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LivingSocial seeks to raise $200 million: NYT

(Reuters) – LivingSocial, the online deal provider, is looking to raise nearly $200 million from new and old investors, the New York Times reported on Friday.

Fox to revive iconic ‘In Living Color’ sketch comedy show

The landmark sketch comedy series “In Living Color” — which became famous in the early 1990s thanks to characters like clumsy Fire Marshal Bill and the dour Homey D. Clown — has been revived nearly two decades after it last aired, the Fox network announced Friday.

Google Offers struggling three months in: report

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc’s effort to break into the daily deal industry and challenge industry leaders Groupon and LivingSocial is not going well, according to data released on Monday.

LivingSocial enters Korea with biggest acquisition

SEOUL (Reuters) – LivingSocial agreed to buy South Korean online daily deal provider TicketMonster in a stock-swap to expand further into the Asian market, the companies said on Tuesday, without disclosing the value of the deal.

Google buys daily deal aggregator The Dealmap

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc has bought The Dealmap, expanding further into a potentially lucrative daily deals market now dominated by the likes of Groupon and LivingSocial.

LivingSocial moving ahead with $1 billion IPO: source

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online daily deal site LivingSocial is meeting with banks to discuss an initial public offering of about $1 billion, according to a source familiar the situation.

Lingering NFL lockout hurting fantasy football companies

Although NFL players and owners are still trying to figure out how to divide $9.3 billion in revenue and save the regular season, it’s already too late for some people who make their living from the widely popular fantasy football industry.

Blog – DARPA Wants Artificial Lifeforms

The agency will fund projects aimed at speeding up synthetic biology, and creating new kinds of materials. Yesterday morning, at the Fifth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology at Stanford University, a representative from the DARPA announced a new program called Living Foundries that will invest in and develop synthetic biology projects

Foursquare, LivingSocial eye local ad dollars

NEW YORK (Reuters) – LivingSocial and Foursquare are both fighting for local ad dollars from mom and pop stores, neighborhood restaurants, and even big box retailers as online social media companies set their sights on a largely untapped pool of revenue.

Foursquare, LivingSocial eye local ad dollars

NEW YORK (Reuters) – LivingSocial and Foursquare are both fighting for local ad dollars from mom and pop stores, neighborhood restaurants, and even big box retailers as online social media companies set their sights on a largely untapped pool of revenue.