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Scrapblog Inc. raises $2.5M
Shortly after gaining a new leader and moving from Miami to San Francisco, Scrapblog Inc., an online multimedia scrapbook service, has raised $2.5 million in a funding round led by Steamboat Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of The Walt Disney Co.
U.S. unemployment drops below 10%WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7% from 10% while employers shed 20,000 jobs, the government says.
Saints had loyal fans under the brown paper bags(From The New York Times) Before Buddy Diliberto came along, brown paper bags held groceries, became art projects or covered the Led Zeppelin album In Through the Out Door. Diliberto spawned another use: decorative headwear for suffering sports fans, like those who followed his New Orleans Saints.
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Air Products launches $5.1 billion bid for rival(From The Wall Street Journal) Industrial-gas company Air Products & Chemicals Inc. made an unsolicited offer to acquire smaller rival Airgas Inc. for about $5.1 billion in cash late Thursday. (Registration required)
Hollywood gets stand-ins for California's part(From The New York Times) In a new indignity for Hollywood’s struggling film production business, Los Angeles and its environs are about to be ravaged by aliens in Battle: Los Angeles. It stars Aaron Eckhart, is set for release by Sony Pictures in 2011 — and was shot in Louisiana.
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