Payback for a Facebook tax refugee
Renouncing US citizenship, as Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin did,
should come with tough restrictions on returning to the land that nurtured
the wealth. Eduardo Saverin, who co-founded Facebook, at the Common Sense
Media Awards in New York last …
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Internet IPO Puts Rise at Record Rate Before Facebook: Options
As Facebook Inc. (FB) prepares its initial public offering, traders are
boosting the cost of bearish options at a record rate for LinkedIn Corp.
and four other Internet companies that sold shares in the past year. Puts
(LNKD) trading 10 percent below …
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GM to Stop Advertising on Facebook
By SHARON TERLEP, SUZANNE VRANICA and SHAYNDI RAICE General Motors Co.
plans to stop advertising on Facebook after the auto maker’s executives
determined their paid ads had little impact on consumers’ car purchases,
people familiar with the matter said …
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Is Facebook a passing fad? Nearly half of Americans think so
By Samantha Murphy, Mashable (Mashable) — Nearly half of Americans believe
that popular social-networking site Facebook is merely a passing fad, a new
study suggests. A poll conducted by the Associated Press and CNBC found
that 46% of respondents …
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Scared of Facebook shares? Wager on Friday’s close
By David Gaffen (Reuters) – Worried that if you buy Facebook when it starts
trading Friday you’ll get trampled by big banks and hedge funds? Betting on
where the stock closes that day may be a safer wager. Intrade, the online
prediction market where …
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As Facebook Preps For IPO, Privacy Tweaks
By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek As Facebook founder and CEO Mark
Zuckerberg prepares to take his company public on Friday, the social
network is getting its privacy practices in order by making it easier for
users to understand what Facebook …
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Is Your Facebook Presence Hurting You? Find Out With Free NetworkClean
Facebook is a lot of fun…until you realize that much of the information
posted there could be found by someone you might not want to see it. Like
your boss, or potential boss. Your mother, or your potential mother-in-law.
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Internet IPO Puts Rise at Record Rate Before Facebook: Options
By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Cecile Vannucci on May 15, 2012 As Facebook Inc.
(FB) (FB) prepares its initial public offering, traders are boosting the
cost of bearish options at a record rate for LinkedIn Corp. and four other
Internet companies that sold …
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Will Facebook lose its edge after IPO?
By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN Douglas Rushkof says Facebook creator
Mark Zuckerberg may be jumping into the stock market at the wrong moment.
(CNN) — Facebook advocates are touting the company’s initial public
offering this week — the biggest …
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How Facebook insiders are preparing to be millionaires
By Laurie Segall and Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech May 15, 2012: 11:02 AM
ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — As Facebook prepares to go public, the vultures
are circling around its fresh crop of paper millionaires. It’s a Silicon
Valley ritual: When money …
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Florida fire captain demoted over Facebook comments slamming Travyon
New York Daily News
A South Florida fire captain was demoted Monday after calling the parents
of Trayvon Martin “failed, s—bag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent
excuses for parents” on Facebook. Miami-Dade Fire Captain Brian Beckmann
was demoted to the lowest rank …
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After Facebook IPO, Zuckerberg’s hardest test awaits
Facebook is about to pull off a record-setting IPO, but Mark Zuckerberg
will then need to satisfy added pressures on the company to boost its
bottom line. by Paul Sloan May 15, 2012 3:57 AM PDT Follow @paulsloan When
Facebook goes public later this …
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Ahead of Facebook IPO, poll finds user distrust
By Jesse Bergman and Kayla Tausche, CNBC.com Facebook’s public offering
will be the largest and perhaps most highly anticipated Internet deal in
history. But faced with great expectations, Facebook is staring down some
unnerving obstacles when it comes …
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Early Facebook backers and their bets today
(Reuters) – Facebook’s earliest venture-capital backers, especially at
once-downtrodden outfit Accel Partners, will have reason to celebrate come
Friday when the world’s biggest social network is set to debut on the
Nasdaq at as much as a $100 billion …
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Why Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is a schmuck
By David Gewirtz | May 14, 2012, 10:12pm PDT Summary: In order to avoid
paying taxes on his multi-billion dollar IPO windfall, Eduardo Saverin,
co-founder of Facebook, is renouncing his United States citizenship.
Writing this article without profanity …
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AP-CNBC Facebook IPO Poll — Complete Results & Analysis
The poll has a margin of error factor of plus or minus 3.9 percent. Here
are the results: 1. Gauging the High Fliers of Tech A majority, 51 percent,
of Americans have a favorable impression of Facebook, while 23 percent have
an unfavorable impression.
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In Facebook IPO, Frenzy, Skepticism
By SHAYNDI RAICE And JOE LIGHT Facebook’s coming initial public offering
has set off a frenzy of anticipation among Main Street and Wall Street
investors desperate to get their hands on the stock. Shayndi Raice has
details on The News Hub.
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Former Facebook Hands Capitalize on Buzz
By SHAYNDI RAICE Days ahead of Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, the
company’s network of former executives and investors are doing their own
deal making. Quora Inc., a question-and-answer site started by two of
Facebook’s earliest employees, …
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Apple co-founder Wozniak: Would consider buying Facebook shares at any price
May 14 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak said investors
looking to make money should buy Facebook Inc. shares when the social
networking site sells stock in what may be a record initial public offering
for an Internet business.
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Zuckerberg Will Ring In Facebook IPO From Menlo Park HQ On …
Some investors worry about Facebook’s ability to earn revenue on mobile as
more users migrate away from its classic web interface. But now Bloomberg
reports that Facebook will cease taking orders for shares tomorrow and that
the IPO will …
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