Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion

Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the deal.



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PearlyWrites Blog Up and Running

For the past few weeks, I couldn't figure out why every time I typed, I was getting some weird script. Surprisingly, I posted a question on Google's blogger help board and I received my answer within days! It was such a slight thing that I had to change and with the conversion of old blogger to new blogger, some options were turned on that I was not aware of.

I was happy to get an answer so quickly since many others I have spoken to have waited for days if not weeks for their problem to be fixed. So now I can get back to blogging in the English language and ranting about my thoughts.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

New York Couple Plans to take a Taxi to Arizona

A RETIRED New York couple are moving the 2,400 miles to Arizona in style - by taxi. Betty and Bob Matas are set to move next week from Queens to a new home in Sedona but they don't drive and don't want to put their cats on a plane. So what did these New Yorkers plan to do? Hail a taxi!



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