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Yahoo! Takes A Tumble With New Investment

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer has opened up the company’s checkbook and made a huge investment in the online blogging site Tumblr. Yahoo! announced Monday that it had purchased the blogging site for an estimated $1.1 billion.

CBS Miami–16 hours ago

Gov. Rick Scott Rejects Amazon Deal

He’s the governor who has made job creation his top priority but Thursday, Rick Scott rejected a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon to the state of Florida.

CBS Miami–2013/05/16

Cake topper at a divorce party. (Source: CBS4)

Splitting Couples Say “I Do” To Divorce Parties

For many divorcing couples the day the final papers arrive in the mail brings mixed emotions. But some are finding comfort in an unexpected place — parties.

CBS Miami–2013/05/14

Hertz Moving Offices To Florida

The Hertz corporation will move its headquarters from New Jersey to the Sunshine State over a two-year period.

CBS Miami–2013/05/07

Job Creation Remains Weak

While the unemployment rate has slowly been ticking downward across the country and in the Sunshine State, the number of new jobs being added to the economy continues to dwindle.

CBS Miami–2013/05/01

Congress Considering Tax On All Internet Purchases

Shopping online in an effort to dodge sales tax may soon come to an end.

CBS4–2013/04/25

Seaworld Goes Public On NY Stock Exchange

Seaworld Entertainment, Inc. is used to having big splashes made at its park on a daily basis. But the company made a huge splash Friday when it made a splash during its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

CBS Miami–2013/04/19

American Airlines Systems Back Online

American Airlines passengers and customers are dealing with delays across the country after the company’s reservation system crashed.

CBS Miami–2013/04/16

Online Sales Tax Bill Passes Second Senate Vote

A federal bill that could cost online retailers and customers more money passed a second Senate vote Thursday

CBS4–2013/04/12

Report: Carnival Ship Failed CDC Inspection

Carnival Cruise Lines can’t catch a break lately. Just days after the Carnival Triumph was left disabled due to an engine fire, another Carnival ship, the Fascination, failed a health inspection from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CBS Miami–2013/04/12

A Look At Apple’s iPhone 5

Lufthansa's Airbus A-380, the world's largest airplane, taxis in after landing for the first time at MIA on Friday, June 10, 2011. (CBS4)

World’s Largest Passenger Plane Arrives At MIA

The largest passenger airliner in the world is coming to Miami. Lufthansa has announced that it will be the first airline to offer scheduled Airbus A380 service to Miami with daily flights between Frankfurt and Miami beginning June 10, 2011.

A model poses with a humanoid robot called Geminoid-F, shaped to resemble the model at a press conference in Osaka, on April 3, 2010. Geminoid-F, designed and built by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro and Japan’s robot maker Kokoro, is equipped with 12 actuators, powered by air pressure, and her motion can be synched to imitate that of a real human being. (credit: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)

Japanese Robot Craze

Back in the 1970s, it was easy for the “Six Million Dollar Man,” Steve Austin, to spot a robotic person — or a fembot as the hip sci-fi show called them. In 2010, Japanese robotics makers have taken careful notes and are creating some of the most life-like robots ever — so life-like they can even be used for medical training. It seems the future is indeed now.

Mark Cuban is an American entrepreneur. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team, owner of Landmark Theatres, and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network. In 1995, Cuban and fellow Indiana University alumnus Todd Wagner started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in college basketball and webcasting. With a single server and an ISDN line, Audionet became Broadcast.com in 1998. By 1999, Broadcast.com had grown to 330 employees and $13.5 million in revenue for the second quarter. In 1999, during the Dot-com boom, Broadcast.com was acquired by Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock. Net Worth – $2.6 Billion

Web Billionaires

Founder Pierre Omidyar coded the first version of the site out of his Silicon Valley living room. The company’s headquarters in San Jose, California is definitely a step up! (Credit: CBS)

From Rags to Riches

Check out which companies started in garages and as tiny start-ups, and which heavyhitters owe their riches to a lucky break.

Top 10 Tech Towns

Here’s a look at the top 10 American cities for technological growth, according to Wired magazine.

Fame and big bucks make it good to be king for LeBron and other professional athletes, but your chances of making a living out of playing ball are pretty slim.

Top 10 Sexiest Jobs

It’s the question we’re all faced with when making small talk with strangers: “So what do you do for a living?” Here’s a list of the top ten sexiest occupations listed on a recent survey from Careerbuilder website.

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