Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, Google is barely paying taxes for its European operations, A South Korean baseball team is filling its stadium with robot fans, Bose sues Beats and the Subway Inn is closing.

In Second Opinion, Amazon posts a larger Q2 loss, Barry Silbert is stepping down as SecondMarket CEO and even Comic-Con bans Google Glass. Plus Kristen Bell, as Mary Poppins, sings for a wage increase.

In Second Opinion, Facebook's buy of Oculus VR closed, the latest startup thriller, Yahoo is buying Flurry and Netflix ends Q2 with 50.05 mln subscribers. Plus, what is CNN worth?

In Second Opinion, Google's Q2 revenue is up 22%, Facebook rolls out an app for famous people and celebrities, Twitter buys CardSpring and sales of Xbox One have doubled since the price was cut to $399.

In Second Opinion, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox's $80 bln bid for Time Warner is rejected, Murdoch really wants HBO pretty bad, Amazon is testing "Kindle Unlimited" and smoking pot can occasionally make you paranoid.

In Second Opinion, LeBron James returns to the Cleveland Cavalliers, Crumbs Bake Shop is working on a plan to save itself plus the dos and don'ts when meeting a VC.

In Second Opinion, Don Sterling vows he will never sell the L.A. Clippers, the first man to buy Marijuana legally in Washington says he was fired from his job and Marc Andreessen's first six months on Twitter were epic.

In Second Opinion, Google buys Appurify, not all student loan debt is equally bad, Balson leaves Bain, and a bitcoin auction is drawing Wall Street and Silicon Valley bidders

In Second Opinion, Box is in talks for a round of funding from TPG, Apple's new smartwatch will have more than 10 sensors, Yo gets hacked and RadioShack's stock dipps below $1 a share.

In Second Opinion, Oracle is near a deal to by Micros Systems, Amazon is expected to announced its smartphone tomorrow and a pawn shop for sneakers opens in Harlem.