Facebook seeks to consolidate post-IPO lawsuits
(AP) — Facebook is seeking to consolidate the more than 40 lawsuits it faces following its rocky initial public offering of stock last month.
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Jun 15, 2012
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Facebook suggests Nasdaq glitches led to decline
(AP) — Facebook is suggesting that trading problems at the Nasdaq Stock Market contributed to a sharp drop in the company's stock price after its initial public offering.
Business
Jun 15, 2012
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USU team's Personnel Vacuum Assisted Climber wins Air Force prize (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Utah State University engineering undergraduate students have walked off as winners in an Air Force competition asking university teams to deliver systems that can help climbers reach the top of a 90-foot wall. ...
SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks to Caltech grads
(AP) — The founder of rocket startup SpaceX says he would like to see humans settle Mars and hopes the young generation will help make it happen.
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2012
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SEC questioned Facebook about Zynga, mobile
(AP) — As Facebook's much-anticipated public stock offering approached, federal regulators wanted to know more about the revenue it gets from mobile devices, its $1 billion deal to buy Instagram and the control CEO Mark ...
Business
Jun 15, 2012
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Phones gain ability to learn by touching
(AP) — There's a form of extra-sensory perception called psychometry, whose practitioners claim to learn things about objects by touching them. Smartphones set to be released this month by Samsung and Sony will have ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 15, 2012
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Civil society kicks off colorful Rio+20 counter-summit
Indigenous and religious groups kicked off a colorful summit Friday as a counterpoint to the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, calling on nations to do more to protect the planet.
Environment
Jun 15, 2012
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Mexican mogul Slim expands empire in Europe
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on Friday moved to spread his telecoms empire into central and eastern Europe by raising his stake in Telekom Austria to 9.9 percent with the aim of obtaining 25.9 percent.
Business
Jun 15, 2012
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NASA sees intensifying Hurricane Carlotta threatening Mexico
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over Carlotta when it was a tropical storm and found areas of heavy rain throughout and powerful high thunderstorms almost 10 miles high, hinting the storm ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2012
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Microsoft might talk tablets and TV on Monday
Microsoft promised to make a "major" announcement on Monday that started the Internet buzzing with talk that it would involve taking on Apple iPad with tablets running on Windows software.
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Jun 15, 2012
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