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Facebook IPO: Six key dates in its debacle
Facebook's first week as a publicly traded company will go down as a terribly botched corporate launch, perhaps one of the worst in recent history for such a highly visible entity. Eight days ago, it was the tech world's most highly anticipated initial public offering in eight years. Now, the social media company faces mounting legal woes and serves as an embarrassing example of how not to run an IPO. Despite rising insider pessimism about its growth prospects, Facebook kept boosting its asking price and the number of shares it would sell. The result: billions of dollars in losses; investigations by two congressional committees, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an industry watchdog, and the state of Massachusetts; at least 13 class-action lawsuits; and thousands of resentful shareholders who days later still were unsure how many Facebook shares they had or at what price. Here are six key dates in Facebook's unfolding IPO disaster.
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Maurice Sendak: 10 tweets about the 'Wild' author and illustrator
Children's author Maurice Sendak, creator of the darkly mischievous children's classic, "Where the Wild Things Are," has died at age 83. Mourning the loss of the beloved writer and illustrator, fans of his work took to Twitter to pay tribute to one of the most important children’s book writers of the 20th century. Take a look at some of the top tweets from the worlds of literature, film and beyond that celebrate the life Maurice Sendak.
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Battle for women's votes: 6 flash points
The uproar over the Obama campaign’s 'Life of Julia' Web infographic – which made #Julia big on Twitter – highlights just how fiercely both parties are fighting for the women’s vote. The economy is by far the most important issue in November for both sexes. But there are other areas with special significance to women. Here are the main flash points.
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Briefing
Five things to know about Freedom House's latest global rankings
A look at the 2012 Freedom House ranking of 197 countries according to their relative freedom.
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21 nonfiction books to watch for in spring 2012
This early harvest of spring 2012 titles looks promising.
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Horizons
Snow [Leopard] in August? Yep.
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Why steal music when you can stream it?
Illegal file-sharing is down, perhaps because it’s easier to get music legally now.
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Will WoW fans stop playing long enough to read a Warcraft magazine?
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The Vote
What would Sarah Palin want with Rhode Island?
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Short Web address sites form link archiving group
Those providers are now teaming up with data aggregation and syndication services company Gnip Inc. to form a system for archiving link data.
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First video ad to appear in Entertainment Weekly
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Google lawsuit dispels the Web's oldest tradition: anonymity
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Spotify: A new bounty of free music
This European app streams free music and makes money for musicians.
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Will the PlayStation3 Slim revive Sony's fortunes?
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Prayers make it to the Western Wall via Twitter
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With iLike, MySpace extends its reach
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Who still wants to be a young Republican?
In the age of Obama, the GOP scrambles to attract a new generation of voters.
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The Vote
Tom DeLay's second act is dancing
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EU to look into exploding iPhones
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Creator of 'Joker' Obama image unmasked
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Artist finds inspiration in Google Maps
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Apple Tablet release date pushed back?
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Hacker used Twitter to control infected PCs
A researcher looking into the attacks that knocked Twitter offline last week discovered another, unrelated security problem.
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TomTom GPS iPhone app finally arrives
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Next-gen storm trackers open window on Hurricane Bill
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Could iLike be a game-changer for MySpace?
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Lolcats take to the stage with a musical
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Michael Vick on the Web: protests, misspellings
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Boston OKs bike-share system with a tech twist
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A short guide to tools for citizen journalists
Before you sign up as an amateur reporter, here are some essentials.
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