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<![CDATA[Supreme Court upholds deadline on cell tower applications]]>
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<![CDATA[The Supreme Court's two leading conservatives staked out opposite stands Monday over whether judges should play a greater role in second-guessing regulations issued by "unelected bureaucrats" in federal agencies.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (David G. Savage  Los Angeles Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:47 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[San Jose Marriott Hotel, a downtown icon, is bought for $83 million]]>
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<![CDATA[The purchase of the 506-room hotel in downtown San Jose by CBRE Global Investors underscores the rebound in the Silicon Valley hotel market that's underpinned by a sturdy technology sector]]>
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<![CDATA[gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com (George Avalos / Oakland Tribune)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:14 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Adobe subscription move sparks complaints]]>
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<![CDATA[Adobe Systems' recent decision to stop selling the popular Creative Suite design tools as a packaged store product and offer it via subscriptions has triggered outrage among some of those who depend on the software, which is widely used by Web developers, video editors and others.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Steve Johnson sjohnson@mercurynews.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:13 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has accomplished much in less than a year on job]]>
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<![CDATA[Yahoo lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. In her 10 months leading the company, she has overseen a redesign of Yahoo services and orchestrated several acquisitions, including a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 17:23:41 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Yahoo makes bold but risky move in buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion]]>
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<![CDATA[Yahoo will work with Tumblr to help it expand and gradually introduce more advertising, but CEO Marissa Mayer said she promised "to not screw it up."]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Brandon Bailey bbailey@mercurynews.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 17:05:45 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Apple avoids billion in U.S. taxes through affiliates, Senate inquiry finds]]>
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<![CDATA[Apple employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Marcy Gordon Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:53:50 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Biz Break: Porn could be Yahoo's Tumblr stumbling block; SolarCity and Apple gain]]>
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<![CDATA[Today: Yahoo confirms $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr, but faces a quandary about content vs. advertising. Also: SolarCity's big gains continue, Apple rebounds ahead of CEO's testimony.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Jeremy C. Owens jowens@mercurynews.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:23:49 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Tumblr CEO's mom gushes over billion-dollar baby]]>
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<![CDATA[As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City's Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his passion for technology. A few years later, Karp built Tumblr -- the wildly popular blogging forum -- from his tiny childhood bedroom, hunched over his laptop with bags of Tostitos.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Meghan Barr  Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:11:20 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Online takeout rivals Seamless and GrubHub join forces]]>
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<![CDATA[Rival online takeout services Seamless and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Bree Fowler Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:07:26 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Tumblr is Yahoo's largest cash purchase in long history of pricey acquisitions]]>
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<![CDATA[Yahoo has completed more than 50 acquisitions during the past 16 years. Its $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr ranks as its fourth most expensive and the priciest in terms of the amount of cash involved.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:12 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Dell says it won't disclose more information to Icahn yet]]>
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<![CDATA[Dell said in a letter to Carl Icahn and Southeastern that the PC maker would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" to founder Michael Dell's.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Reuters)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:30 -0600]]>
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<![CDATA[Yahoo buying Tumblr: 'We promise not to screw it up']]>
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<![CDATA[Popular blogging site Tumblr will remain independently run, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer deal said in announcing the all-cash deal worth $1.1 billion.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Mercury News)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:17 -0600]]>
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