Media6Degrees hires former Google executive Tom Phillips to be its CEO

Media6Degrees hires former Google executive as CEO

PHILADELPHIA — Media6Degrees said Wednesday that it has hired a former Google Inc. executive to serve as its chief executive.

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Procter & Gamble adds to its sports marketing game with major sponsorship of US Olympic Team

US Olympic team adds big sponsor in P&G

CINCINNATI — Let the games — and the ads — begin.

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Sony cuts price of PlayStation 3 by $100 to boost holiday sales; slim version planned

PS3 price cut by $100; slimmer model to come

NEW YORK — After months of rumors and anticipation, Sony Corp. is slashing the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100 in hopes of boosting sales of the console ahead of the important holiday season.

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Game Review: ‘Madden NFL 10′ franchise’s best football video game to date

Review: 'Madden NFL 10′ is franchise's best yet

Football fans have grown accustomed to spending their Sundays in front of gigantic high-def TVs, and they can't just drop their visual expectations when the game goes virtual.

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Senators raise alarms on Delaware sports betting, New Jersey lawsuit

Senators raise alarms on Delaware sports betting

WASHINGTON — A pair of veteran Republican senators urged Attorney General Eric Holder to look into the legality of a new Delaware law allowing sports betting and to defend a federal anti-sports betting law that New Jersey politicians are challenging.

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The Game Plan: Exhibitors gear up for upgraded Electronic Entertainment Expo

Exhibitors gear up for upgraded E3

LOS ANGELES — The Electronic Entertainment Expo may be back on the upswing after two years of downsizing, but that doesn't mean the gaming industry's once showy spectacle known as E3 is returning to its heyday of a few years ago.

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3 Reasons Why Video Game Industry Will Turn Around This Summer

ssCome summer, the movies blockbusters and music tours would peak the entertainment carts. The video game industry might loose its charm in summer.  At least this is what Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter apprehends. Well, things doesn't seem heading the same way for the fans of Nintendo Wii touching a trifecta this week.  Normally the video game sales inflates in the last quater of the year. However, the big titles can survive at any time of the year.  With potential hits like Atari's Ghostbusters: The Video Game(june 16) and Activision's Guitar Hero Smash Hits (June 16) to make the market, there can be few reasons for the video game market to go for a slog. There are some good reasons to expect the video game market stay cool this summer.

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Maytas chief executive resigns from board

HYDERABAD - P.K. Madhav, chief executive of Maytas Infra, promoted by disgraced founder and former chairman of Satyam Computer Services B. Ramalinga Raju, resigned as whole-time director of the board, the company said Monday.

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Satyam’s Raju spent first night in jail like ordinary prisoner

HYDERABAD - Once in the list of the richest Indians, disgraced founder and former chairman of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother B. Rama Raju spent Saturday night in the Chanchalguda jail and slept on the floor along with 26 other prisoners accused of petty crimes like theft.

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