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$2.5 billion and counting: Expedia continues to expand online travel empire with Decolar investment Expedia announced on Tuesday it will invest $270 million in Latin American online travel agency Decolar.com. Zillow's Spencer Rascoff on why he emulates Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' risky business strategy Zillow announced Tuesday that Trulia's rental business will be added to the existing Zillow service. The site will now have hundreds of thousands of rental listings. Redmond rocket company could help send astronauts to Mars Aerojet Rocketdyne in Redmond is poised to be a leader in manned space flight hardware, following the successful performance of its engines aboard the Orion. Avalara continues aggressive acquisition spree, this time in Brazil Bainbridge Island-based tax company ​Avalara purchased the technology from Brazilian tax content and compliance company SuitePlus. Get it while it's hot: Starbucks to bring mobile ordering to Seattle ​Busy Seattleites, rejoice — Starbucks mobile pre-ordering is launching in Washington state next week. Gigaom shuts down; Founder Om Malik says 'goodnight, sweetheart' to tech blog The San Francisco tech blog that has been around since 2001 said on Monday it is in the hands of its creditors. Uber wants to put 1 million women worldwide at the wheel Uber, which has run afoul of regulations in cities worldwide, is making a political move that aims to please: a joint plan with U.N. Women to get 1 million women driving for the ride-sharing startup within five years. National Tech News It's not the watch: Apple's surprising and lucrative secret asset Redmond rocket company could help send astronauts to Mars $250M Honolulu Seawater A/C project signs on Central Pacific Bank headquarters Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and the bad business of NSA-inspired 'chilling effects' Uber wants to put 1 million women worldwide at the wheel What role should men play in the tech industry's diversity problem? Integra employees get their own primary care clinic How a startup plans to bring the gym to executives Kleiner may have avoided sexism trial if it paid Pao $10M to leave An acquisition that was too good to pass up

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