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Facebook IPO: a bittersweet one-year anniversary
Facebook IPO one year later: The initial public offering that was supposed to signal a new era for social media turned instead into one of the most botched IPOs in US history.
The Facebook IPO, One Year Later  Wall Street Journal
Leaning Down: Facebook's Stock At Its IPO Anniversary  Forbes
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Consumer Sentiment Index in U.S. Rose to 83.7 in May from 76.4
Americans' confidence in the economy climbed in May to the highest level in almost six years as rising real estate values and record stock prices boosted household wealth.
Consumer sentiment perks to post-recession peak  MarketWatch
Consumer Sentiment Hits Nearly 6-Year High  Wall Street Journal
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Will American's New Boarding Process Work? It Failed at Virgin America.
Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes ...
American Airlines Doesn't Want Your Bags in the Cabin  Businessweek
US airline group sees pickup in summer air passengers  Reuters
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Tumblr In Talks With Yahoo; Facebook And Microsoft Also Said To Be Circling
According to multiple reports (the first coming from All Things D), the social blogging site is in serious talks with Yahoo Yahoo, which is looking to secure a strategic investment, partnership or even an outright acquisition.
Yahoo's Mayer Said to Be Preparing Updates for Flickr Photo Site  Bloomberg
After Small Acquisitions, Yahoo Goes Big With Tumblr  Businessweek
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Gains for a 4th Week in a Row, and Milestones, Too
Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week in a row of gains as encouraging economic data prompted investors to buy shares of growth companies.
Dow, S&P end at records, stocks mark fourth week of gains  Reuters
Five Stocks That Made Big Gains this Week - NASDAQ.com  NASDAQ
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How JC Penney Can Stem The Tide Of Slumping Sales
Yesterday, J.C. Penney announced a serious first quarter loss of $348 million, or $1.58 per share and a revenue slump of 16.4% to $2.635 billion as same store sales dropped 16.6%.
Where Did All Those JC Penney Customers Go?  Wall Street Journal
J.C. Penney First-Quarter Net Loss Widens After Johnson Leaves  Bloomberg
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Bernanke's advice for college grads
"During your working lives, you will have to reinvent yourselves many times," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told new graduates at Bard College at Simon's Rock on Saturday.
Bernanke Tells Grads Innovation Is Key  CNBC.com
Bernanke Optimistic About Innovation  Wall Street Journal
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US HOT STOCKS: Acquity Group Active in Late Trading
U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 121 points to 15354, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 17 points to 1667, and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 34 points to 3499.
Accenture says it will buy Acquity Group for $316M  Businessweek
Accenture Plc (ACN) Acquires E-Commerce Company Acquity Group For $316 ...  Pulse 2.0
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Death toll rises to 12 in Indonesia mine collapse
Timika, Indonesia: Twelve workers have been confirmed dead after a mine tunnel collapse in eastern Indonesia, but 16 others are still unaccounted for five days after the accident, the US operator said on Sunday.
Hopes fade for those still trapped in Freeport Indonesia mine  Reuters
Copper Rises on Brighter Economic Data, Supply Disruption  Wall Street Journal
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Bitcoin boosters rally to assure Congress of currency's worth
Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet.
Should You Trade Bitcoin? An Expert View  DailyForex.com (blog)
Bitcoin mine or minefield?  Daily News & Analysis
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