some scientists and engineers say. The multibillion-dollar price tag of

Sony reduces loss on sales recovery, restructuring

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By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. reported Thursday a smaller flow of red ink for the fiscal second quarter on a sales recovery and restructuring efforts and stuck to its full year forecast for a return to profit from its worst loss in company history the previous year

Sony reduces fiscal second quarter loss to 15.5 billion yen ($193 million) on sales recovery

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TOKYO (AP) - Sony reduces fiscal second quarter loss to 15.5 billion yen ($193 million) on sales recovery . Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.