Google’s Gmail blocked in China

By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – Google Inc's Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world's biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame. Large numbers of Gmail Web addresses were cut off in China on Friday, said GreatFire.org, a China-based freedom of speech advocacy group. Users said the service was still down on Monday

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AdvisorHUB site tried to sell broker data to major wirehouses

By Elizabeth Dilts NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This is a correction to Dec. 19 story, which originally lacked the word ‘temporarily’ in 11th paragraph.) AdvisorHUB, a year-old gossip and news website for the brokerage industry, has become such a part of brokers’ daily reading routine that some call it the “New York Post of financial news.” The website’s founder, Andrew Parish, says the site has 200,000 registered users and gets half a million unique hits a month. …

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Zynga’s third quarter results beat estimates driven by mobile efforts

By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Zynga Inc reported better-than-expected third-quarter results as the maker of “Farmville” set its mobile gaming push in motion with releases such as “New Words with Friends.” Shares in the San Francisco-based mobile gaming company, were up about 8 percent in after-hours trading on the Nasdaq after ending Thursday's session up a cent at $2.36.

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