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Kindergarten Teacher Earns $700,000 by Selling Lesson Plans Online
Teaching isn’t known to be a lucrative profession, but online marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers is changing that for some educators. Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher from Georgia, has made $700,000 selling her lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers, an ecommerce startup where teachers offer their lesson plans to fellow educators. Paul Edelman, the founder of Teachers Pay Teachers, created the ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/teachers-pay-teachers/
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
Bank of America Targeted By Protesters And Investors As SEC Weighs Political Spending Rule
WASHINGTON -- As the Securities and Exchange Commission considers requiring corporations to disclose their political spending to shareholders, a coalition of institutional investors and public interest groups are seeking to make next week's Bank of America shareholder meeting a flashpoint for getting corporate money out of politics. Consumer watchdog Public Citizen and a host of activist groups are planning protests ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/bank-of-america-sec-protesters-investors-political-spending_n_1479334.html
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
Senator Asks Homeland Security To Bar Facebook Co-Founder From U.S.
WASHINGTON -- A Democratic senator has asked the Obama administration to immediately bar Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin from re-entering the U.S., based on a previously unenforced 1996 law. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, who as a congressman in 1996 authored an amendment that excludes from reentry into the U.S. citizens who renounced their citizenship for tax purposes, sent a ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/eduardo-saverin-homeland-security_n_1526018.html
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Local News from The Press Democrat
Report: Bay Area home sales, median price up
The Bay Area’s housing market delivered its strongest April sales in six years, and the median price rose on a year-over-year basis for the first time in 19 months.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.pressdemocrat.com
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Mashable!
Death by Desk Job: How to Fight It [INFOGRAPHIC]
Your desk job can kill you. At the very least, it will likely make you fatter, sicker and more stressed out than a job that doesn’t require sitting down and hunching over a keyboard for a third of the day. Studies have shown that the amount of time American’s spend sitting increased by 8% between 1980 and 2000, while obesity ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/desk-job-death/
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Mashable!
Facebook IPO: Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Buy Yet
Everyone’s talking about the Facebook IPO — and for good reason. Facebook is currently valued at around $100 billion, though it made less than $4 billion in revenue last year. Still, if the social network with more than 901 million users plays its cards right, it could be the world’s first $1 trillion company by 2014. The Facebook IPO is ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/facebook-ipo-buy-or-not/
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
Meet The Billionaire Behind The Jeremiah Wright Attack Plan
WASHINGTON -- Perhaps it wasn't how he hoped to make a splash, but TD Ameritrade founder J. Joe Ricketts hit the political big time this week when The New York Times reported that the Wyoming-based billionaire had commissioned a plan for a super PAC ad campaign attacking President Barack Obama over his past association with the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/joe-ricketts-jeremiah-wright-super-pac-ad_n_1525658.html
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TechCrunch
Facebook Keeps Shipping. Silence Spammy Apps And More With New Notification Controls
If there’s something on Facebook that won’t stop pinging you with Notifications, tell it to shut up instantly with Facebook’s new granular, in-line notification controls. Hover over an alert in the Facebook.com homepage’s globe icon drop-down and click the ‘x’ for the option to turn off notifications from that app, group, event, or post you commented on. Facebook has confirmed ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/facebook-notification-controls/
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VentureBeat
Watch Facebook’s historic IPO live on the NASDAQ’s website
Facebook has priced its shares at $38 and will raise up to $18.4 billion in the largest technology IPO in U.S. history. Those who don’t want to miss a single moment of the watershed occasion are in luck, as the NASDAQ will be live streaming Facebook’s big debut. Starting tomorrow morning at approximately at 9:15 a.m. Eastern, the NASDAQ will ...
May 17 Thursday - http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/facebook-nasdaq-bell-ceremony/
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Slashdot
US Justice Dept Defends Right To Record Police
Fluffeh writes "In recent times, it seems that many Police Departments believe that recording them doing their work is an act of war with police officers destroying the tapes, phones or cameras while arresting the folks doing it, but in a surprising twist, the US Justice Department has sent letter (PDF) to attorneys for the Baltimore Police Department — who ...
May 17 Thursday - http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/17/2320259/us-justice-dept-defends-right-to-record-police
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TechCrunch
Facebook Credits About to Grow Up…. Fast
Editor’s note: Peter Vogel is co-founder of Plink, a Facebook Credits-based loyalty program that rewards Facebook members for dining and making purchases at their favorite restaurants and stores. Reach him via email at peter@plink.com or follow him on Twitter @pvogel. Although introduced in 2009, we’ve only seen glimpses of what Facebook Credits will become when it grows up, and Facebook is ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/facebook-credits-about-to-grow-up-fast/
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SAI
Facebook's Testing A Feature That Charges You To Send Messages To Friends
Facebook is frantically casting around for new sources of revenue, Geoffrey Fowler and Shayndi Raice of the Wall Street Journal report. One new feature the company is testing is called "Highlight." Currently live in New Zealand, Highlight allows you to pay up to NZ$2 (~$1.50 US) to be sure that your friends see a post. It's a per-post charge. (Without ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-highlight-pay-to-send-messages-to-friends-2012-5
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Reuters: Financials
WRAPUP 1-US suspends sanctions on investment in Myanmar
* US greenlights investment by energy, mining, banking firms
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/usa-myanmar-clinton-idUSL1E8GHHZQ20120517
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Slashdot
Vermont Bans Fracking
eldavojohn writes "Vermont is the first state to ban fracking (hydraulic fracturing), a process that was to revolutionize the United States' position into a major producer of natural gas. New York currently has a moratorium on fracking but it is not yet a statewide ban. Video of the signing indicates the concern over drinking water as the motivation for Vermont's ...
May 17 Thursday - http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/17/223227/vermont-bans-fracking
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Bits
Twitter Makes Better Recommendations of Whom to Follow
Tapping information about sites people have visited around the Web, Twitter hopes it can suggest more relevant people to follow on the service, rather than arbitrary celebrities like Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian. But if it gives users the creeps, they can opt out.
May 17 Thursday - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/twitter-experiments-hopes-to-solve-the-silo-effect/
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Wired Top Stories
It's Tinkerers v. Hollywood as Copyright Office Mulls New Jailbreaking Rules
To jailbreak or not to jailbreak? That was the question on everybody's mind Thursday as copyright regulators, content creators and digital rights groups battled over whether Americans should have the right to tinker with the devices that they buy.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/jailbreak-regulators-dmc/
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Mashable!
Hey Soon-to-Be Facebook Millionaires: Read This
Bill Harris is the CEO of Personal Capital, a wealth management firm. Previously, he was the CEO of PayPal and Intuit. For everyone at Facebook, the company’s IPO is a moment to take stock of the tremendous value that’s been created –- for customers, for the company, and certainly for individual employees. In fact, the impact on many employees will ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/facebook-millionaires/
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Mashable!
5 Reasons QR Code Marketing Is Broken (and How to Fix It)
Dan Wilkerson is a social media project manager at LunaMetrics, a Google Analytics certified partner that also specializes in social media, search engine optimization, and PPC. You can follow him on Twitter @notdanwilkerson or at @LunaMetrics. For years now, marketers, businesses and, well, everybody have touted QR codes as the next big thing. That’s largely because QR codes offered a ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/reasons-qr-codes-are-broken/
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Wired Top Stories
Remembering Disco Queen Donna Summer, the Voice of 'I Feel Love'
Donna Summer, the disco queen whose 1977 smash hit "I Feel Love" was nothing short of seismic in its impact on electronic music, died Thursday of cancer at the age of 63.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/donna-summer-obit/
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TechCrunch
FastCustomer Unleashes Telephone Service Call Concierge Service
“People are sick of [filtered] customer service,” said FastCustomer co-founder, Stephanie Hay. And she and her team aim to do something about it. Their first product, for the iPhone, Android, and other platforms, allowed you to search for a customer service number – say Adam & Eve – and press a button. The program waits on hold for you and ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/fastcustomer-unleashes-telephone-service-call-concierge-service/
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The Verge - All Posts
Ridley Scott and Hampton Fancher in 'Blade Runner' sequel talks
The director and screenwriter of sci-fi noir classic Blade Runner are in talks to collaborate on a sequel. Production company Alcon Entertainment has announced that Ridley Scott and Hampton Fancher are developing the idea, which is confirmed to be a new story set "some years after" the original film's conclusion. Alcon hasn't given any more details on the film's plot, ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/17/3027656/blade-runner-sequel-ridley-scott-hampton-fancher
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Reuters: Business News
Pepsi drops sponsorship of horse show after video of animal abuse
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Soft drink maker Pepsi said on Thursday that it was dropping sponsorship of a prestigious national horse show, one day after ABC News broadcast footage of a horse in training for a show being beaten by a trainer.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-usa-horses-abuse-pepsi-idUSBRE84H05420120518
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Mashable!
Facebook IPO: Did Twitter Crowdsourcing Just Give Us the Closing Price?
When you get a lot of smart and interested people together to make a prediction in aggregate, it can be scary accurate. Anyone who has read the James Surowiecki business science classic The Wisdom of Crowds, and a host of corroborating authors such as Malcolm Gladwell, knows that. So what if you applied that brave new world of expert prediction ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/18/facebook-ipo-closing-day-price/
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Reuters: Technology News
Verizon data fans to pay more in service or phones
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-verizon-dataplan-idUSBRE84G1HN20120517
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money.msn.com
Facebook: Why you should flip this stock
May 17 Thursday - http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=4664cf60-ed99-4a3a-af8d-c51ac88e0c1a
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The Economic Collapse
18 Signs That The Banking Crisis In Europe Has Just Gone From Bad To Worse
With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates. European banks are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone. The situation in Europe is rapidly going from bad to worse. It is almost like watching air being let out of a ...
May 17 Thursday - http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/18-signs-that-the-banking-crisis-in-europe-has-just-gone-from-bad-to-worse
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TechCrunch
Gasp! Thanks To These Startups, Teachers Are Making Money On The Web
Teaching. In spite of George Bernard Shaw’s now infamous “those who can’t do” proverb, teaching is one of the most important professions out there. Even for the many self-taught coders out there, at some point along the way, we’ve all had our lives shaped by a great teacher — in the classroom, or out. That’s why, on the whole, teacher ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/teachers-makin-moola-on-the-web/
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Reuters: Business News
Facebook wraps up IPO, set for big Friday pop
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is set to raise up to $18.4 billion in its IPO and become the first U.S. company to be worth more than $100 billion at its debut, as investors bet on a big pop in the stock when it begins trading on the Nasdaq on Friday. Frenzied demand, especially from individual investors hoping ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/net-us-facebook-idUSBRE84G14Q20120518
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CNNMoney.com
Why Facebook won't start trading at the opening bell
The most hyped IPO of the year is here, but you won't be able to trade Facebook's stock right when the market opens at 9:30 on Friday.
May 17 Thursday - http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/17/technology/facebook-ipo-trading-start-time/index.htm
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Mashable!
Apple Dispute Halts Sales of HTC One X, EVO 4G LTE
If you’re interested in buying HTC’s new flagship Android phone the One X or the brand new EVO 4G LTE for Sprint, you may be waiting a while. Shipments of both phones has been delayed in U.S. customs due to a “review of shipments that is required after an ITC exclusion order.” The ITC exclusion order in question dates back ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/htc-one-x-evo-4g-delay/
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CNNMoney.com
Moody's downgrades Spanish banks
Rating agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks on Thursday, the latest sign of distress in Europe.
May 17 Thursday - http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/17/markets/moodys-downgrade-spanish-banks/index.htm
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Jeffbullas's Blog
Facebook Approaches 500 Million Mobile Users – Infographic
I do enjoy my cycling and it is a great way to keep fit, socialize and enjoy coffee all in one capsule of time. It also is one way of refreshing the body, mind and soul from the the pressures of work and life. Cycling though can be dangerous, with trucks and cars and other immovable objects threatening life and ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/05/18/facebook-approaches-500-million-mobile-users-infographic/
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Techdirt.
Canadian Politician Claims That Ripping A CD To Your iPod Is Like Buying Socks & Stealing Shoes To Go With Them
Via Michael Geist, we learn that Canadian Member of Parliament Dean Del Mastro, as part of the debate over copyright reform in Canada, is arguing fervently (and mockingly) against the right to format shift legally purchased music, say, from a CD to your digital music player. Specifically, he argues that format shifting is no different than buying one thing and ...
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GeekWire
Inside the Kinect Accelerator: Startups building businesses on Microsoft’s sensor
Startups in the Kinect Accelerator program inside Microsoft's South Lake Union offices. (Microsoft photo) It’s a familiar scene in the startup world — an open floor plan, buzzing with activity, filled with startups cranking away on their next big ideas. But this is a Microsoft building in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, and every one of these fledgling companies is ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.geekwire.com/2012/startups-building-businesses-microsoft-kinect/
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TechCrunch
Pulse Is Getting Ready To Make Money, Is Hiring Its First Sales Executive
Pulse, the popular free mobile news reader for iPhone, iPad and Android, could soon get ads. Until now, Pulse, which launched its first app in May 2010, was ad free and the company focused more on user acquisition than monetizing its service. A new job posting on Pulse’s site, however, clearly spells out the company’s plans to start making money ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/pulse-is-getting-ready-to-make-money-is-hiring-its-first-sales-executive/
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Reuters: Business News
GM ad move followed failed Facebook pitch: sources
DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/net-us-gm-facebook-idUSBRE84H03S20120518
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West Michigan Business
See what new 'waste' Grand Rapids might start collecting curbside
The city plans to launch new cart-based trash pickup this summer, and might get into composting next year.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/05/see_what_waste_grand_rapids_mi.html
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Wired Top Stories
Steve Jobs Dreamed Of Developing an iCar
Steve Jobs had dreamed of one day taking Apple onto our public radios with a sleek, well-designed car -- so said J. Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler at a recent business conference.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/steve-jobs-dreamed-of-icar/
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Business Leaders
A small business that's succeeding against economic odds
Made in America: The Jesse B. Collection
May 17 Thursday - http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1644674798001/a-small-business-thats-succeeding-against-economic-odds/
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Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Facebook's IPO one of world's largest
Facebook's initial public offering of stock is one of the largest ever. The world's definitive online social network is raising at least $16 billion for the company and its early investors in a transaction that values Facebook at $104 billion.
May 17 Thursday - http://news.yahoo.com/facebooks-ipo-one-worlds-largest-233225092--finance.html
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Mashable!
Comcast Now Lets You Use 300GB of Bandwidth a Month [VIDEO]
Comcast announced on Thursday that it is transitioning away from its static data limit policy into a more flexible allotment model. In the coming months, the company will start testing new options that will offer users more bandwidth as part of their cable Internet plans, as well as the ability to purchase additional bandwidth if necessary. In 2008, Comcast started ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/comcast-bandwidth-caps/
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Breaking News: CBS News
Can Facebook justify its $100 billion valuation?
Facebook currently makes about $4 per user from advertising; One CEO says that number needs to rise to hundreds per user
May 17 Thursday - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57436724/can-facebook-justify-its-$100-billion-valuation/
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Reuters: Technology News
Samsung gets 9 million preorders for new Galaxy phone: report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co has received some 9 million pre-orders for its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone from more than 100 global carriers, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-samsung-idUSBRE84H00X20120518
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Business Insider
NEW: Crime Scene Photos From The Night Trayvon Martin Was Killed
A Florida prosecutor has released photos from the scene where Trayvon Martin's body was found. George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watchman who shot and killed Martin, was charged last month with second-degree murder. Zimmerman has claimed he was acting in self-defense. The photos were released without captions. See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow Law Review ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/check-out-photos-from-the-night-trayvon-martin-was-shot-2012-5
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Idahostatesman.com -- Business
Reports: HP poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs
Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets, according… Click to Continue »
May 17 Thursday - http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/05/17/2121415/reports-hp-poised-to-eliminate.html
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TechCrunch
Hey Bike Owners: Spinlister Can Make You Up To $100 A Week
It’s been about a month and a half since peer-to-peer bike rental service Spinlister launched in San Francisco and New York. Since then, the New York-based startup has been busy trying to attract bike owners to list their bikes and improve its inventory, while also trying to improve the overall experience of using its site. Despite only being available in ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/spinlister-100-a-week/
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Mashable!
Twitter Wits Roast Facebook IPO
Albert Brooks The film star, director and author breaks the news to the star of the Social Network. Click here to view this gallery. In case you’ve been living under that metaphorical rock these past several weeks, Facebook‘s much anticipated IPO happens on Friday. The Facebook IPO will mark the final step in the evolution of Mark Zuckerberg‘s social networking ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/twitter-facebook-ipo/
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
Tim Geithner: New York Fed Has A Jamie Dimon 'Problem'
Timothy Geithner is worried about a problem of perception. The Treasury Secretary told PBS Newshour that it’s "a problem" having a banker like JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sit on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That's because, in Geithner's view, it creates the perception that the institution, one charged with overseeing Wall Street, is too ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/timothy-geithner-jamie-dimon_n_1525812.html
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Mashable!
Alyssa Milano Takes Over NHL Twitter Account for Playoff Game
Actress Alyssa Milano will take over the National Hockey League’s official Twitter account for Thursday night’s playoff matchup between the Los Angeles Kings and Phoenix Coyotes. The game starts at 9 p.m. EST. It’s the first time the hockey league has relinquished control of its @NHL handle to a celebrity. But Milano is a perfect fit — she’s a noted ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/alyssa-milano-to-take-over-nhl-twitter-account-for-playoff-game/
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SAI
VALUATION GURU: I Would Be Very Surprised If Facebook Shares Were Overpriced (FB)
Everyone's got an opinion about what Facebook is worth. But one of the most respected opinions comes from Aswath Damodaran, the legendary NYU finance professor who literally wrote the book on investment valuation. So, what does he think? Basically, Damodaran doesn't expected too many fireworks. Here's an excerpt from his blog: I don't think that there has ever been an ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/damodaran-facebook-2012-5
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utsandiego.com stories: Business
Plaza de Panama plan opposed by park board, workshop scheduled
Voting next: Historic Resources Board
May 17 Thursday - http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/17/plaza-de-panama-plan-opposed-park-board-workshop-s/
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The Verge - All Posts
Spotify is raising money at a $4 billion valuation, reports DealBook
Spotify is raising a ton of money that could potentially value the company at $4 billion, DealBook reports. Spotify's current valuation is $1 billion, which we learned after the company raised a round of funding in February. While Spotify lost $59 million on $250 million in revenue in 2011, it's the mindshare leader in the music subscription scene, and shows ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/17/3027078/spotify-valuation-4-billion
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ZeroHedge
Everything You Need To Know About Europe's Dilemma In 4 Minutes
The current crisis of the Eurozone is a result of the imbalance of economic power between the core and the periphery but once one understands the non-economic and completely political strategy that is occurring, comprehending the at-times-incredible decision-making (or lack thereof) is at least easier to digest. Stratfor's Adriano Bosoni provides a very succinct description of everything you wanted to ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/everything-you-need-know-about-europes-dilemma-4-minutes
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Pocket Blog
Available now: Pocket 4.1 update for Android, with Page Flipping, reading themes, and more
This just in: Pocket’s latest 4.1 update is now available for Android. Download it on Google Play. As we announced just a few days ago, Pocket 4.1 includes a host of new features, including Page Flipping, expanded video support, and new reading themes. (Kindle Fire users, our 4.1 is currently pending review in Amazon’s app store and will be available soon.) Here’s ...
May 17 Thursday - http://getpocket.com/blog/2012/05/available-now-pocket-4-1-update-for-android-with-page-flipping-reading-themes-and-more/
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Technology on HuffingtonPost.com
Country Sues Over Google Maps Dispute
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps. The threat comes after the famous search engine left the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula nameless on its online map service. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says that if Google does not restore the name of ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/iran-google-suit-persian-gulf_n_1525986.html
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VentureBeat
Comcast rejiggers its 250GB monthly data cap policy
Cable TV and Internet service provider Comcast is revising its policy on data caps, the company announced in a very thorough blog post today. Previously, Comcast limited its residential Internet service subscribers to a 250GB data cap per month, meaning a person could use only 250GB of data before getting penalized through throttling or accruing additional charges. But justification of ...
May 17 Thursday - http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/comcast-data-caps/
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SAI
This Is What A Share Of Facebook Stock Looks Like (FB)
Even in this electronic age, even for Facebook, you can still get a paper stock certificate issued. You covet it, don't you? Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story »
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-stock-certificate-2012-5
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The Baseline Scenario
Geithner to Dimon: Resign From The Board Of the New York Fed
By Simon Johnson In an interview Thursday on PBS NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had the following exchange: “JEFFREY BROWN: Do you think Jamie Dimon should be off the board [of the New York Federal Reserve Board]? TIMOTHY GEITHNER: Well, that’s a question [filtered] have to make and the Fed will have to make. But again, on the ...
May 17 Thursday - http://baselinescenario.com/2012/05/17/geithner-to-dimon-resign-from-the-board-of-the-new-york-fed/
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ZeroHedge
One Epic Chinese Bubble - One Chart
The best charts are those that need no explanation. Such as this one. Source: Goldman Sachs
May 17 Thursday - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/one-epic-chinese-bubble-one-chart
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The Next Web
Apple’s next iPhone will feature a new design worked on by Steve Jobs, and a bigger screen
The next iPhone, whatever it might be called, will feature an ‘overhauled’ look, including a screen larger than the current 3.5″, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Adam Satariano and Jun Yang. According to their sources, the redesigned phone was worked on ‘closely’ by Steve Jobs prior to his death last year. Apple has apparently already placed orders from suppliers in ...
May 17 Thursday - http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/05/18/apples-next-iphone-will-feature-a-new-design-worked-on-by-steve-jobs-and-a-bigger-screen/
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BGR
Windows Phone shows signs of life
Microsoft’s mobile platform has not been the blockbuster success the Redmond, Washington-based technology giant was hoping for thus far. Google’s Android OS and Apple’s iPhone are still dominating the smartphone space by a huge margin in the United States and abroad, while Microsoft’s share of the global smartphone market has continued to decline. According to a new report from market ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/17/windows-phone-market-share-2012-kantar/
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
S&P 500 Falls To 4-Month Low
* World stocks down, along with Wall Street shares * Gold up 2.6 pct; Brent oil drops 2 pct * Concerns center on Greek, Spanish banks, U.S. data By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - World stocks fell for a fifth day and Brent oil prices dropped 2 percent o n T hursday on concerns about the health ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/global-markets-stocks-fal_n_1525823.html
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TechCrunch
How High Will Facebook Stock Go Tomorrow? Place Your Bet At FacebookIPODayClosingPrice.com
There are a few lessons you could take away from the fact that FacebookIPODayClosingPrice.com exists right now: Ask and ye shall receive, especially if you’re Chris Sacca. The Hacker Way goes way beyond Facebook headquarters. Facebook IPO fever is definitely in full swing and we should all just give in to it. Here’s the story: Angel investor and all-around web ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/facebook-ipo-fever-just-embrace-it-at-this-point/
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GigaOM
Verizon: You can keep unlimited — if you buy your own phone
Verizon Wireless apparently isn’t done talking about its controversial plan to phase out “grandfathered” unlimited data plans for smartphone users. It issued a statement to The New York Times Thursday, detailing exactly how the policy would be implemented. What it boils down to is this: You can keep unlimited, but don’t expect Verizon to subsidize your device. Here’s the full ...
May 17 Thursday - http://gigaom.com/mobile/verizon-you-can-keep-unlimited-if-you-buy-your-own-phone/
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Mashable!
4 Steps to Cultivating Online Trust
Wendy Lea is the CEO of Get Satisfaction, a customer engagement platform powering 65,000+ customer communities to help build better relationships with their customers. Follow her @WendySLea. You’ve likely heard that the secret to building relationships with your customers is to “be everywhere your customers are.” As a result, you’ve probably signed up for a dozen social networks hoping that ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/online-trust-customers/
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Slashdot
Dolby's TrueHD 96K Upsampling To Improve Sound On Blu-Rays
Stowie101 writes in with a story about your Blu-ray audio getting better. "The audio on most Blu-ray discs is sampled at 48kHz. Even the original movie tracks are usually only recorded at 48kHz, so once a movie migrates to disc, there isn't much that can be done. Dolby's new system upsamples that audio signal to 96kHz at the master stage ...
May 17 Thursday - http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/17/2229202/dolbys-truehd-96k-upsampling-to-improve-sound-on-blu-rays
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BGR
Nearly half of Facebook users will never click ads
The effectiveness of Facebook’s advertising was called into question earlier this week when General Motors confirmed that it would be pulling the $10 million the company spends annually on Facebook ads because they are not delivering results. Now, just one day before Facebook’s initial public offering, a study conducted by marketing agency Greenlight suggests that nearly half of all Facebook ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/17/facebook-ads-study-survey-clicks/
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Clusterstock
WORSE THAN LEHMAN: BAML's Comprehensive Guide To A Greek Exit, And Its Likely Impact On Markets
BAML is out with a monster report today detailing a couple different scenarios for how a Greek exit from the euro will likely shake out as well as a comprehensive look at the effect it will have across asset classes given different policy responses to such an event. Greece's Ominous Fiscal Situation -- Next Two Months Here is the best ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/worse-than-lehman-bamls-comprehensive-guide-to-impending-grexits-effects-on-every-asset-class-2012-5
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Cafe Hayek
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Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) Capitol Hill Dear Sen. Casey and Sen. Schumer: Irked that Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his U.S. citizenship, you propose, with your “Ex-Patriot Act,” to punitively tax and to permanently bar from ever again entering America men and women who, to reduce their tax liabilities, renounce their citizenship in the U.S. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://cafehayek.com/2012/05/20340.html
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Wired Top Stories
Design Flaws That Look Hot: Just Another Day at Astro Studios
What do the Nike+ FuelBand, the Boxee Box and the Xbox 360 have in common? All were all given a boost by Astro Studios a San Francisco-based design firm you may not have heard of.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.wired.com/design/2012/05/astro-studios-sol-republic/
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The Next Web
Interested in the solar eclipse on May 20th? Check out this Google Map from NASA
You only have one shot to catch the solar eclipse on May 20th, or you’ll have to wait until next year. Thanks to technology, and some help from NASA, you can now get the heads up on the exact path of the upcoming Instagram-worthy event. The organization has posted a really cool map that tracks the entire solar eclipse, so ...
May 17 Thursday - http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/05/18/interested-in-the-solar-eclipse-on-may-20th-check-out-this-google-map-from-nasa/
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Wired Top Stories
HP Could Cut 25,000 Jobs Next Week
Meg Whitman doesn't want to get rid of Hewlett-Packard's PC group, but that doesn't mean she's above making some cuts. According to a pair of anonymously sourced reports, Whitman is planning to announce some big layoffs -- perhaps between 8 and 15 percent of the workforce -- when she announces the company's quarterly financial results next Wednesday.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/hp_cuts/
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
Simon Johnson: Geithner to Dimon: Resign From the Board of the New York Fed
In an interview Thursday on PBS NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had the following exchange: "JEFFREY BROWN: Do you think Jamie Dimon should be off the board [of the New York Federal Reserve Board]? TIMOTHY GEITHNER: Well, that's a question [filtered] have to make and the Fed will have to make. But again, on the basic point, ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-johnson/geithner-jamie-dimon-resign_b_1526235.html
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Clusterstock
One Of The Most Important Metals In The World Has No Substitute And We're Running Out Of It [Infographic]
Tungsten doesn't get enough press. "Due to its extreme properties, it has become crucial in many areas of industry," writes the folks from Visual Capitalist. "Substituting another material for tungsten in many of its applications would result in increased cost or a loss in product performance." From our friends at Visual Capitalist: Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/tungsten-infographic-2012-5
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VentureBeat
Why Facebook’s GM ad drama won’t impact this IPO
The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the week of its IPO, Facebook saw one of its largest advertisers, General Motors, get up and leave the table, likely taking millions of dollars with it. The move prompted a swirl of marketing experts’ opinions and analyses of Facebook’s main source of revenue. All the numbers pointed to the same conclusion: Facebook ...
May 17 Thursday - http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/facebook-ipo-advertising/
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MiamiHerald.com: Miami-Dade
Police: one dead after officer-involved shooting in West Miami-Dade
One person was killed Thursday in a police-involved shooting in west Miami-Dade County, according to police.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/17/2804588/police-one-dead-after-officer.html
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ZeroHedge
Guest Post: The All-Important Question
Submitted by David Galland of Casey Research The All-Important Question For pretty much everyone, no matter where they are located in the economic strata, few if any questions are more germane to making plans for the future than whether the US and other major global economies are in recovery. Getting the answer to that question right is of special importance ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-all-important-question
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Slashdot
Android Hackers Honing Skills In Russia
MikeatWired writes "The malware business growing around Google Android — now the leading smartphone operating system — is still in its infancy. Today, many of the apps built to steal money from Android users originate from Russia and China, so criminal gangs there have become cyber-trailblazers. Sophos and Symantec on Wednesday released their latest Android malware discoveries written in Russian. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/17/2233254/android-hackers-honing-skills-in-russia
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TUAW
iRig Mix out now, impresses with size and features
IK Multimedia's iRig Mix mixer has finally arrived in stores, and it's just as impressive now as it was back when we saw it in action at CES this year. The mixer is sturdy and impressively small, and it has hookups for two different sources, including two iOS devices or any other stereo input source, as well as an extra ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/17/irig-mix-out-now-impresses-with-size-and-features/
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Reuters: Internet News
Investors brace for Facebook debut on Wall Street
(Reuters) - Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-facebook-idUSBRE84G14Q20120518
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
GOP Lawmakers Writing Labor Bill, Called 'Ridiculous' By Opponent
Kansas lawmakers are in the process of drafting a sweeping overhaul of the state's labor laws that opponents fear could hurt all non-white collar workers in the state. State lawmakers have been in conference committee meetings all week writing a final version of a labor bill, which would bring together a series of proposals affecting workplace safety, when unemployment insurance ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/kansas-labor-bill-unemployment-union_n_1525548.html
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The Verge - All Posts
Woz hired by Sony as technical 'tutor' for Steve Jobs film
Earlier this week Sony announced that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin would be adapting Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs into a feature film, and the scribe has already revealed additional details about the project — including the involvement of Steve Wozniak. During a recent news conference Sorkin told Reuters that Woz — who co-founded Apple with Jobs in 1976 — had been ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/17/3027782/woz-hired-sony-tutor-steve-jobs-film
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Felix Salmon
Eduardo Saverin joins the stateless billionaires
The United States is the only country in the world which applies the same tax regime to all its citizens, regardless of where they live: nowhere else are nonresidents charged the same federal tax rate as residents. And this makes America’s plutocrats qualitatively different from every other country’s super-rich. If you wanted to sum up Eduardo Saverin in three words, ...
May 17 Thursday - http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/05/17/eduardo-saverin-joins-the-stateless-billionaires/
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MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Here are all Broward County Silver Knight nominees; the winners will be announced Thursday
The Miami Herald Silver Knight Awards is one of the nation’s most highly regarded student awards programs. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding students who have not only maintained good grades but have also unselfishly applied their special knowledge and talents to contribute significant service to their schools and communities.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/06/2771412/here-are-all-broward-county-silver.html
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
What's Really Standing In The Way Of Women's Career Advancement
Even as this year’s Fortune 500 list included a record number of female CEOs, and urban, single women in their 20s are out-earning their male peers, women still face distinct gender barriers in the workplace. The wage gap persists in much of the country, and that record-breaking number of female CEOs was only 3.6 percent. Now a new study shows ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/discrimination-in-the-workplace-women-gender-revolution-marital-structure-men_n_1525863.html
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San Fernando Valley Business Journal stories
Berman Sponsors Film Tax Credit Bill
Congressman Howard Berman has co-sponsored a bill to extend a federal tax credit program aimed at keeping film production in the U.S.
May 17 Thursday - http://sfvbj.com/news/2012/may/17/berman-sponsors-film-tax-credit-bill/
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Common Sense with Money
FREE Betty Crocker Spring Recipe Booklet
Head over here to download a free PDF version of Betty Crocker Best of Spring Recipe Booklet. Thanks, Utah Deal Diva! CommentsCommentsRelated StoriesFree McCafe Berry Chiller in 5/20 ParadeFree ebook | 30 Perfect Popcorn RecipesFree Biokleen Laundry Detergent Sample
May 17 Thursday - http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/2012/05/free-betty-crocker-spring-recipe-booklet/
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Slashdot
Paralyzed Woman Uses Mind-Controlled Robot Arm
MrSeb writes "Using BrainGate, the world's most advanced brain-computer interface, a woman with quadriplegia has used a mind-controlled robot arm to serve herself coffee — an act she hasn't been able to perform for 15 years. BrainGate, which is being developed by a team of American neuroscientists from Brown and Stanford universities, and is currently undergoing clinical trial, requires a ...
May 17 Thursday - http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/05/17/2223242/paralyzed-woman-uses-mind-controlled-robot-arm
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Alltop
Hans Meertens: Starduster
"... interesting, polysemic pieces of art can only be created when I dive deep into my own cognitions; what makes me tick, what is it about certain visual influences that some have more impact on me than others, what is their connection, where is the mystery or poetry in a certain subject, how can I dig that up?" Last week ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.aberrationnation.com/2012/05/hans-meertens-starduster.html
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BGR
Mandatory ‘big brother’ black boxes leave drivers with privacy concerns
The United States Senate has already passed a bill that would require data-recording “black boxes” to be equipped on every vehicle for the 2015 model year, and the House is also expected to approve the bill. The primary function of the black boxes, which are known as Electronic Data Recorders (EDRs), would be to “capture and store data related to ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/17/big-brother-congress-cars-black-boxes-privacy/
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SAI
Google Is In Total Denial About Its Huge Problem With Google+ (GOOG)
When is Google going to admit the obvious? Google+, the "social spine" of CEO Larry Page's counterattack on Facebook, is a flop. That's according to a detailed analysis of user activity by research firm RJ Metrics for Fast Company. RJ Metrics selected 40,000 Google+ users at random. It then analyzed their public posts. What they found is that a lot ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/google-plus-rj-metrics-engagement-2012-5
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Mashable!
First Online Presidential Primary Fails to Find Candidate
Americans Elect, a platform that set out with the hope of becoming the first online presidential primary in U.S. history, has failed to field a candidate for the 2012 race to the White House. None of the 52 possible candidates — not even popular mavericks such as Rep. Ron Paul and Gov. Buddy Roemer — gathered enough support to make ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/americans-elect-fails/
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
Twitter Now Follows You Around The Web
In the interest of helping you figure out who to follow, Twitter is following you. Twitter announced Thursday that it will use information it collects about users' browsing habits across all sites with Twitter "share" buttons to recommend accounts to follow. By tracking individuals during their visits to websites in what the social media site calls the "Twitter ecosystem" (which ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/twitter-tracking_n_1526244.html
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TechCrunch
Facebook’s $38 Share Price Makes Instagram Deal Worth Nearly $1.2 Billion
Facebook’s $38 share price would make its deal to buy Instagram worth nearly $1.2 billion, up from the roughly $1 billion price the company announced in April. That’s a nice little bump but the deal hasn’t gone through given regulatory reviews. On top of that, we don’t know the restrictions on the shares like when they vest or if they’re ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/facebooks-38-share-price-makes-instagram-deal-worth-nearly-1-2-billion/
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ZDNet
Oracle v. Google jury stumbling over tech terminology, illness
The Oracle v. Google jury is facing some tough times over highly technical terminology and even personal illness.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/oracle-v-google-jury-stumbling-over-tech-terminology-illness/77192
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The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Business
Carl's Jr. owner files for $100 million IPO
The parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's is hoping to raise $100 million in an initial public offering, according to documents filed today with federal regulators. The fast-food company has been privately held for almost two years. The...
May 17 Thursday - http://fastfood.ocregister.com/2012/05/17/carls-jr-hardees-parent-files-for-100-million-initial-public-offering/155332/
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money.msn.com
How to raise credit scores
May 17 Thursday - http://money.msn.com/credit-rating/6-rules-for-higher-credit-scores-usnews.aspx
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ZeroHedge
So How Are JPM's Prop "Counterparties" Faring?
We already know that JPM has lost billions on its prop trade, and as suggested earlier (and as the FT picked up subsequently), JPM's prop desk (not to mention its actual standalone hedge fund, $29 billion Highbridge, which nobody has oddly enough discussed in the mainstream press yet) is so large that unwinding the full trade, as well as all ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/so-how-are-jpms-prop-counterparties-faring
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Mashable!
Viral Vinyl! Record Stunts Were Actually Guerilla Marketing [VIDEO]
Remember the jaw-dropping vinyl record tricks we showed you Wednesday? Well, they’re still amazing. The video is real. But the reason given for the making of it is not. The five guys in the video repeatedly claimed to have done those stunts purely as a cure for “boredom”. That wasn’t exactly true — in fact, vinyl video star Jason Richardson ...
May 17 Thursday - http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/viny-marketing-campaign-fools-media-with-viral-video/
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Clusterstock
BOMBSHELL REPORT: Jamie Dimon Personally Approved The Concept Of The Disastrous Trade, Losses Could Total $5 Billion
Details continue to emerge regarding JP Morgan's shocking multi-billion trading losses. However, the biggest behind-the-scenes report so far was just published by The Wall Street Journal and written by Monica Langley. Here's how Dimon first found out about the losses: On April 30, associates who were gathered in a conference room handed Mr. Dimon summaries and analyses of the losses. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/wsj-jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-trade-losses-5-billion-2012-5
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KTVB - News - Business
Report: Wages in Boise-Nampa area 11% below national average
May 17 Thursday - http://www.ktvb.com/news/business/Report-Wages-in-Boise-Nampa-area-11-below-national-average--151955715.html
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Financial Post
Social startup Punchcast aims for sweet spot between Facebook and YouTube
A social media startup in Toronto is hoping investors who can’t jump on the Facebook Inc. gold rush might open their wallets to budding companies. Punchcast Inc., a new social media platform, is attempting to piggyback on the Facebook IPO hype to raise $1-million to $2-million in funding. “It’s going to be a test for social media. Is the market ...
May 17 Thursday - http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/17/social-startup-punchcast-aims-for-sweet-spot-between-facebook-and-youtube/
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Calculated Risk
Greece: Election is June 17th
The election is a month away and Europe will support Greece financially through the next election, but no one knows what will happen at the end of June. Until the election, the campaign rhetoric will be global front page news. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras seems to think that Greece can stay in the euro and also break the bailout agreement. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/05/greece-election-is-june-17th.html
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IBTimes.com : World
Myanmar's First Gay Pride Event Breaks Taboos, Raises Sexual Health Awareness
On Thursday, the country of Myanmar saw its first-ever gay pride celebrations to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342464/20120517/myanmar-gay-pride-hiv-aids-burma-yangon.htm
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Geeking with Greg
The game Stick Portal
I want to share more of the ideas I've been exploring. First, let me start with this, an early version of a game I'm calling Stick Portal. Click on the image to play: It's entirely written in Coffescript using HTML5 canvas. Just need a browser to play, works pretty well on mobile devices (add it to your home screen and ...
May 17 Thursday - http://glinden.blogspot.com/2012/05/game-stick-portal.html
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MakeUseOf
7 Free Resources To Learn About Sound Engineering
If you’re a geek who’s also a bit of a musician, you’ve probably occasionally thought about using your own equipment to record and produce CDs. I mean, you’ve got the microphones, a decent computer, a sound editing program like Audacity and various other useful tools. What’s stopping you from making your own demo CD? Well, that could possibly be a ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-free-resources-learn-sound-engineering/
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Slashdot
Tenenbaum To SCOTUS: Let's Get This Debate Rolling
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Joel Tenenbaum has filed a reply brief in support of his petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, trying to get the Court to take on the thorny issue of copyright statutory damages in the age of mp3 files and micropayments." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
May 17 Thursday - http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/17/2141206/tenenbaum-to-scotus-lets-get-this-debate-rolling
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Colorado Springs Gazette - News Headlines : Business
Airlines make less on checked bags last year
NEW YORK — U.S. airlines' revenue from bag fees fell last year for the first time since they started collecting them, signaling that more passengers are packing light to save cash when they fly. The Transportation Department said Thursday that the...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.gazette.com/articles/york-138773-last-less.html
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Common Sense with Money
Target: Cheap Silk Almond and Coconut Milk and Horizon Milk
It looks like Target has a special sale price on Silk Almond and Coconut Milk this week. through 5/21 pay only $2.25 for a half gallon. But there is a printable coupon you can use to make for a better deal: Buy two Silk Pure Coconut or Almond $2.25 (price cut through 5/21) Use $2/2 [...] CommentsCommentsRelated StoriesHot Minute Maid ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/2012/05/target-cheap-silk-almond-and-coconut-milk-and-horizon-milk/
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TechSpot
Verizon to hike price for FiOS and fees, shared data plans coming
Speaking at an investor conference, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo shared that the company will be raising prices for FiOS and charging more for various aspects its services and products. The price hike is intended to offset the tens of billions of dollars Verizon spent on recent infrastructure upgrades, such as...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.techspot.com/news/48638-verizon-to-hike-price-for-fios-and-fees-shared-data-plans-coming.html
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Business Insider
The 11 Worst Foreign Ad Translation Fails
Just because a company dedicates hundreds of millions of dollars to international advertising doesn't mean that it uses competent translators. This April, Unilever Germany rolled out a campaign for food products using the English tagline, "[filtered] the Diet," rationalizing that the F-word is now German become slang for "let it be." Unilever isn't the only one. Many huge companies, including ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-foreign-ad-translation-fails-2012-5
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MakeUseOf
Forget About Instagram & Pinterest, Twizgrid Brings Visual Photo Browsing To Twitter [iOS]
There’s a definite visual streak happening all around us, with services like Pinterest and Instagram blowing up and becoming immensely popular. The visual trend is a welcome one, and we are slowly seeing people share more and more images using more and more websites, apps and other image-oriented services. Into this mix, enters Twizgrid, an iOS app with the goal ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/forget-instagram-pinterest-twizgrid-brings-visual-photo-browsing-twitter-ios/
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Money
T-Mobile offers no-contract data plans
T-Mobile offers no-contract data plans By Vince horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 17, 2012 03:43PM MDT In the face of falling numbers of contract subscribers, T-Mobile announced new data plans Thursday for its mobile phones that do not require two-year contracts. Its “No Annual Contract” passes allow customers to prepay for chunks of broadband data for a week ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/54133525-79/mobile-plans-contract-data.html.csp
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The Verge - All Posts
DirecTV announces 10 Mbps satellite broadband bundles for rural areas
Satellite television provider DirecTV has announced two new partnerships that will allow it to provide high-speed internet bundles across its entire US customer base — even to those in rural areas. The company will be offering ViaSat's Exede service along with HughesNet Gen 4 from Hughes, with promised speeds of over 10 Mbps. Like most satellite and cable providers, DirecTV ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/17/3027526/directv-satellite-broadband-bundles-rural-customers
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FOXBusiness.com
Verizon Data Fans to Pay More in Service or Phones
Verizon plans to make data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or phone prices, as it tries to cut costs from data services.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2012/05/17/verizon-data-fans-to-pay-more-in-service-or-phones/
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SAI
28 Crazy Facts You Didn't Know About Facebook (FB)
Facebook is finally going public tomorrow. It's priced its shares at $38, which means the company is worth more than $100 billion. It's already worth more than most of the tech companies publicly traded today—combined. But there's a lot you probably don't know about the company and its founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. While you wait for it to make ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/28-crazy-facts-you-didnt-know-about-facebook-2012-5
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Reuters: Business News
MF Global clients bash fat fees, seek quick wind-down
(Reuters) - The legal team winding down MF Global's bankruptcy estate, led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, has racked up nearly $25 million in estimated fees since its November 25 appointment.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-mfglobal-idUSBRE84G1JO20120517
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Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Verizon data fans to pay more in service or phones
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services. The No. 1 U.S. mobile provider said it will eliminate unlimited data plans for all customers who upgrade their cellphone at a discounted rate, potentially ...
May 17 Thursday - http://news.yahoo.com/verizon-data-fans-pay-more-phones-223011120--sector.html
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Common Sense with Money
Free ebook | 30 Perfect Popcorn Recipes
Another free ebook! Right now on Amazon you can grab a free download of 30 Perfect Popcorn Recipes, Sweet and Savory for free! This download is for Kindle. Remember that Amazon’s prices can change at anytime so make sure the price says $0.00 before you download! CommentsCommentsRelated StoriesFree ebook | Smart School Time RecipesFree Kindle ebook: Easy Vegetarian RecipesFree Biokleen ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/2012/05/free-ebook-30-perfect-popcorn-recipes/
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MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Miami-Dade Silver Knight winners
Victoria Anne
May 17 Thursday - http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/17/2804893/miami-dade-silver-knight-winners.html
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Geekosystem
Geekolinks: 5/17
Black Friday isn’t the only Black day (Mental Floss) 8 portable speakers to keep you jammin’ (GeekSugar) The Big Dipper photographed 290 km away from Earth (Universe Today) Disaster response is a major issue in the melting Arctic (Environmental Graffiti) For some reason Moon is streaming on YouTube for free (TDW: Geeks) Do Band-Aids do anything useful? (Slate) 5 reasons Diablo III ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.geekosystem.com/geekolinks-51712/
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Technology on HuffingtonPost.com
Tina Wells: Have You Heard About Hand-Me-Ups?
We have all heard of hand-me-downs... Don't you remember when you finally got the chance to nab your big brother's awesome leather jacket or that dreaded moment when mom approached you with your older sister's totally-not-cool polka-dotted sweater? But have you heard about the hand-me-ups? In today's tech-driven world, it is no surprise that our tech-driven Millennials are intent on ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-wells/have-you-heard-about-hand_b_1525122.html
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The Verge - All Posts
RunCore solid state drive self-destructs to get rid of your data
While it may be called Invincible, RunCore's new solid state drive actually boasts a different notable quality — it can self-destruct. The SSD offers two different ways of deleting your data. The first will re-write the drive, essentially setting it back to its original factory setting. But if you want something a little more permanent, there's another option that RunCore ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/17/3027212/runcore-solid-state-drive-self-destruct
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Mediaite
On O’Reilly, Glenn Beck Rails Against The American Nanny State — With Lemonade And Cake
Lemonade stands and bake sales and hug-a-thons! Oh my! The common ground being none other than Glenn Beck, who joined Bill O’Reilly on Thursday night to rail against the impending nanny state that is America. Beck spoke from Texas, seated beside a glass of lemonade and assorted baked goods. On June 13, he informed us, is National Bake Sale & ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.mediaite.com/tv/on-oreilly-glenn-beck-rails-against-the-american-nanny-state-%e2%80%94-with-lemonade-and-cake/
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ReelSEO Online Video Marketing Digest
Five Benefits of Integrating Video into Your Website’s CMS: Brightcove Bright Ideas
Many website owners struggle with handling video content as a standard part of their website content workflow. Brightcove, in their May Bright Ideas installment talks about the importance of doing just that and Jeff Whatcott talks with Shiri Friedman, Manager of Technology Partnerships at Brightcove. They give a good list of reasons as to why you would want to integrate ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reelseo.com/website-video-cms-integration/
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TechCrunch
The Smart Si Thermostat Aims To Upset The Nest
This is the age of thinking thermostats and, not to be outdone by a well-known circular model, hardware startup Ecobee has released the Smart Si. It is a smart thermostat with small color screen and a web interface so temperature wonks can update their heating models on the fly. The Smart Si is not quite as sleek as the Nest ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/the-smart-si-thermostat-aims-to-upset-the-nest/
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MakeUseOf
Start Jotting Notes On Your PC The Right Way With Flashnote
Flashnote is a little bit of everything that I love in software: portable, free, and very useful. Last year, I did an article on CintaNotes, which remains my favorite all-purpose notes manager in Windows. Flashnote is slowly growing on me though, and I can see how it might be preferred. Taking notes is really important. You need and should do ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/starting-jotting-notes-pc-flashnote/
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Clusterstock
OUCH: Asian Markets Get Slammed, Nikkei Down 2%
Markets are tanking early in the Asian trading session. This follows a big sell-off in the U.S. on Thursday. After the U.S. close, Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks. To make things worse, the world continues feel uneasy about a possible Greek exit from the Eurozone. See Also – GET READY: This Is What Happens If Greece Exits The Euro > ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/ouch-asian-markets-get-slammed-nikkei-down-2-2012-5
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Reuters: Financials
Ex-ECB head unveils bold plan to save the euro
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Europe could strengthen its monetary union by giving European politicians the power to declare a sovereign state bankrupt and take over its fiscal policy, the former head of the European Central Bank said on Thursday in unveiling a bold proposal to salvage the euro.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/eurozone-trichet-idUSL1E8GI0KP20120518
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Media Decoder
Los Angeles Times Gets $1 Million Ford Foundation Grant
The money will go toward expanding coverage of immigration and ethnic communities in Southern California, United States-Mexico border issues and Brazil, the newspaper reported.
May 17 Thursday - http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/los-angeles-times-gets-1-million-ford-foundation-grant/
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MiamiHerald.com: Broward
Biscayne Elementary case closed
Police have closed their investigation into allegations that an 8-year-old boy was molested at a Miami Beach elementary school.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/17/2804738/biscayne-elementary-case-closed.html
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TechCrunch
Kleiner Perkins Closes On $525 Million For Its 15th Venture Fund, ‘KPCB 15?
Silicon Valley venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers is announcing this evening that it has closed on a $525 million round for its fifteenth venture fund, dubbed ‘KPCB 15.’ The fund will be headed up by 10 managing members: Mike Abbott, Chi-Hua Chien, Amol Deshpande, John Doerr, Bing Gordon, Wen Hsieh, Randy Komisar, Matt Murphy, Beth Seidenberg, and ...
May 17 Thursday - http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/kleiner-perkins-closes-on-525-million-kpcb-15/
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ZeroHedge
Forget Peak Oil, Time To Worry About Peak Oil Labor
By EconMatters In a recent working paper, researchers at the the IMF (International Monetary Fund) attempt to reconcile the Peak Oil debate that whether resource constraints will dictate the future of oil output and prices, or advance in technology motivated by high oil price would eventually provide a solution to more production, as well as higher oil prices. An economic ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-20-17/forget-peak-oil-time-worry-about-peak-oil-labor
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MakeUseOf
4 Strange And Disturbing Linux Distros You Probably Won’t Be Installing
Linux is the operating system of choice for those who decide to go their own way. The open source model means the building blocks are there for you if you decide that you need your very own operating system. This has resulted in more Linux distros than you could ever imagine. There are tiny distros like Puppy, chunky distros like ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-strange-disturbing-linux-distros-installing/
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Alltop
Why I Don’t Worry About Pandas or Penguins or Whatever Else Google’s Up To
Are you feeling scared of Pandas and Penguins lately? If you follow Google’s changes and updates you might be. But here’s why I’m not worried about what Google’s up to, other than my usual web marketing geekiness that compels me to keep up with what they’re up to… If you’re doing things right, building multiple [...] You just finished reading ...
May 17 Thursday - http://michelleshaeffer.com/why-i-dont-worry-about-pandas-or-penguins-or-whatever-else-googles-up-to/2012/05/17/
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Fool.com: The Motley Fool
3 Things Facebook Investors Need to Believe
Don't buy Facebook shares if you can't say "yes, yes, yes" to these crucial questions.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/05/17/3-things-facebook-investors-need-to-believe.aspx
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smh.com.au Business News.
BHP's big message: India isn't making it
Amidst the petty local political noise, the really big message in the speeches by BHP's chairman and CEO this week was entirely missed.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.smh.com.au/business/bhps-big-message-india-isnt-making-it-20120518-1yv1h.html
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PE Hub Blog
How Rich Is Zuck? New Ways to Think About $20 Billion
Twenty billion dollars is a heck of a lot of money. As you’ve probably heard, that’s how much Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, is worth now that Facebook has priced its initial public offering at $38 per share. In case you’ve been visiting the moon, Facebook shares start trading on Friday (at 11 a.m. ET). But just how ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.pehub.com/151028/how-rich-is-zuck-new-ways-to-think-about-20-billion/
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Dealbreaker
Chuck Schumer Is Ruining Facebook IPO Day For One Shareholder
As you may have heard, earlier this afternoon, Facebook priced its initial public offering at $38/share, valuing co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s stake at approximately $2.9 billion. Since Saverin conveniently renounced his US citizenship last week, he will avoid paying millions in capital gains taxes and hang on to an estimated $67-$100 million that would have otherwise gone to the government, news ...
May 17 Thursday - http://dealbreaker.com/2012/05/chuck-schumer-is-ruining-facebook-ipo-day-for-one-shareholder/
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The Next Web
Streaming service Spuul brings Bollywood to the iPhone and iPad with new iOS app
Fans of Bollywood and other Indian films have a new option for watching movies on the go after streaming service Spuul launched an iOS app, bringing its catalogue of content from the Asian country to owners of the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch worldwide. The app includes subtitles and allow users to resume watching movies from where they left off via their ...
May 17 Thursday - http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/05/18/streaming-service-spuul-brings-bollywood-to-the-iphone-and-ipad-with-new-ios-app-launch/
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SAI
How To Make Conference Calls On Your iPhone
Sometimes getting on a company computer for a conference call isn't convenient (or if you are not in the office it might not be possible). Fortunately, your iPhone can help you get several people on the same call. Produced by Daniel Goodman Don't Miss: • Want A FREE iPhone Flashlight? • The Must-Know iPhone Trick For Heavy Texters Please follow ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-make-conference-calls-on-your-iphone-2012-5
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Tech-The Economic Times
Falling rupee opening up new opportunities for IT companies
Indian IT firms could earn some brownie points with their clients by passing on some of the foreign exchange gains as savings to its US clients.
May 17 Thursday - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/falling-rupee-opening-up-new-opportunities-for-it-companies/articleshow/13233966.cms
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Mediaite
Surveillance Video Shows Trayvon Martin At 7-Eleven On Night Of Shooting
Over the last few day’s we’ve been getting newly released information about the Trayvon Martin case. Today in particular, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey made public a cache of documents, and we also posted newly public photos of George Zimmerman, taken the night of the shooting. Now, we have surveillance video from 7-Eleven. RELATED: Newly Released Photos Taken Night Of Trayvon ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.mediaite.com/online/surveillance-video-shows-trayvon-martin-at-7-eleven-on-night-of-shooting/
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Financial Post
Major pain for world economy if G20 reforms not adopted: Bank of Canada
OTTAWA — There just may be a panacea for weak global economic growth and trade imbalances. It would require some strong medicine, but the option of doing nothing would only deepen the malaise — and at a very big cost, trillions of dollars in fact. That’s the warning inherent in reforms agreed to by the Group of 20 at the ...
May 17 Thursday - http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/17/major-pain-for-world-economy-if-g20-reforms-not-adopted-bank-of-canada/
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ZeroHedge
Prudent Fiscal Policy and Political Suicide
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com French President François Hollande cobbled together his government yesterday, appointing no less than 34 ministers (of whom 16 are ministers of state). Exactly half of them are women, for the first time in the macho French political world. During their first working session, they, including the President, gave themselves a 30% cut in pay, implementing not only ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-20-17/prudent-fiscal-policy-and-political-suicide
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Silicon Republic - Business
Facebook sets final price for IPO at US$38 a share
Facebook has set the final price for its IPO Friday at US$38 a share in a flotation that will reap the network between US$16bn and US$18bn. This is likely to value the social network at US$104bn – the biggest valuation of a US company at IPO. The price comes after hours of meetings between Facebook management and senior bankers. The ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/item/27278-facebook-sets-final-price-f
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News-The Economic Times
Brace for sweaty days with long power cuts
Brace in for sweaty days with long power cuts as several plants have been forced to shut down, forcing utilities to cut supplies to factories and households.
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Reuters: Financials
Verizon data fans to pay more in service or phones
NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/verizon-dataplan-idUSL1E8GHHGE20120517
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Report On Business
What would a Canada of 100 million feel like? More comfortable, better served, better defended
We need to recognize the fact that Canada does not have enough people, given our dispersed geography, to form the cultural, educational and political institutions necessary to have a leading role in the world
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
What Does The Future Hold For Facebook?
It's finally here. One of the most talked-about companies of the past decade makes one of the most talked-about IPOs in history on Friday, as Facebook finally friends Wall Street. (We're sick of the puns too.) The chatter, from both supporters and critics, has been endless, but when it involves a company that nearly 1/8 of the human race uses, ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/what-does-the-future-hold-for-facebook_n_1525653.html
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Forbes
Frontier Market Realities: Riotous, Risky And Richly Rewarding
The following is an excerpt from 'Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles' (Norton 2012) by Ruchir Sharma.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2012/05/17/frontier-market-realities-riotous-risky-and-richly-rewarding/
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Financial Post - Top Stories
Moody’s rolls out sweeping downgrade of 16 Spanish banks
The mass downgrade included Banco Santander, the eurozone’s largest bank, and was spurred by a weak economy and the government’s reduced ability to support troubled lenders
May 17 Thursday - http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/17/moodys-downgrades-16-spanish-banks-on-weakend-economy/
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IntoMobile
Deals of the Day – May 17: Samsung Galaxy S II (AT&T) $9.99
Today, you can get the Samsung Galaxy S II (Skyrocket) for only $9.99. This is an all-time low price on this device. View our full review of the Galaxy S II Skyrocket here. Mobile Phones Samsung Galaxy S II Mobile Phone (AT&T) drop to $9.99 with free shipping. All Time low price. (normally $49.99 – next lowest price is $50) ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.intomobile.com/2012/05/17/deals-day-may-17-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-att-999/
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Business Insider
It's A Shame How Many Americans Lie To Themselves About Their Finances
Something doesn't quite add up in a new Country Financial study. Out of 3,000 Americans surveyed, more than half said they spend more than they earn at least a few months out of the year. Makes sense – who doesn't whip out their credit cards for extra spending room around the holiday season? But then you get to the next ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/americans-are-seriously-in-denial-about-their-spending-habits-2012-5
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MakeUseOf
DOWNLOAD Technophilia Episode 20: That Ball Of Fat In Your Skull
Holland passes a net neutrality law, Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show in history and Google’s self-driving car is now legal in Nevada. All this, and thoughts about the importance of paying attention, in episode 20 of Technophilia: “That Ball Of Fat In Your Skull“. MakeUseOf writers live all over the world. Every week, three of these ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-technophilia-episode-20-ball-fat-skull/
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Business Insider
Fla. Prosecutor Unleashes New Evidence In Trayvon Slaying
The Florida state attorney prosecuting George Zimmerman has released a trove of documents and 911 calls revealing what happened the night Trayvon Martin was killed. The evidence revealed that Martin had THC, the chemical in marijuana, in his system and included new details from witnesses and police. "Zimmerman appeared to have a broken and bloody nose and swelling of his ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/florida-prosecutors-release-discovery-in-trayvon-martin-slaying-2012-5
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Business
Region's leaders gather to plan future, play with Legos
NORFOLK "All these blues should have yellows on them, guys," Will Christopher told his table mates while locking Legos Thursday morning. The exercise was far from child's play. Christopher, a Norfolk consultant, was among nearly 300 business and civic leaders from Isle of Wight County to Chesapeake who tinkered with brightly colored Legos and strands of string.
May 17 Thursday - http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/regions-leaders-gather-plan-future-play-legos
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Biz Buzz
Erie postal facility gets reprieve
The Erie General Mail Facility won’t close this year after all. The U.S. Postal Service announced late today that it had revised the consolidation plan that had targeted 242 processing centers — including the Erie facility and its 120 jobs — for closure. The modified plan closes 229 processing centers in two phases. The first 140 will be closed by ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.goerieblogs.com/business/bizbuzz/2012/05/erie-postal-facility-gets-reprieve/
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Small Business News, Tips, Advice
Is Your Brand Helping Or Hurting Your Small Business? Chat Recap
Didn’t get a chance to participate in the FedEx Office Twitter chat on May 15? No worries – we have a recap of the highlights below. The topic was branding: Is your brand helping or hurting your small business? Let’s take a look at some of the responses and comments on this topic. The Twitter handle of the person who ...
May 17 Thursday - http://smallbiztrends.com/2012/05/brand-helping-small-business.html
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Wired Top Stories
The Champ Is Here
The HTC One X is one of the best smartphones on the market, and the best Android phone you can buy right now, period.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/05/htc-one-x/
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Michigan Business
Give them a hand: Readers near and far share story, puns about finger in sandwich at Arby's in Jackson, Michigan
A "gristly discovery?" No doubt. Readers and headline writers had many other ways to describe last week's unusual discovery at the Arby's on West Avenue in Jackson.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2012/05/arbys_comments_not_ready_to_pu.html
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Inside Facebook
Facebook redesigns first step of ad creation in self-serve tool with list of potential ad destinations
Facebook is testing a new design for its self-serve ad tool that presents users with a list of pages, apps and other potential ad destinations they’re connected to. The social network has been experimenting with designs and features of its ad tool in order to make it more intuitive and useful for less experienced advertisers. Although Facebook introduced a number ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.insidefacebook.com/2012/05/17/facebook-redesigns-first-step-of-ad-creation-in-self-serve-tool-with-list-of-potential-ad-destinations/
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Reuters: Internet News
Insight: Who got Facebook IPO shares? Fairness may not come into it
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lot of loyal Facebook fans and occasional investors are discovering a hard truth this week: Money and connections talk, especially when it comes to a hot deal handled by Wall Street.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/net-us-facebook-ipo-smallinvestors-idUSBRE84G1E820120518
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Business
Bernie Moreno's Collection Auto Group adds Maserati, Aston Martin brands
Bernie Moreno's Collection Auto Group has purchased a Maserati dealership from Solon and added an Aston Martin franchise as well. Moreno said having a stable of exotic luxury brands should help him sell more cars in North Olmsted.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/05/bernie_morenos_collection_auto.html
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FXstreet.com
Forex: EUR/USD hits new marginal lows; flash downmove
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - There has been a nasty spike on the US Dollar vs the Euro just minutes... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?storyid=b8842171-45eb-459a-9ebf-929f2295ccc6
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MAKE
Gas Powered Mushroom
Getting the motorized mushroom ready for action!
May 17 Thursday - http://blog.makezine.com/2012/05/17/gas-powered-mushroom/
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Reuters: Technology
Investors brace for Facebook debut on Wall Street
May 18 (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/facebook-idUSL1E8GHK0R20120518
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
Spanish Bank Debt With ECB Up 15.7% in April; Surprise VAT Hike Coming Up; Moody's Downgrades 16 banks; Capital Flight at Bankia; Scramble for Deposits Leads to System-Wide Cannibalization
Courtesy of Google translate, please consider the following bleak reports from Spain. Spanish Bank Debt With ECB Up 15.7% in April El Confidencial reports The Spanish bank debt with the ECB increased by 15.7% in April The debt of Spanish banks with the ECB shot up to 263.535 billion euros in April, that is 15.7% compared to 227.6 billion recorded ...
May 17 Thursday - http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/05/spanish-bank-debt-with-ecb-up-157-in.html
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Money
Facebook’s $16 billion IPO is one of world’s largest
Facebook’s $16 billion IPO is one of world’s largest The New York Times Published May 17, 2012 05:05PM MDT Facebook pulled it off. As investors raced to get shares, the sprawling social network raised $16 billion Thursday, in an initial public offering that valued Facebook at $104 billion. The IPO signals a rapid evolution for the company. In just eight ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/54135331-79/facebook-ipo-trading-price.html.csp
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utsandiego.com stories: Business
Take a visual tour of the new warship San Diego
View our photo slideshow of the San Diego, an amphibious transport dock that will be commissioned at Navy Pier in downtown San Diego on May 19th. The San Diego has of a crew of 360, seventy one of whom are women.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/17/take-visual-tour-new-warship-san-diego/
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azcentral.com
Ford debuts electric Focus in Phoenix
Ford Motor Co. unveiled a new electric version of its compact car, the Focus, outside the Children's Museum of Phoenix downtown on Thursday.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2012/05/17/20120517electric-ford-focus-phoenix-test-drive.html
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Business Insider
Why This Cancer-Stricken 9-Year-Old Is Making The Choice To Die
When surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy fail to stop cancer, some patients decide to stop treatment, and focus on making the most of the time they have left. "But what happens when a child, your 9-year-old son, looks up at you and says, 'I'm done' fighting cancer?" asks Carolyn Castiglia at Babble. The parents of Ryan Kennedy, a Michigan boy who ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/ryan-kennedy-cancer-chooses-to-die-2012-5
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money.msn.com
Title fight: Wal-Mart vs. Target
May 17 Thursday - http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=6aae32d7-75d4-49fc-8376-f53c7737eaeb
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Geekosystem
Guy Opens Beer Bottle With Chainsaw, Finesse [Video]
If you need a bottle opened, but don’t have a bottle opener, Max’s belt buckle, or the side of a desk or table that you don’t really care about scuffing, but you also happen to have a chainsaw handy — because why wouldn’t you — you can follow in the footsteps of this master chainsawman and have that bottle opened ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.geekosystem.com/guy-opens-beer-bottle-with-chainsaw-finesse/
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MakeUseOf
4 Free Android Apps For Coffee Lovers
Humans have been drinking coffee since at least the fifteenth century, and the beverage is only gaining in popularity. Unlike coffee, smartphones haven’t been around since the fifteenth century – but now that we have them, we’ve found interesting ways to use them to aid our collective coffee habit. Unlike web apps, we can carry around our smartphones when we ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/android-apps-coffee-lovers/
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Media Decoder
When Conan Visits Dave, the Topic Inevitably Is Jay
Conan O'Brien was a guest Thursday night on David Letterman's show, giving each a chance to speak about their rival Jay Leno.
May 17 Thursday - http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/when-conan-visits-dave-the-topic-inevitably-is-jay/
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Geekosystem
Delicious: Cupcakewurst is a Cupcake in a Sausage Casing
You’ve had the deep-friend baconaise. You’ve munched the Taco Bell Dorito-shell taco. You’ve scarfed down the lasagna burger. You’ve even munched on the McDonald’s mummy after supping on McRibs. But are you ready for Cupcakewurst? Oh, you think that’s just an elongated cupcake? Nope: It’s what happens when you bake a cupcake in a sausage casing. These are intriguing, if ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.geekosystem.com/cupcakewurst/
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money.msn.com
Use your IRA -- now
May 17 Thursday - http://money.msn.com/retirement/6-ways-to-use-your-ira-now-bankrate.aspx
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digitaljournal.com
Vancouver's GrowLab announces spring 2012 participants
Following a whirlwind tour across Canada, Vancouver’s GrowLab yesterday announced the successful winning applicants for its spring 2012 acceleration program.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/325079
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GigaOM
Level 3 concurs: Comcast appears to be prioritizing traffic
Comcast may have given users a break on Thursday by raising its monthly data cap to 300GB, but Level 3, the backbone Internet provider and content delivery network, wants people to know that Comcast is still likely prioritizing its traffic over others’. The issue is an important one even with the new cap, because if Comcast is prioritizing its own ...
May 17 Thursday - http://gigaom.com/cloud/level-3-concurs-comcast-appears-to-be-prioritizing-traffic/
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Reuters: Financials
WRAPUP 5-Spain beset by bank crisis, downgrades, bond pressure
MADRID, May 17 (Reuters) - Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and its troubled banks suffered a double blow, with shares in part-nationalised Bankia diving and 16 lenders - including the euro zone's biggest - having their credit ratings cut.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/spain-idUSL5E8GHH5920120517
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Reuters: Financials
RPT-BHP may delay at least two mega projects to rein in spending
MELBOURNE, May 17 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, is likely to delay signing off on at least two mega projects after its chairman put the brakes on an $80 billion plan to grow the company's iron ore, copper and energy operations, analysts say.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/bhpbilliton-projects-idUSL4E8GH8QP20120517
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The Next Web
Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders reach 9 million worldwide, says source
The Samsung Galaxy S III was unveiled in London at the beginning of this month but, just two weeks later, the long-awaited device is reported to have racked up 9 million pre-orders from mobile operators across the world, according to Reuters [via Engadget]. The report cites the Korea Economic Daily which quotes an unnamed Samsung executive as providing the impressive figure ...
May 17 Thursday - http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/05/18/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-pre-orders-reach-9-million-worldwide-says-source/
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Wired Top Stories
Science Versus Fiction: SETI's Seth Shostak on Battleship
A researcher with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, who also served as a consultant on the $200 million movie based on a board game, talks about how Battleship's alien encounter squares with reality.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/battleship-science/
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VentureBeat
Mobile startup Fun Machine believes games can do social good
Fun Machine, a new mobile entertainment software company based in Austin, Texas, was founded in early 2011. So why did it wait until today to let the world know it was officially open for business? “We decided that launching our first game was more important than telling the world that we existed,” CEO Patrick Curry (pictured) told GamesBeat via email. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/mobile-startup-fun-machine-believes-games-can-do-social-good/
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BusinessWeek.com -- Finance
How JPMorgan Lost $2 Billion Without Really Trying
The bank won't say, but clues are surfacing
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-17/how-jpmorgan-lost-2-billion-without-really-trying
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Business on HuffingtonPost.com
Biden Refutes Chief Romney Camp Argument
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio -- Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country. Campaigning in Ohio for his boss, President Barack Obama, Biden said a company president has to answer to investors while the U.S. president must answer to the entire ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/joe-biden-mitt-romney_n_1525752.html
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GeekWire
How to get press for your startup with these social media tips and tools
Newspapers. Photo via NS Newsflash Your small business needs advertising if it wants to survive and grow. But because you don’t have a huge budget you have to find ways to get “free advertising.” One of your best bets is to get “free press.” Free press is a game changer, and fortunately the social media revolution has really made connecting ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.geekwire.com/2012/free-press-startup-social-media-tips-tools/
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DealerRefresh
Ode to #DMSV
I’m sure by now most have seen photos and heard about the Digital Summit at Mountain View event we held at Google Headquarters last week. It truly was an amazing experience. Experience – not only was this a conference full of rich information but it was an experience for all that attended. From listening to Guy Kawasaki speak on “Enchantment“, ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.dealerrefresh.com/dsmv-google-digital-summit-mountain-view-poem-revie/
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Slashdot
Ask Slashdot: Wrist Watch For the Tech Minded
NNUfergs writes "Sure my Smart Phone can deliver just about any piece of information I could want in under 30 Seconds, but I miss being able to just look at my wrist to get the time, date etc. I've been shopping around for a while and haven't come across anything particularly inspiring. There are loads of various features that have ...
May 17 Thursday - http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/18/0142221/ask-slashdot-wrist-watch-for-the-tech-minded
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Technology on HuffingtonPost.com
9 Facebook Features We Used To Hate, And Some We Still Do
Since 2004, Facebook has gone through dozens of makeovers, some -- like the recent revamp that converted all profiles to the new timeline format -- more drastic than others. Though the social networking site is never constant, one thing remains the same -- there is always someone who absolutely hates the newest update. Sometimes change is good, but other times ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/unpopular-facebook-features_n_1524643.html
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SAI
Where That Facebook Cash Is Going: Surprisingly Modest Million-Dollar Homes
No need to wait for the IPO. Facebook has already had a massive effect on the San Francisco Bay Area real-estate market. That's according to San Francisco mortgage banker Julian Hebron, who documented the real-estate boom happening here on his blog, The Basis Point. But Facebook employees and insiders have been making splashy purchases in the expensive market for years. ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-ipo-san-francisco-menlo-park-house-prices-2012-5
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Noobpreneur Business Blog
Review: Email Creator – Hot New Email Design Interface Inside GetResponse Email Marketing
GetResponse customers have been raving about the platform’s powerful new Email Creator interface, claiming it’s a real game-changer for email marketing design. Does it live up to the hype? I... Read more »
May 17 Thursday - http://www.noobpreneur.com/2012/05/18/review-email-creator-hot-new-email-design-interface-inside-getresponse-email-marketing/
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IBTimes.com : World
U.S. Orders New Rules To Prevent Prison Rape
The announcement came on the heels of a survey that found one in 10 inmates are sexually victimized by other prisoners or prison staff.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342452/20120517/white-house-new-standards-combat-prison-rape.htm
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The Wire
Sorry Slow Pokes, Coachella Is Already Sold Out For Next Year
Just two hours after pre-sale tickets for Coachella 2013 went on sale at 10am PST, they were gone. Sorry slow-moving music fans, but you'll have to wait until January until more tickets go on sale. And it gets worse: the price of tickets is higher than ever before. A three-day general admission wristband is selling for $349 in 2013, which ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/sorry-slow-pokes-coachella-is-already-sold-out-for-next-year-2012-5
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Clusterstock
June 17 Is A Long Way Away...
Talk of bank runs in Europe reached a brand new pitch today, with headlines about deposit flight from the periphery all over the place. Some of the talk might be overblown. After all, Greece has been bleeding deposits for years. And the Spanish bank Bankia -- which was at one point down 20% -- denied that there was anything unusual ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.businessinsider.com/june-17-is-a-long-way-away-2012-5
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Business Headlines SeacoastOnline.com
Earthtec ends operations, begins liquidation
PORTSMOUTH — Earthtec, the local firm known for turning recycled plastic bottles into active wear clothing, closed its doors late last month.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120517-NEWS-120519721
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Reuters: Technology
UPDATE 3-US sets new tariffs on Chinese solar imports
May 17 (Reuters) - The United States hit Chinese solar companies with punitive import tariffs of 30 percent or more on Thursday, ruling they had dumped cut-price solar panels into the U.S. market.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-china-trade-idUSL1E8GHC4120120517
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Silicon Prairie News - National
People in pink at Big Omaha 2012
In the wake of our standard post-conference startup swag post and in my best Bill Cunningham form, I present you pictures of people in pink at Big Omaha 2012. The branding for the conference involved a lot of pink, and plenty of conference-goers donned one shade or another of the bold color. Big Omaha 2012 - Thursday Grant Awes (My ...
May 17 Thursday - http://www.siliconprairienews.com/2012/05/people-in-pink-at-big-omaha-2012
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Reuters: Technology News
Schilling game firm can't make Rhode Island payment
BOSTON (Reuters) - The troubled video game company run by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling failed to make a promised payment to the state of Rhode Island on Thursday when it did not have sufficient funds to cover a check.
May 17 Thursday - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-rhode-island-schilling-payment-idUSBRE84G1KG20120517
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