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The following is an excerpt from Richard Beales | March 22, 2012 | Slate.com |
Facebook’s 31 underwriting banks are mobilizing for the company’s initial public offering. In such a hyped IPO, any kind of valuation is possible. But a comparison with the history of the social network’s closest thing ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Stacy Cowley | February 7, 2012 | CNN.com |
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook's upcoming IPO will make founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire -- but it will also stick him with an eye-popping tax bill that could reach as high as $2 billion.
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The following is an excerpt from Ryndall W. Forsyth | February 4, 2012 | Barrons.com |
Facebook. Like the moon darkening the sun during an eclipse, news of the social-networking site's pending initial-public offering seemed to obscure much of what else was happening in the world last week, at least momentarily.
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The following is an excerpt from Douglas Rushkoff | January 31, 2012 | CNN.com |
Editor's note: Douglas Rushkoff, who writes regularly for CNN.com, is a media theorist and the author of "Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age" and "Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World and ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from: Paul Boutin | January 18, 2012 | Nytimes.com |
Twitter, the minimalist-format social network that claims to have 100 million users, has built its reputation around its simplicity. Members can post to the service only in text messages of 140 characters or less. They can ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Erik Sherman | January 4, 2012 | cbsnews.com |
COMMENTARY It's been a busy social network week for News Corp (NWS) CEO and chairman Rupert Murdoch. First, he joined Twitter. Then he piled up the controversy by tweeting, "Maybe Brits have too many holidays for ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from: Nick Allen | January 1, 2012 | Telegraph.co.uk |
Rupert Murdoch has apparently joined Twitter and on his first day offered opinions on subjects including the US presidential election, the Oscars race and Steve Jobs.
Users of the microblogging site were initially suspicious that an account ... Read More
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