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Social daily coupon network Groupon is seeking more revenue lately. The company offered its first car coupon Tuesday. On Monday, the company announced it has altered its privacy policy, seeking to drive more income from user information.

Such a mass culling of jobs would be one of the largest such corporate layoffs in recent memory.

In an allegedly unholy coalition, Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion have joined hands to demote Android's position in the smartphone market. Six of Google's rivals tied up recently to prevent Google from buying a critical trove of telephony patents, at Nortel's wireless technology patents' auction, with judges in the United States and Canada approving the $4.5 billion transaction.

Groupon was transparent about its new privacy policies, and other companies do the very same thing. But most are not as large as Groupon and most do not specifically deal with financial transaction information, which Groupon says it may now share with other business partners.

News Corp. and its leader Rupert Murdoch are embroiled in a far-reaching scandal. Murdoch's style may have finally caught up with him.

NASA has invited the public to share a virtual dinner with the final shuttle space crew on July 14 on Thursday.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s scheduled court appearance has been postponed, as prosecutors mull whether or not to dismiss the charges against the former IMF chief in what is amounting to a crumbling sexual assault case.

Germany based solar panel technology leader Q-Cells SE scored its fourth world record for solar cells and modules this year by breaching the 18% level for yields in solar panel modules. But despite of this success it was removed from the PPVX share index a renown German magazine of the solar sector after Goldman Sachs and HSBC both gave bad grades in their reports.

You read that right! It's free Slurpees at 7-Eleven all day long today, July 11.

Casey Anthony’s safety could be in jeopardy after she is released from a Florida jail Sunday, after being acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, one of her attorneys said Monday.

Famed cake maker Buddy Valastro of the reality show Cake Boss on TLC decided to get in on 7-Eleven Free Slurpee day action and made the convenience store chain a Slurpee styled birthday cake.

Gas prices are on the rise throughout the U.S. Prices are rising fastest in the South, with Atlanta and Tampa seeing increases as much as 13 to 15 cents per gallon in the past week.

News Corp. shares are down 6.8 percent as of 2:05 p.m. (EDT) at $16.18 per share.

The ICEE Maker App and 7-Eleven's free Slurpee day are red hot in July.

Celebrities like free things, too. Free Slurpee Day at America's largest convenience chain 7-Eleven has celebrities frequently updating their Twitter accounts to remind users to get a free Slurpee before midnight tonight during the promotion.

Social daily coupon network Groupon is changing its privacy policy. The company will collect and share more user information.

Wall Street banks are reported to post poor second quarter results this week, accounting for nearly a 20 percent drop in sales and trading revenues and prompting another round of layoffs, according to the New York Times.

Search giant Google, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) earnings and revenue could exceed Wall Street expectations, when it reports second-quarter financial results on July 14, driven by market share gains in search, display ads and mobile categories.

Monday is free Slurpee day at 7-Eleven. What's your favorite flavor?

America's largest convenience store chain 7-Eleven is giving away free Slurpee's Monday to celebrate the company's birthday.

Lexus' streak as the top U.S. luxury car brand for the last 11 years will be coming to an end.

Offshore Wind Power promises currently the highest growth rates among the renewable energies. Ideal is an area with constant strong winds and less than 150 feet deep water. For Germany, though the US made up a lot in recent years still one of the world leaders in renewable energy, this is an area like the North Sea.

NASA is going to the private sector for the next era of manned space missions.

Time Inc.'s Fortune magazine released its annual Fortune Global 500 list, which is a ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. Start slideshow to view a gallery of the top 10 biggest companies in the US.

Space Shuttle Atlantis has launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the final shuttle launch for NASA.emule, utorrentfinal fantasy wallpaper, utorrent

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Social coupon network LivingSocial has selected three banks to leads its IPO.

Police noticed an unconscious cat during a domestic dispute call. The cat, named Muffin, has died, but a mystery remains.

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