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That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of bringing more beauty and creativity to the Internet.... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:08:06 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YAHOO_TUMBLR_ACQUISITION?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MICHAEL LIEDTKE 2013-05-21T00:08:06Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_MARKETS_?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus program.... Tue, 21 May 2013 05:16:11 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_MARKETS_?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By PAMELA SAMPSON 2013-05-21T05:16:11Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CREDIT_CARDS_LATE_PAYMENTS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.... Tue, 21 May 2013 04:11:48 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CREDIT_CARDS_LATE_PAYMENTS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ALEX VEIGA 2013-05-21T04:11:48Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WUNDERKIND_DROPOUTS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:55:28 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WUNDERKIND_DROPOUTS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BETH J. HARPAZ 2013-05-21T06:55:28Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YAHOO_TUMBLR_KARP?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:02:14 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YAHOO_TUMBLR_KARP?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MEGHAN BARR 2013-05-21T00:02:14Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APPLE_UNTAXED_PROFITS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Apple Inc. 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.... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:47:54 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APPLE_UNTAXED_PROFITS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MARCY GORDON 2013-05-20T23:47:54Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FARM_BILL?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week.... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:58:49 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FARM_BILL?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MARY CLARE JALONICK 2013-05-21T06:58:49Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ACTAVIS_WARNER_CHILCOTT?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market.... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:33:37 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ACTAVIS_WARNER_CHILCOTT?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM MURPHY 2013-05-20T22:33:37Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:59:53 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNER 2013-05-21T06:59:53Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_G4S_CHIEF_RETIRES?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONDON (AP) -- The chief executive of security firm G4S is to retire after a tumultuous year that saw the company fail to fulfill its Olympic contract.... Tue, 21 May 2013 08:19:30 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_G4S_CHIEF_RETIRES?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-21T08:19:30Z