The YouTube channel RealAnnoyingOrange is quickly closing in on one billion views.

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Before closing out September and declaring they had cracked 1 billion active users, Facebook announced their new revenue arm, Gifts.

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This was the equivalent of "1.5 billion pints lost" or "one major brewery closing every year", he told MPs.

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"We now have a total access of 5.5 billion searches a month, so we're closing on McDonald's, " says Mr Roberts.

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Low-price retailer Family Dollar disclosed it received a multi-billion buyout offer from funds managed by billionaire Nelson Peltz in a regulatory filing after the closing bell Tuesday.

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