SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson faces calls for his ouster after just four months leading the troubled Internet company because of inaccuracies with his academic credentials. A major Yahoo shareholder who exposed the misrepresentation Thursday is now leading ...

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WASHINGTON — When J. David Goldin saw the recorded interview of baseball great Babe Ruth for sale on eBay he knew something was wrong. There was only one original record of that 1937 interview of Ruth on a hunting trip, ...

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NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc. has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.’s PayPal division, as its CEO, the fourth one in less than five years for the struggling Internet company. Yahoo, which announced its choice Wednesday, has been without ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s revenue commissioner said Monday he’s advised state lawmakers to forget about $9.4 million in revenue from Internet taxes as the state digs in for what could be a long legal fight. Kevin Sullivan, commissioner of revenue ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard is set to name Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO and California candidate for governor, as its new CEO, according to published reports. The Wall Street Journal and the AllThingsD website, citing anonymous sources, reported that ...

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NEW YORK — Target is a victim of its own success. The discounter drummed up so much hype around its exclusive, limited-time line by upscale Italian designer Missoni that its website crashed and was down most of the day on ...

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WASHINGTON — Three of America’s four largest banks are launching a system that lets customers transfer money from their checking accounts using only a mobile number or e-mail address. The banks say the service, called clearXchange, will make payments easier ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Online marketplace operator EBay said Monday that it will pay $2.4 billion for GSI Commerce, which operates websites for retailers like Toys R Us and Bath & Body Works. EBay Inc., which runs its namesake site where ...

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You can ask anyone that knows me — there are not that many things that can bring me as much joy as shopping. I know, it sounds shallow, but I can’t help it. I adore shopping, and all the tasks ...

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The Supreme Court turned aside a host of petitioners Monday, including some of the defendants in retired Baltimore Raven Michael McCrary’s long-running insurance fraud case. Tamara J. “TJ” Fisher and two of her companies claimed the Baltimore City Circuit Court ...

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