Jim Aley

Yahoo Back On Top After Purchasing Millions Of 13-Year-Old Girls’ Blogs

theonion.com — SUNNYVALE, CA-Finally overcoming competition from the likes of Google, Microsoft, and AOL, internet corporation Yahoo firmly re-secured its place as an industry leader after Sunday's purchase of millions of blogs written by 13-year-old girls.

Caterpillar's Doug Oberhelman: Manufacturing's Mouthpiece

businessweek.com — Caterpillar's ( CAT) D 11 bulldozer, which costs about $2 million, is the size of a small studio apartment. On a spring afternoon, Doug Oberhelman, chief executive officer and chairman of the company, the world's biggest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, gazes approvingly at one of these gargantuan machines, which is gleaming in its fresh yellow paint.

If Yahoo Buys Tumblr, What Will It Do With All That Porn?

businessweek.com — If Yahoo succeeds in its attempt to acquire Tumblr, it will end up with one of the hottest Internet properties in today's Web, with access to the coveted youth market and a foothold in mobile. It will also wind up with a whole lot of porn.

Protesters Don't Scare Barbie, but Innovation Should

businessweek.com — With her popularity waning, Barbie hit the road this week on a global campaign to burnish her brand. On her first stop, in Berlin, her life-size Dreamhouse attraction was promptly picketed by an "Occupy" movement protesting the "marketing strategies that allocate a limited gender role to young

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Yale Startup GoBlue Offers a Tobacco Cessation App

businessweek.com — Jim Peters, a 50-year-old tractor dealership owner near Livingston, Tex., has been chewing tobacco since the age of 10. So when he decided to get serious about kicking the habit last January, he downloaded a $180 app called Craving to Quit developed by goBlue Labs, a startup out of Yale University.

Yale Startup GoBlue Offers a Tobacco Cessation App

businessweek.com — Jim Peters, a 50-year-old tractor dealership owner near Livingston, Tex., has been chewing tobacco since the age of 10. So when he decided to get serious about kicking the habit last January, he downloaded a $180 app called Craving to Quit developed by goBlue Labs, a startup out of Yale University.

What the Sacramento Kings Vote Reveals About the Business of Basketball

businessweek.com — Yesterday in Dallas, NBA owners voted not to let the Sacramento Kings move to Seattle. Instead, the team will stay where they are for now and probably be sold to an ownership group that wants to keep them there.

Apple Seen Losing Innovation Magic by 71% in Global Poll

bloomberg.com — Apple Inc., (AAPL) the world's most valuable technology company, has lost its edge among investors, according to the latest Bloomberg Global Poll. Hedge funds sold large stakes of the iPhone maker's stock in the first quarter, Apple shares are down 40 percent from last year's high and the company paid higher interest rates for a recent bond sale than Microsoft -- in a PC trumps Mac moment.