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DealBook: Sony Rebuffs New Call to Sell Entertainment Unit
Sony’s chief executive, Kazuo Hirai, told shareholders on Thursday that movies and music were an indispensable part of the company.
 
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Silicon Valley and Spy Agency Bound by Strengthening Web
Technology experts and former intelligence officials say the rise of data mining, both as an industry and as a crucial intelligence tool, has created a complex reality.
 
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Bits: Sizing Up Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet
Internet companies were just the start. Virtually every field, from science to sports to public health, is being transformed by data-driven discovery and decision-making.
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Advertising: Steal This Idea, a Campaign Urges
An initiative offers creative and effective public service announcements for inspiration.
 
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F.T.C. Is Said to Plan Inquiry of Frivolous Patent Lawsuits
The Federal Trade Commission plans to issue subpoenas to companies that are patent trolls, meaning that they buy large portfolios of technology patents and use them to sue other entities.
 
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Bits Blog: Data-Driven Aesthetics
Data has become the basis for creative work in the arts.
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Senate Confirms Economic Adviser as Trade Representative
Michael Froman, currently a senior White House economic adviser, will lead an agency involved in two significant trade deals.
 
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G.A.O. Says Airline Merger Will Reduce Competition
A report from the Government Accountability Office noted that on seven of 12 nonstop routes, generally between an American and US Air hub, there was no other nonstop competitor.
 
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DealBook: In Wake of Pay-to-Play Scandal, Riverstone Raises Its Largest Fund
Riverstone Holdings, a private equity firm focused on energy and power, announced that it had raised its largest-ever fund, a $7.7 billion vehicle that exceeds its $6 billion target.
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Stocks Slide on Fears of Cuts to Fed’s Bond-Buying Program
The steep market declines on Wednesday underscored the fears circulating through trading desks that the economy is not strong enough to do without the Fed’s support.
 
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