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IAC Looks It Up

If you can't find the Answers, you may as well Ask. IAC 's (Nasdaq: IACI) Ask.com is buying Lexico -- the company behind Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com -- months after Answers.com (Nasdaq: ANSW) botched its own buyout. You have to ...

Stocks trade mixed amid downbeat data

IAC/InterActiveCorp’s Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.

Stocks Rally Ahead of Fed Rate Decision

Meanwhile, IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals. IAC/InterActiveCorp ...

Attention dieters — flip open your cell phones

The fast-food giant is circulating a petition to get the dictionary definition of a "McJob" changed. The Oxford English Dictionary describes a McJob as "an unstimulating low-paid job with few prospects." But McDonald's says this definition is now "out ...

Lawmaker punished for Mexicans remark

I looked up ’illiterate’ in the dictionary and it means somebody who is lacking in formal education or is unable to read and write,” he said. “I don’t think these people who are planning to come over here and pick potatoes or peaches are ...