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Forbes - Business
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Ohio Says No To Using Social Class to Sort Class Sports
7 hrs, 13 mins ago
Ohio's potential experiment in high school sports Communism appears to be as dead as Lenin, and as disappeared as Kim Jong Il, with no Kim Jong Un to take its place
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Small Wind Energy Goes Urban In Italy, Korea, Brazil And Texas
7 hrs, 29 mins ago
Streetlights usually operate at electricity rates like the ones we pay in our private homes
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It's Official! Facebook Raises $16 Billion in Historic IPO
8 hrs, 1 min ago
It may be no surprise, but Facebook just announced it will indeed go public at $38 a share, raising $16 billion in an initial public offering that values the No
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How Much Facebook's Billionaires Are Worth Now That IPO Has Priced
8 hrs, 5 mins ago
With Facebook pricing its initial public offering at $38 a share this afternoon, doing the math on the company has become much clearer
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Why Birdman Wants To Have Lunch With Oprah
8 hrs, 15 mins ago
Bryan "Birdman" Williams has had plenty of success in his career. After co-founding Cash Money Records two decades ago, he's grown his roster to include superstars from Lil Wayne to Drake to Nicki Minaj
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The Real Facebook Tax Outrage Isn't Eduardo Saverin
8 hrs, 15 mins ago
Eduardo Saverin (Image credit: via @daylife) Eduardo Saverin, Mark Zuckerberg?s co-founder at Facebook, has sparked outrage by renouncing his U
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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Facebook's Crucial Challenge: Closing the Back Door
6 hrs, 53 mins ago
When Facebook goes public tomorrow at the highest value ever given to an American IPO, it will catapult the social media juggernaut into the ranks of the most highly capitalized digital companies
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Facebook Foibles: How to Avoid Getting Fried
7 hrs, 2 mins ago
Getting twitchy? Still thinking about pulling the trigger on buying into the Facebook IPO? Here are some tips to avoid getting fried:
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Rekindling an Affair
8 hrs, 29 mins ago
A May 15th New York Times editorial, "Ending An Affair?", noted that investors are shunning the stock market due in large part to market bubbles and the fact that investor trust has been destroyed as a result of scandals and reckless trading, including the recent $2 billion loss at JP Morgan Chase.
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Facebook Prices IPO At $38 Per Share, Valued At $104 Billion
9 hrs, 5 mins ago
Facebook has priced its initial public offering at $38 per share, making it the largest Internet IPO by dollar value.
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Life after the Facebook IPO: What's Next for Zuckerberg
9 hrs, 48 mins ago
What happens at a company like Facebook after the excitement of an IPO? That's one of the key questions that Mark Zuckerberg will have to face.
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On Eve Of Facebook IPO, Eduardo Saverin Fires Back At Critics Over Accusations Of Tax-Dodging
9 hrs, 59 mins ago
When it came to light last week that Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin had renounced his U
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Forbes - Leadership
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10 Reflections On Facebook's IPO
17 mins ago
With Facebook all grown up, it's hard not to reflect on the last eight tempestuous years:
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The Real Reason That TED Talk Was 'Censored'? It's Shoddy And Dumb
31 mins ago
The Web's abuzz about the alleged censorship of Seattle venture capitalist Ted Hanauer's March 2012 TED talk on why the rich are soul-sucking tax cheats don't create jobs
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Does GM Have a Point About Facebook? Yes, Rivals Concede
39 mins ago
Executives with other automotive brands say they wouldn't have completely departed Facebook advertising as General Motors did this week
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The American Express Foundation: An Inside Look with President Tim McClimon
1 hr, 33 mins ago
In an interview with Tim McClimon, President of the American Express Foundation, we discussed the company?s philanthropic gene since its founding, the issues they focus on today and why, broader trends in corporate social responsibility, leadership lessons, and the importance of cross-sector collaboration to achieve change.
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Oops! Five CEOs Who Should Have Already Been Fired (Cisco, GE, WalMart, Sears, Microsoft)
3 hrs, 4 mins ago
Our attention is grabbed weekly by business problems for which CEOs make excuses
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The Real Reason GM Left Facebook
4 hrs, 42 mins ago
So GM is pulling its $10 million Facebook ad budget and we all are now left to ponder who will be next, right? In their official statement GM marketing chief Joel Ewanick said ?We regularly review our overall media spend and make adjustments as needed
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Forbes - Tech
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10 Reflections On Facebook's IPO
17 mins ago
With Facebook all grown up, it's hard not to reflect on the last eight tempestuous years:
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The Real Reason That TED Talk Was 'Censored'? It's Shoddy And Dumb
31 mins ago
The Web's abuzz about the alleged censorship of Seattle venture capitalist Ted Hanauer's March 2012 TED talk on why the rich are soul-sucking tax cheats don't create jobs
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Kleiner Perkins Closes $525 Million New Fund
2 hrs, 9 mins ago
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has closed $525 million for its fifteenth early stage fund to invest in technology, clean tech and life sciences companies.
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How Wall Street Is Profiting From The Facebook IPO
4 hrs, 44 mins ago
For the last few months big banks like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase have had to deal with scandals involving muppets and whales
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Forbes Games: Whimsyshire And Gamer Ire
5 hrs, 50 mins ago
A selection of today's game news and analysis from Forbes.com.
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Why I Lost My Faith In Facebook Advertising
6 hrs, 7 mins ago
Long before GM pulled its $10M in advertising from Facebook, I lost my faith in the platform
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Forbes - Lifestyle
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Tiffany Takes Over Its U
15 May 2012
Tiffany & Co. has taken a major step into controlling its destiny in the United Arab Emirates by restructuring its joint venture agreement with retailer Damas Jewellery.
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What's The Real Problem: Facebook's Ads, Or GM's Cars?
15 May 2012
Facebook Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) General Motors' decision to pull its paid ads from Facebook might seem like a big slap just days before the social media site's IPO
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James Toback-Alec Baldwin 'Secret' Movie Begins Shooting in Earnest
15 May 2012
James Toback is here, and he's setting up and getting ready to shoot his "secret" movie with Alec Baldwin
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Cannes 2012 Faces Economic Reality: Cutbacks Everywhere
15 May 2012
Tomorrow brings the opening of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the 65th anniversary
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Settled (For Now) Dispute Over Field Hockey Playing Boy Isn't About Gender -- It's About Skill
15 May 2012
Keeling Pilaro, the 13-year-old boy who was barred from playing field hockey with girls, has now been cleared to play with them again
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10 Fast and Fuel-Frugal Sports Cars
15 May 2012
Not all of the quickest cars on the road are gas-guzzlers. We?ve isolated 10 models that are not only speedy ? reaching 60 mph in less than six seconds ? but boast combined city/highway fuel-economy of 22 mpg or better in the bargain.
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Forbes - Op/Ed
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Goodbye, Memphis
4 hrs, 43 mins ago
By the time you read this, we will be putting finishing touches on packing and the like for our move to Birmingham, Alabama, where I will join the faculty at Samford University
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Is Higher Education A Giant Pyramid Scheme?
6 hrs, 3 mins ago
Two young women hold a sign showing the figure 1 trillion during an Occupy Wall Street rally against the high cost of college tuition April 25, 2012 in New York
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Fiscal Austerity And Rational Morality
6 hrs, 20 mins ago
Boring as it sounds, ?fiscal austerity? has been a hot topic of debate among pundits and political economists in recent weeks, and I for one think that?s terrific
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The Real Reason That TED Talk Was 'Censored'? It's Shoddy And Dumb
6 hrs, 37 mins ago
The Web's abuzz about the alleged censorship of Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer's March 2012 TED talk on why the rich are soul-sucking tax cheats don't create jobs
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Facebook Foibles: How To Avoid Getting Fried
7 hrs, 2 mins ago
Getting twitchy? Still thinking about pulling the trigger on buying into the Facebook IPO? Here are some tips to avoid getting fried:
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Congress Advances Bill To Protect Cell Phone Users' Privacy
12 hrs, 15 mins ago
The Supreme Court showed unanimity in its discomfort with electronically tracking people without a warrant in its GPS tracking decision in January
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Forbes - Lists
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How Much Facebook's Billionaires Are Worth Now That IPO Has Priced
8 hrs, 5 mins ago
With Facebook pricing its initial public offering at $38 a share this afternoon, doing the math on the company has become much clearer
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Why Birdman Wants To Have Lunch With Oprah
8 hrs, 15 mins ago
Bryan "Birdman" Williams has had plenty of success in his career. After co-founding Cash Money Records two decades ago, he's grown his roster to include superstars from Lil Wayne to Drake to Nicki Minaj
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Walton Family Lands Combined $3
8 hrs, 17 mins ago
Wal-Mart is back.
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What To Do When The Next Layoff Could Be You
8 hrs, 48 mins ago
All Things Digital reports that Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Meg Whitman will put the wheels in motion next week to eliminate about 30,000 jobs
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How Sacha Baron Cohen Earned $30 Million But Didn't Make The Celebrity 100
9 hrs, 49 mins ago
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's movie, The Dictator, is in theaters this weekend
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Meet the Billionaire Ricketts Family: Dad Plans Anti-Obama Attack While Gay Daughter Fundraises For Prez
11 hrs, 21 mins ago
The New York Times had tongues wagging in Washington on Thursday morning with its revelation that a conservative billionaire is behind a top secret (well, 'til now) campaign to discredit Obama by race-baiting -- a method that, for obvious reasons, the GOP and Romney's team tend to avoid.
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