Twitter is going to have a hard time fixing its ad problem

For the last couple of years, two things about the Twitter narrative have been constant: It has a user growth problem, but it doesn’t have an advertiser problem. Now Twitter has an advertiser problem, too. Twitter fessed up to it yesterday, acknowledging that brand advertising was “softer than expected” and promising that things would get better. Maybe not right away but, they hoped, by the fall.
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US Cruise Ship Travels to Cuba for First Time in Decades

An American cruise ship sets sail for Cuba from the United States for the first time in more than five decades.
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How bad is it on Wall Street? Like no more third home in Hawaii bad

Wall Street's crazy spending spree, with third homes in Hawaii, is finally over. Turney Duff breaks it down.
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Starbucks is being sued for $5m for 'putting too much ice in its iced drinks'

Starbucks is being sued for $5 million over claims it is misleading customers by putting too much ice in its iced drinks. Stacy Pincus, from Illinois, alleges the firm is falsely advertising drinks, because a cup with ice cubes in does not contain the advertised amount of liquid. Starbucks advertises all its drinks according to the size of the cup they are served in. For instance, a Grande sized drink comes in a 16 oz (454ml) cup.
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This bill would stop companies for punishing you for negative Yelp reviews

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday night announced a bill that would prevent companies from punishing people who leave negative reviews online. The Consumer Review Fairness Act would outlaw terms-of-service clauses that prohibit negative reviews or punish people who leave them. It would immediately nullify any such clauses that are active at the time of its enactment. The Federal Trade Commission would be tasked with enforcing the ban...
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Yahoo's Marissa Mayer could get $55 million in severance pay

Yahoo Inc. chief Marissa Mayer will walk away with a $55-million severance package if the company's auction of its Internet operations culminates in a sale that ousts her from her job. The payout disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday consists of cash, stock awards and other benefits that Mayer would get should she be forced out as chief executive within a year after a sale.
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Why the people picking California's tomatoes can't afford to eat them

Spring is upon us, which means the weather is finally nice enough to sit outside and munch on a grilled burger slathered with ketchup. Or, if you prefer, a crispy salad topped with strawberries and walnuts. Either way, chances are that at least a few of the ingredients in your meal were grown in California—the country's cornucopia. The Golden State cultivates more than a third of all vegetables and two-thirds of all fruits and nuts sold domestically.
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