The Amazon CEO made a move into print media this year, with his <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F08%2F05%2Fnews%2Fcompanies%2Fwashington-post-bezos%2F">purchase of The Washington Post.</a>
10. Jeff Bezos —
The Amazon CEO made a move into print media this year, with his purchase of The Washington Post.
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The new Yahoo CEO has survived <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F11%2F22%2Ftechnology%2Fyahoo-marissa-mayer%2F">her first year on the job</a> -- and she's making her mark by going on a <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2Finteractive%2Ftechnology%2Fyahoo-marissa-mayer-acquisitions%2F">shopping spree</a>.
9. Marissa Mayer —
The new Yahoo CEO has survived her first year on the job -- and she's making her mark by going on a shopping spree.
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The company <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F10%2F15%2Ftechnology%2Fblackberry-letter%2F">isn't dead yet</a>, and it's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F11%2F04%2Ftechnology%2Fblackberry-fairfax%2F">not for sale</a> either.
8. BlackBerry —
The company isn't dead yet, and it's not for sale either.
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Last year's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2012%2F05%2F23%2Ftechnology%2Ffacebook-ipo-what-went-wrong%2F">big flop </a>in the tech world was <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2Ftechnology%2Ffacebook-ipo%2F">Facebook's PO</a>.
7. Tech #Winners —
Last year's big flop in the tech world was Facebook's PO.
In <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F12%2F19%2Fnews%2Fchina-bitcoin-hack%2F">Bitcoin</a> we trust?
6. Bitcoin —
In Bitcoin we trust?
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The U.S. Airways and American Airlines<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F12%2F08%2Fnews%2Fcompanies%2Famerican-airlines-us-airways-merger%2F"> mega-merger</a> has taken off, creating the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2Finfographic%2Fnews%2Fcompanies%2Fairline-merger%2F">world's largest airline.</a>
5. World's largest airline forms —
The U.S. Airways and American Airlines mega-merger has taken off, creating the world's largest airline.
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Long after <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F10%2F16%2Fnews%2Feconomy%2Fgovernment-shutdown-workers%2F">government offices reopened</a> and federal workers got back pay for the two weeks they were forced to stay away from work, effects still linger.
4. Government shutdown —
Long after government offices reopened and federal workers got back pay for the two weeks they were forced to stay away from work, effects still linger.
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The <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2013%2F10%2F27%2Fnews%2Fobamacare-website-malfunction%2Findex.html">botched launch of healthcare.gov</a> not only reminded people that government can't do everything well, it also turned into a political catastrophe and left people struggling to get insurance.
3. HealthCare.gov —
The botched launch of healthcare.gov not only reminded people that government can't do everything well, it also turned into a political catastrophe and left people struggling to get insurance.
from: healthcare.gov
The fallout from the fiscal crisis isn't cleaned up yet.
2. JP Morgan —
The fallout from the fiscal crisis isn't cleaned up yet.
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2013 was the year of <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2Fdata%2Fmarkets%2F">Wall Street records</a>.
1. Stock market surge —
2013 was the year of Wall Street records.