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Facebook's Flawed IPO Strategy | Strategy: A plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim ... The art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle |
Forbes Last Thursday, Facebook | Facebook: Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc., with more than 500 million active users in July 2010, which is about one person for every fourteen in the world. ... ... A facebook is a printed or online collection of photographs of people. | executed | executed: Carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action) ... Produce (a work of art) | the world largest IPO in history based on value. Valued at over $100B, the investment | investment: The action or process of investing money for profit or material result ... A thing that is worth buying because it may be profitable or useful in the future | bankers like Morgan Stanley and Facebook should be congratulated | congratulated: Give (someone) ones good wishes when something special or pleasant has happened to them ... Praise (someone) for a particular achievement | and giving each other high-fives, right? The Future is Looking Bright for Facebook and Their IPO Z6Mag Facebook is going to need all the friends it can get The Guardian | Guardian: A defender, protector, or keeper ... A person who looks after and is legally responsible for someone who is unable to manage their own affairs, esp. an incompetent or disabled person or a child whose parents have died | Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. Realities New York Times PCWorld (blog) - Wall Street Journal - CNBC.com all 714 news articles » |
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Viewing events, protective | protective: Capable of or intended to protect someone or something ... Having or showing a strong wish to keep someone or something safe from harm | eyewear urged for 'Ring of Fire' to avoid eye injury
Washington | Washington: A state in the northwestern US, on the Pacific coast, bordered by Canada; pop. 5,894,121; capital, Olympia; statehood, Nov. 11, 1889 (42). By agreement with Britain, emWashington/ems northern border was set at the 49th parallel in 1846 ... The capital of the US; pop. 572,059. It is coextensive with the District of Columbia, a federal district on the Potomac River bordering on the states of Virginia and Maryland. Founded in 1790, during the presidency of George emWashington/em, the city was planned by engineer Pierre-Charles LEnfant (1754–1825) and built as the capital. Full name emWashington/em, DC | Post ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The western United States and eastern Asia will be treated this weekend to a rare solar spectacle | spectacle: A visually striking performance or display ... An event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact | when the moon slides across the sun, creating | creating: Bring (something) into existence ... Cause (something) to happen as a result of ones actions | a “ring of fire.” But scientists | scientists: A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences ... (science) a particular branch of scientific knowledge; | caution would-be viewers to be very careful because the … Want to see the solar eclipse? Tips to stare safely Chicago Sun-Times 'Ring of Fire' eclipse visible from China to Texas KFOX El Paso all 185 news articles » |
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Spain faces crisis of confidence | confidence: The feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust ... The state of feeling certain about the truth of something | after deficit slip
Reuters * Spain hikes 2011 deficit to 8.9 pct from 8.5 pct of GDP * Change a disaster | disaster: A sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life ... Denoting a genre of films that use natural or accidental catastrophe as the mainspring of plot and setting | for Spanish credibility-economist * Eurostat | Eurostat: Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg. Its main responsibilities are to provide the European Union with statistical information at European level and to promote the harmonisation of statistical methods across the Member States of the European Union, ... ... Eurostat is a Directorate-General (DG) of the European Commission. Eurostat#39;s key role is to supply statistics to other Directorate-Generals and supply the Commission and other European | European: A native or inhabitant of Europe ... A national of a state belonging to the emEuropean/em Union | Institutions with data so they can define, implement and analyse Community policies. | to send mission to Madrid in next 2 weeks (Adds European Commission | Commission: The authority to perform a task or certain duties ... An instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people | to send mission to Madrid) By Paul Day MADRID, … Europe's debt crisis joins governments | governments: The governing body of a nation, state, or community ... The system by which a nation, state, or community is governed | and banks at the hip Los Angeles Times Greek politics, Spain banks test eurozone | eurozone: The group of European Union nations whose national currency is the euro ... The eurozone , officially the euro area, is an economic and monetary union (EMU) of 16 European Union (EU) member states which have adopted the euro currency as their sole legal tender. ... | survival BusinessWeek | BusinessWeek: Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly officially known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg | Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) source of static data. ... (Bloomberg) New York#39;s billionaire mayor and 1964 alum, Michael Bloomberg, has donated more money (and bricks) to Hopkins than, well, anyone. The School of Public Health and the most far-flung building on campus are both named after him. ... | L.P.. It is currently headquartered in New York City, New York. ... (BusinessWeek) August 12, 2005; | GLOBAL MARKETS: European Stocks Still Weak But Peripheral | Peripheral: Of, relating to, or situated on the edge or periphery of something ... Of secondary or minor importance; marginal | Markets Perk Up Wall Street Journal Bloomberg - Financial | Financial: Of or relating to finance ... fiscal: involving financial matters; | Times all 1,757 news articles » |
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Solar eclipse 2012: Where to buy eclipse glasses
Los Angeles Times Where can you buy eclipse sunglasses? It's hard to find, but there is a sure place to find them in Los Angeles — Griffith | Griffith: D. W. (1875–1948), US movie director; full name David Lewelyn Wark emGriffith/em. A pioneer in movies, he is responsible for introducing many cinematic techniques, including flashback and fade-out. Notable films: The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), and Broken Blossoms (1919) ... United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948) | Observatory. The city-owned observatory in the Hollywood | Hollywood: A resort city in southeastern Florida, north of Miami, on the Atlantic Ocean; pop. 139,357 ... A district in Los Angeles, the principal center of the US movie industry | Hills is selling eclipse sunglasses | sunglasses: Glasses tinted to protect the eyes from sunlight or glare ... spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; | for $2.99 a pair, and has plenty of … North Calif. to have best views of eclipse UPI.com Shooting a Solar Eclipse National | National: Of or relating to a nation; common to or characteristic of a whole nation ... Owned, controlled, or financially supported by the federal government | Geographic | Geographic: of or relating to the science of geography ... (geography) study of the earth#39;s surface; includes people#39;s responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Demand eclipses | eclipses: An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination ... A loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another person or thing | supply of solar glasses; viewing parties should have more for … Record-Searchlight LiveScience.com - Patch.com - Sacramento | Sacramento: A river in northern California that rises near the border with Oregon and flows about 380 miles (611 km) south to San Francisco Bay ... The capital of California, situated on the emSacramento/em River, northeast of San Francisco; pop. 407,018 | Bee all 128 news articles » |
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Europe's debt crisis joins governments | governments: The governing body of a nation, state, or community ... The system by which a nation, state, or community is governed | and banks at the hip
Los Angeles Times In Greece, Spain and elsewhere, much of the national | national: Of or relating to a nation; common to or characteristic of a whole nation ... Owned, controlled, or financially supported by the federal government | debt is owed to the countries' banks, and disaster | disaster: A sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life ... Denoting a genre of films that use natural or accidental catastrophe as the mainspring of plot and setting | for one would almost certainly | certainly: Undoubtedly; definitely; surely ... (in answer to a question or command) Yes; by all means | spell doom for the other. A woman begs outside the headquarters | headquarters: The premises occupied by a military commander and the commanders staff ... The place or building serving as the managerial and administrative center of an organization | of Greece's central bank in Athens. Merkel says Germany needs European | European: A native or inhabitant of Europe ... A national of a state belonging to the emEuropean/em Union | market AFP Smoldering Greek Fire Has Investors | Investors: (investing) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit ... (investor) someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns | in Retreat Barron’s Euro Drops Versus Dollar, Yen on Greece Crisis Contagion | Contagion: The communication of disease from one person to another by close contact ... A disease spread in such a way | Concern Bloomberg | Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) source of static data. ... (Bloomberg) New York#39;s billionaire mayor and 1964 alum, Michael Bloomberg, has donated more money (and bricks) to Hopkins than, well, anyone. The School of Public Health and the most far-flung building on campus are both named after him. ... | BusinessWeek | BusinessWeek: Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly officially known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P.. It is currently headquartered in New York City, New York. ... (BusinessWeek) August 12, 2005; | - Wall Street Journal - Reuters all 2,913 news articles » |
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 Moneycontrol.com |
Facebook | Facebook: Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc., with more than 500 million active users in July 2010, which is about one person for every fourteen in the world. ... ... A facebook is a printed or online collection of photographs of people. | Banker Morgan Stanley Props Up Price It Helped Boost
Bloomberg Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter | underwriter: investment banker: a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities ... insurance broker: an agent who sells insurance | in Facebook Inc. (FB)'s initial public offering, stands to take a hit from a stock market debut that stoked disappointment | disappointment: The feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of ones hopes or expectations ... A person, event, or thing that causes such a feeling | among investors | investors: (investing) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit ... (investor) someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns | in the largest social network. The bank stepped in to prop up the stock from … Morgan Stanley made big bet on Facebook Economic | Economic: Of or relating to economics or the economy ... (of a subject) Considered in relation to trade, industry, and the creation of wealth | Times Morgan Stanley Got About 38% Of Facebook IPO Shares, Goldman Got About 15 … Wall Street Journal Morgan Stanley, Goldman got 53% of Facebook shares MarketWatch | MarketWatch: MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people. MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors and access to industry research. ... | all 214 news articles » |
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Oil prices slide to 6-month low on Greece turmoil
San Francisco | Francisco: (Francisco (CTA)) Francisco is an #39;L#39; station on the CTA#39;s Brown Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in Chicago#39;s Albany Park neighborhood at 4649 North Francisco Avenue. The adjacent stations are Kedzie, which is about one third of a mile (0. ... ... (Francisco (moon)) Francisco ( ) is the innermost irregular satellite of Uranus. | Chronicle MARKETS Oil slides on Greece turmoil Oil dropped Friday to a six-month low in New York on concern that Greece will have to exit the euro system, compounding | compounding: Make up (a composite whole); constitute ... Mix or combine (ingredients or constituents) | Europe's debt troubles | troubles: Cause distress or anxiety to ... Be distressed or anxious about | and curbing fuel demand. Futures declined | declined: Become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease ... Diminish in strength or quality; deteriorate | 1.2 percent after German … Oil prices edge up after sale Cherokee | Cherokee: A member of an American Indian people of the southeastern US, now living on reservations in Oklahoma and North Carolina ... The Iroquoian language of this people, which has had its own script since 1820 | Tribune NYMEX-Crude down, hits biggest 3-wk loss since Aug '11 Reuters Oil, Hogs Fall; Gold, Natural Gas Rise: Commodities | Commodities: A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee ... A useful or valuable thing, such as water or time | at Close Bloomberg | Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) source of static data. ... (Bloomberg) New York#39;s billionaire mayor and 1964 alum, Michael Bloomberg, has donated more money (and bricks) to Hopkins than, well, anyone. The School of Public Health and the most far-flung building on campus are both named after him. ... | Wall Street Journal - BusinessWeek | BusinessWeek: Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly officially known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P.. It is currently headquartered in New York City, New York. ... (BusinessWeek) August 12, 2005; | - MarketWatch | MarketWatch: MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people. MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors and access to industry research. ... | all 690 news articles » |
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Gold rises but falls short of $US1600
Sydney Morning Herald Gold rose more than 1 per cent on Friday, on track for its largest two-day gain since October, boosted by investors' consolidation | consolidation: combining into a solid mass ... the act of combining into an integral whole; | of positions | positions: A place where someone or something is located or has been put ... The location where someone or something should be; the correct place | ahead of the weekend and a stronger | stronger: Having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks ... Able to perform a specified action well and powerfully | euro. The second day of gains helped bolster confidence, which had been … PRECIOUS METALS: Comex Gold Rebounds | Rebounds: Bounce back through the air after hitting a hard surface or object ... Recover in value, amount, or strength after a previous decrease or decline | To End Wild Week Up 0.5% Wall Street Journal Gold jumps, heads for biggest 2-day gain since October Reuters Gold futures bounce higher as dollar weakens MarketWatch | MarketWatch: MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people. MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors | investors: (investing) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit ... (investor) someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns | and access to industry research. ... | Forbes - Bloomberg | Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) source of static data. ... (Bloomberg) New York#39;s billionaire mayor and 1964 alum, Michael Bloomberg, has donated more money (and bricks) to Hopkins than, well, anyone. The School of Public Health and the most far-flung building on campus are both named after him. ... | - UPI.com all 68 news articles » |
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GM won't advertise | advertise: Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance ... Seek to fill (a vacancy) by putting a notice in a newspaper or other medium | in the 2013 Super Bowl
CNNMoney By Peter Valdes-Dapena @PeterDrivesMay 18, 2012: 5:55 PM ET During last year's Super Bowl, GM ran an ad implying | implying: Strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated) ... (of a fact or occurrence) Suggest (something) as a logical consequence | that only its Chevrolet | Chevrolet: Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company (GM). Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 8, 1911, Chevrolet was acquired by General Motors in 1917. ... | Silverado | Silverado: Silverado is a 1985 American Western film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and written by Lawrence and Mark Kasdan. The movie features an ensemble cast, including Kevin Kline as Paden, Scott Glenn as Emmett, Danny Glover as Malachi | trucks could survive an apocalypse. But apparently, even GM couldn't live with next year's Super Bowl ad … GM spurns pricey SuperBowl | SuperBowl: The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the premier association of professional football. It was first played on January 15, 1967, as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL). ... ... NFL Championship game | ads AFP GM says Super Bowl ads too expensive | expensive: Costing a lot of money ... high in price or charging high prices; | and bows out The Associated | Associated: (of a person or thing) Connected with something else ... (of a company) Connected or amalgamated with another company or companies | Press GM decides Super Bowl ads are too expensive Houston Chronicle | Chronicle: Record (a related series of events) in a factual and detailed way ... A factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence | Bloomberg | Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) source of static data. ... (Bloomberg) New York#39;s billionaire mayor and 1964 alum, Michael Bloomberg, has donated more money (and bricks) to Hopkins than, well, anyone. The School of Public Health and the most far-flung building on campus are both named after him. ... | - Wall Street Journal - Reuters all 215 news articles » |
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