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May 20 2013 - 3:00pm

In the boldest move yet by new CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo will buy the blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The move is a bet that Tumblr's large community of users is a source of potential profits. While Tumblr is a fast-growing startup, it has not generated significant revenue.

May 20 2013 - 10:57am

Should banks be required to hold much more capital as a safety net? Just kidding, banks don't hold capital!

May 20 2013 - 8:30am

Yahoo will pay about $1.1 billion for the six-year-old blogging site. Tumblr's leadership won't change and Yahoo promises it will be independently operated.

May 19 2013 - 3:00pm

The iconic Industrial Trust Tower in downtown Providence is empty for the first time in 85 years. Developers want to turn it into luxury apartments — and want the state and city to pay for it. But Providence — like the rest of Rhode Island — faces its own economic problems, as well as a recent failed investment.

May 17 2013 - 4:00am

A 79 percent drop in earnings — That's what the computer maker reported to investors Thursday. The reason, analysts say, it's harder to sell PCs these days with the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets

May 16 2013 - 5:47pm

As Congress gets to work on the farm bill, two common-sense, bipartisan reform measures seem to have gotten run over somewhere along the way. The first would set minimum standards for housing egg-laying chickens. The second sought to change how the U.S. provides food aid to people in foreign nations.

May 16 2013 - 8:47am

The good news: Inflation remains in check. The bad news: Jobless claims are up, and housing starts are down.

May 15 2013 - 3:00pm

On Wednesday the company launched All Access, a paid subscription service that will put it in direct competition with Spotify and Pandora.

May 15 2013 - 3:00pm

A recent incident on a commercial airliner raises an interesting question: can an airline bar you from taking pictures on their plane?

May 15 2013 - 2:49pm

The world's largest retailer has declined to join European labels in a legally binding agreement to improve safety at factories in the South Asian country.