BY MICHAEL BELLER – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

The Olympic torch arrives in Vancouver Friday, where thousands of athletes from around the world want to strike gold.  Companies looking to do the same should be right there alongside the athletes, as a new study found the Olympics could be the perfect venue to spend advertising [...]

Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks to Chicago audience Feb. 9. Photo by Chris Guillen

It was Tuesday evening in Chicago, and though you may have watched him co-host CNBC’s Squawk Box from New York that same morning, there was Andrew Ross Sorkin giving a talk about Wall Street and his new book, “Too [...]

BY KATIE ROGERS – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Chirpup.com founder Mark Bradford believes social media will become a lasting industry unto itself, and adds that if you’re a recent college grad, you’d better know how Twitter works.

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BY SHAHZAD CHAUDHARY– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced the release of a slimmer version of the PlayStation 3 on Tuesday that will be available in stores Sept. 1st. The slimmer PS3 will have a 120 GB hard drive and will cost $299.

With the introduction of this new product, Sony also announced [...]

The highly anticipated deal between Microsoft and Yahoo drew opposite reactions from their share holders.

BY YEWON KANG – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

The market’s decision on the highly anticipated deal between Microsoft Corp. [[MSFT]] and Yahoo! Inc. [[YHOO]], announced early Wednesday? Microsoft, the winner, and Yahoo the loser.

Microsoft’s shares closed up 33 cents, or [...]

Bing raised Microsoft’s search market share to 6.5 percent while overall search market shares in June fell by 1.7 percent. (Source: Compete Inc.)

BY YEWON KANG – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Microsoft Corp.’s shares slipped 7 percent after its worse-than-expected earnings release on Thursday.

Net Income in the fiscal fourth [...]

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BY KATIE ROGERS — MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

In the grand tradition of Chicago traditions, yet another of the city’s most famous landmarks will undergo an official name change Thursday.

The Sears Tower will become Willis Tower, and the switch will be made permanent July 16 in a ceremony that will officially recognize [...]

(An early version of Bing/businesspundit.com)

By Ming Zhuang/Medill News Service

Will Google be the only dominating search engine in the digital world? Microsoft says no.

According to Ad Age, a trade publication for the advertising industry, Microsoft Corp. [[MSFT]] is set to unveil an $80 million to [...]

(Philip H. Markoff, a medical student, was accused last month of murdering a masseuse who had advertised on Craigslist. By Mark Garfinkel/The New York Times)

By Ming Zhuang/Medill News Service

Craigslist, the Web’s largest classified advertising site, has filed suit against South [...]

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BY MING ZHUANG/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

According to reports from the Washington Post [[WPO]] and the New York Times [[NYT]], Google [[GOOG]] is talking with both of them about a partnership or collaboration of some sort. 

The argument arises again – are the newspapers seeing an end when the economic [...]