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November 26, 2014, 12:55 PM

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Bloomberg:
Sony is developing an e-paper smart watch, entire face and band will function as a display  —  Sony Said to Plan E-Paper Watch in Test of Innovation  —  Sony Corp. (6758) is developing a watch made out of electronic paper for release as soon as next year in a trial of the company's …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
In Another Fire Sale, Amazon Cuts Phone Price to $199 Unlocked, Still With a Free Year of Prime  —  It's no secret that Amazon has a lot of unsold Fire Phones, but the question has been how the retailer would look to sell its inventory.  —  Screenshot by Re/code
Serena Saitto / Bloomberg:
Uber Said to Be Raising Funds at $40 Billion Valuation  —  Uber Technologies Inc. is close to raising a round of financing that would value the mobile car-booking company at $35 billion to $40 billion, according to people with knowledge of the situation.  —  T. Rowe Price Group Inc …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Sues a Former Exec — Now Yahoo's CIO — For Allegedly Collecting Kickbacks  —  Netflix says a former executive collected kickbacks from vendors he helped connect to the streaming video company.  —  Now Netflix is suing its former employee, who is currently Yahoo's chief information officer.
Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
GoPro to sell multi-rotor drones with high definition cameras late next year at $500-$1000  —  GoPro Developing Line of Consumer Drones  —  Company Plans To Start Selling Multi-Rotor Helicopters With High-Def Cameras Late Next Year  —  GoPro Inc. is developing its own line of consumer drones …
William Alden / New York Times:
Almost half of Airbnb's $1.45M of 2010 revenue in New York was from 119 users with over 3 listings, who may have violated the law  —  The Business Tycoons of Airbnb  —  Two years ago, when the monthly rent on his two-bedroom apartment rose to $5,000 from $2,800, a 35-year-old real estate agent in Lower Manhattan had a quick fix.
More: Re/code
Kristin Cwalinski / CNBC:
Twitter has talked to Bieber-backed Shots: Source  —  What's Twitter's target now?  —  The Fast Money traders discuss Twitter's potential acquisition of “Shots,” the Justin Bieber backed selfie app run by John Shahidi.  —  Twitter has held talks with Shots, the selfie app backed by singer Justin Bieber …

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