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On-Demand Cleaning Startup Hassle Merges With Rocket Internet’s Helpling
By Steve O'Hear According to multiple sources, the U.K. on-demand home cleaning startup Hassle.com, which also operates in Ireland and France, has been acquired by Rocket Internet’s Helpling. Both companies
Sweeping Or Skydiving? When Counting Calories It’s All The Same
By Alyson Hurt Sports can burn a lot of energy. But vacuuming the carpet burns calories, too. The question is, how much? We checked out the numbers and found surprises.
BP Agrees To Fork Over Nearly $19B For Role In Gulf Oil Spill
By Debbie Elliott The oil giant BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with Gulf states and the federal government over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Twitter Pushes Ads With A New Button Atop Mobile Users’ Profiles
By Sarah Perez Twitter’s latest push to monetize its service has led to the rollout of a new “Twitter Ads” button, which is now prominently appearing on user profile pages
U.S. Seeks Extradition Of 7 FIFA Officials From Switzerland
By Krishnadev Calamur Swiss prosecutors said the requests were delivered Wednesday evening. The FIFA officials were arrested in May in Zurich in a corruption investigation of soccer’s governing body. »
The Latest: What will Murray say when he gets home tonight? (Yahoo Sports)
Andy Murray had a laugh at his BBC TV interviewer’s expense after Thursday’s straight-set victory at Wimbledon. ”It that what they do?” Murray replied. Former finalist Sabine Lisicki came from
AP source: Arron Afflalo, Knicks agree on 2-year deal (Yahoo Sports)
NEW YORK (AP) — Arron Afflalo is about to team up with Carmelo Anthony again. …read more Via: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/top/SIG=130cc63ci/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-arron-afflalo-knicks-agree-2-deal-134720452–nba.html
Prince Won’t Stream 4 U (Unless You’re On Tidal, Or Maybe Google Music)
By Ingrid Lunden Call it the Taylor effect: it looks like another high-profile musician is sharpening his arrows to take aim at how streaming music services pay artists. Music from
BP To Pay $18.7 Billion To Settle Gulf Coast Oil Spill Claims
By Brian Naylor The agreement with the U.S. government, five Gulf Coast states and more than 400 local governments comes five years after the Deepwater Horizon spill. » E-Mail This
Here’s How Microsoft Will Release Windows 10
By Alex Wilhelm After some general market confusion and bad headline writing, Microsoft this morning detailed how it will roll out Windows 10 to testers, consumers, and large-scale customers. First,
