As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks The Wichita Eagle | NEW YORK — Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google, whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago. | But they may want to spare a thought for companies slightly less exciting - a truck leasing...
Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5b Jakarta Post | Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5b | Barbara Ortutay and Michael Liedtke | NEW YORK (AP) – | Facebook is friending Wall Street: The Internet social network is going public in a stock offering that could value it at up to US$100 billion, eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mar...
America’s Serial Killer and the rise of online prostitution The Bureau of Investigative Journalism web | Jones Beach, Long Island, where 11 bodies have been found. | Long Island, New York. It is the most densely populated island in the US, and is long renowned for its affluence. For many, it is a place to escape the melee of the city that never sl...
>Wired Opinion: Can Brands Become Money-Making Publishers Themselves? Wired News | Major brands are slowly discovering that e-commerce may not be the only revenue stream the digital world has to offer them. There may be gold for them in advertising as well. | It has always been assumed by media industry pundits that brands could ...
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Targeting human rights defenders to increase The Examiner | Obama to sign into law drones to spy on and more easily target innocent journalists and other human rights defenders | Wednesday, Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is advising European Parliament on how to combat one of the most troubling problem...
Gay marriage Salon | In September 1978, Yale freshmen would not have voted Maggie Gallagher the member of the Class of 1982 most likely to get pregnant before graduation. Gallagher was the third of four children from a close family in Portland, Ore. When she was young,...
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Stocks stage late rally and finish flat Springfield News-Sun | NEW YORK — The stock market rallied in the last half-hour Tuesday, seizing on reports that suggested the unraveling Greek debt talks might be saved after all. Stocks finished flat after languishing in the red for most of the day. | The Dow Jones industrial average gained 4.24 points to close at 12,878.28, about 12 points shy of its best fin...
Groupon Adds 'Thumbs Up' Feedback in Revamp of Website Business Week | Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — Groupon Inc. is preparing a revamped version of its website, starting with “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” buttons to help the daily coupon service do a better job tailoring offers to its 33 million active users. | The company began testing a new design of the site with a small portion of users la...
