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Figuring out the right price for Facebook stock isn't easy
At $38 a pop, nobody liked Facebook. So what is the right price for the world's largest social network? Facebook Inc. shares have fallen 16.5% since the company's opening day flop May 18, closing Friday at $31.91. Accusations of wrongdoing are flying, as...Tags: Culture, Startups, Social Media, Initial Public Offerings, Sociology
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Alibaba.com shareholders OK $2.5 billion privatization bid
Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese e-commerce giant that looks a bit like a mash-up of EBay, PayPal and Amazon, plans to pay $2.5 billion to snatch back Yahoo Inc.’s 27% stake in Alibaba.com. Minority shareholders approved a plan Friday to offer...Tags: Corporate Officers, Business, China, PayPal, Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Waterstones makes deal to sell the Amazon Kindle, dismaying many
Jacket CopyBritish bookseller Waterstones' decision to carry Amazon's Kindles in its stores has been compared to Neville Chamberlain's pact with Nazi Germany.... -
Amazon says it will improve warehouse conditions
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc., addressing issues that have drawn heavy criticism of the company, told shareholders that it planned to improve warehouse conditions and drop its membership in a conservative public-policy organization.
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7 Days of Jazz: Dezron Douglas, Lummie Spann At Polish National Home
The Hartford CourantBassist Dezron Douglas and alto saxophonist Lummie Spann, co-leaders of the hard-swinging, all-star New Jazz Workshop (NJW), have plenty to celebrate with the May 22 release of their band's new debut disc, "Underground" (NJW Music). Douglas and Spann,...Tags: Lincoln Center, Warner Theatre, New York University, Nancy Wilson, Music Industry
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'M:I-3,' 'Clueless' on Netflix-rival Amazon in new Paramount deal
"Clueless," "Mission: Impossible III," "Forrest Gump" and several hundred other older films are now available on Amazon.com's Netflix-like subscription video service as part of a new deal with Paramount Pictures. Amazon has been continually beefing up...
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Is Facebook IPO a flop?
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s newly public stock is sliding further on its third trading day as investors reconsider how much the social network is worth. The company’s long-anticipated initial public offering of stock raised $16 billion,...
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Jha steps down as Google completes Motorola Mobility acquisition
Tribune staff reporterSanjay Jha has stepped down as chief executive of Motorola Mobility now that the $12.9 billion acquisition by Google Inc. has closed, the Mountain View-based search giant said Tuesday. Dennis Woodside, a Google executive who oversaw the integration of...Tags: New Products, CEO Pay, Motorola, Inc., Groupon, Inc., Computer Hardware
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Influential investor attacks Amazon, calls CEO 'Batman'
CNN MoneyNoted short-seller David Einhorn targeted Amazon and Martin Marietta Materials on Wednesday but was curiously silent on Herbalife. The hedge fund manager's opinion on a given company can send the shares plunging -- or soaring. Shares of Herbalife surged...Tags: Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Mutual Funds, David Einhorn
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Amazon poised to get a cut of California sales taxes
PATTERSON, Calif. —Amazon.com Inc.for years has fought government efforts to tax e-commerce. Now it's poised to pocket millions of dollars in sales taxes paid by California customers. As part of a pact reached last year with state lawmakers, some...
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Facebook trading debut disappoints investors
NEW YORK — First it popped, then it flopped. Facebook Inc.'s much-hyped debut on Wall Street was an event watched around the world. The social network's initial public offering valued it at $104 billion — more than market stalwarts such as...Tags: Culture, Social Media, Initial Public Offerings, Yelp, Inc., Sociology
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OPI de Facebook, de las má s grandes del mundo: 16,000 millones
APLa oferta pública inicial de Facebook se perfila como una de las más grandes de la historia. La red social más famosa del mundo recaudará al menos 16.000 millones de dólares, una cuantiosa recompensa para una empresa que empezó hace ocho años sin medios...Tags: Social Media, Kraft Foods, Inc., Facebook, Media Industry, Peter Thiel
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