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Women and Leadership: Sheryl Sandberg and the Facebook IPO – Technorati


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Women and Leadership: Sheryl Sandberg and the Facebook IPO
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I'ma fan of Sheryl Sandberg – the COO of Facebook and much of the reason that, coming into its IPO, the company is valued at up to $100 billion. Let's face it, Mark Zuckerberg might have had a great idea – but he didn't know how to turn it into a great
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Facebook could be the next Google – Nashua Telegraph


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Facebook could be the next Google
Nashua Telegraph
The most anticipated IPO since Google is in motion. Facebook is going public and its 27-year-old founder – Mark Zuckerberg – will enter the rarified air of the world's wealthiest people. The $10 billion question is whether Facebook will follow in
Life After IPO! Facebook: Growth? Innovation? Development? Profits? You Bet!Technorati
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Tiles and extra security: Windows 8 is coming – The Hindu


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Tiles and extra security: Windows 8 is coming
The Hindu
This will be the year those anticipating a new Microsoft operating system have been waiting for. Windows 8 is set to arrive some time in 2012, with new functions, a user interface dubbed Metro that takes its cue from tablet computers and a focus on
Microsoft Windows 8 Unification Plan: Grand, But RiskyInformationWeek
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Four Things Not to ‘Like’ About the Facebook IPO – Morningstar.com


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Four Things Not to 'Like' About the Facebook IPO
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Facebook has a solid business right now, but keep these weaknesses in mind before getting too excited. By Bearemy Glaser | 02-05-12 | 06:00 AM | E-mail Article More ink has been spilled on the Facebook IPO in the few days since its initial SEC filing
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Motorola seeking 2.25% of Apple’s sales for standard-essential patent license – Apple Insider


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Motorola seeking 2.25% of Apple's sales for standard-essential patent license
Apple Insider
By Josh Ong Recently uncovered court documents from Motorola Mobility's legal complaints against Apple have revealed that the handset maker is seeking 2.25 percent of Apple's sales of wireless devices in exchange for a patent license covering its
Patent Wars & Microsoft, Buyer of iPadsThe Mac Observer
What Motorola wants: 2.25% of Apple's iPhone sales revenueFortune
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germanynwitimes.com
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Mars too dry for life – Telegraph.co.uk


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Mars too dry for life
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Life could not exist on the surface of Mars because the planet has experienced a 600 million year "super-drought", scientists claim. By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent Analysis of soil from the red planet found that its surface had been dry for
Life ruled out on Mars after 600 mn year droughtTimes of India
The Surface Of Mars Is Too Dry For LifeForbes
Study: Life on Mars likely lives undergroundThe State Column
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Microsoft Windows 8 Unification Plan: Grand, But Risky – InformationWeek


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Microsoft Windows 8 Unification Plan: Grand, But Risky
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Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 appear to look very much alike. That's great news for users, but can Redmond pull off one OS across desktops, mobile and more? According to Windows Phone 8 leaks, the mobile OS will share code with the Windows 8 client–a
Windows Phone 8: Great, But Still Too Late?PC Magazine
Where now for Microsoft and Windows Phone?Forbes
Microsoft will relax hardware specifications for Windows Phone 8Inquirer
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Facebook exec builds alliances – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette


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Facebook exec builds alliances
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
NEW YORK – Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg recently threw a fundraiser for President Obama, dining with Lady Gaga and the president himself. Last month, Sandberg was a highly visible co-chairwoman of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Many besides Facebook leader will be enriched – Houston Chronicle


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Many besides Facebook leader will be enriched
Houston Chronicle
By Benny Evangelistia Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may have 26 billion reasons to smile after his company's initial public offering takes place but others will benefit, too. Photo: Paul Sakuma / AP When Facebook cannonballs into the pool of publicly
Call it Zuckerberg Inc.Omaha World-Herald
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way, and the Art of the Founder's LetterWired News
For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of lifeUSA TODAY

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Zuckerberg describes ‘Hacker Way’ at Facebook – LubbockOnline.com


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Zuckerberg describes 'Hacker Way' at Facebook
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(AP) In Facebook's regulatory filing for an initial public offering of stock, CEO Mark Zuckerberg included a letter to potential investors about the company's thinking. He described it as a social mission to make the world more open and connected.
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way, and the Art of the Founder's LetterWired News
Should Facebook Care What the Public Likes?Wall Street Journal (blog)
For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of lifeUSA TODAY
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For Facebook ‘Hacker Way’ is way of life, but is that good for investors? – Contra Costa Times


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For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life, but is that good for investors?
Contra Costa Times
By Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer This Oct. 15, 2011 file photo, shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smiling during a meeting in San Francisco. Will Facebook list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq?
Should Facebook Care What the Public Likes?Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way, and the Art of the Founder's LetterWired News
Facebook IPO will create billionairesSan Francisco Chronicle
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Anonymous hacks call between FBI and Scotland Yard about hackers – Digitaltrends.com


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Anonymous hacks call between FBI and Scotland Yard about hackers
Digitaltrends.com
A recent trans-Atlantic call between the FBI and the UK's Scotland Yard in which operatives from the two law enforcement agencies discussed ongoing cases regarding a number of alleged hackers was intercepted and recorded—by hackers.
Anonymous gain access to FBI and Scotland Yard hacking callBBC News
FBI Admits Hacker Group's EavesdroppingNew York Times
Hacker Group Anonymous Intercepted US Call Over InvestigationBusinessWeek
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Facebook, Dead or Alive – Wall Street Journal


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Facebook, Dead or Alive
Wall Street Journal
By AL LEWIS I will not make the same mistake I made in 2004 when I panned the initial public stock offering of Google. "A bet on Google is a bet on a company that makes 95% of its revenues on Internet advertising," I wrote, before I came to work for
Why Facebook may not be a wise investmentWashington Post
IPO Euphoria, Without Much MemoryNew York Times
Advice to new Facebook millionaires: take a breathReuters
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Goes Public on Parenting – Forbes


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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Goes Public on Parenting
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Would it surprise you to hear that a future CEO had the following background? She enjoyed weekly manicures with her mother starting at age four, spent her days playing princess dress-up, was not regularly around professional women, and was not told she
The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on MessageNew York Times
Facebook board of directors lacks diversityWashington Post
Facebook COO Poised to Enter Billionaire Boys ClubThe Atlantic Wire

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Three reasons to avoid the Facebook flotation – The Guardian


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Three reasons to avoid the Facebook flotation
The Guardian
Can Facebook really be worth $100bn? Mark Zuckerberg hasn't yet put a price tag on his creation, so it's still premature to say he'll attempt to achieve that big fat round number when the flotation happens. But read last week's prospectus and put
Why Facebook may not be a wise investmentWashington Post
IPO Euphoria, Without Much MemoryNew York Times
Advice to new Facebook millionaires: take a breathReuters
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Facebook COO Poised to Enter Billionaire Boys Club – The Atlantic Wire


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Facebook COO Poised to Enter Billionaire Boys Club
The Atlantic Wire
The New York Times has a profile today of Sheryl Sandberg, the second-in-command at Facebook, whose personal fortune could reach $1.6 billion should all go as planned with the social networking behemoth's initial public offering.
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Zuckerberg’s 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion – Register


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Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion
Register
If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012. What's more, the Financial Times
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Wealthy Investors Shrug at Facebook IPOBusinessWeek
Its Chief's Big Tax Bill May Benefit FacebookNew York Times
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Why Facebook may not be a wise investment – Washington Post


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Why Facebook may not be a wise investment
Washington Post
Facebook officially filed its IPO on Wednesday. The initial public offering is expected sometime in May and will value Facebook at $75 billion to $100 billion. The company generated $3.7 billion in 2011 revenue. As strong as this figure sounds at first
IPO Euphoria, Without Much MemoryNew York Times
Facebook's IPO Filing Pushes Zynga's Stock Prices Higher and HigherTechnorati
Is this Facebook's great leap forward?The Guardian
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The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message – New York Times


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The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO SEVENTY-TWO hours before Facebook's big moment, Sheryl K. Sandberg was half a world away, hobnobbing with the likes of Bono and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Yes, Ms. Sandberg is Mark Zuckerberg's No. 2. And, yes, if all goes well,
Facebook board of directors lacks diversityWashington Post
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Is this Facebook’s great leap forward? – The Guardian


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Is this Facebook's great leap forward?
The Guardian
Management consultant and business expert Peter Cohan does not plan on investing in Facebook stock any time soon. The author of 10 business books, including Capital Rising and Export Now, took a look at the social media network's filings for its coming
Pew study finds Facebook users receive more warm fuzzies than they giveWashington Post
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