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Research: Is fair value really fair?

As the United States continues its struggle to emerge from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a practice known as fair-value accounting has been taking heat. Critics—mostly banking associations—say ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China first out of global financial crisis, says leading expert

China is the first major economy to start emerging from the global economic crisis, according to Dr Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics at Washington DC. This ...

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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What will Facebook do with all its cash?

What's Facebook going to do with all that money? Depending on the price it sets for its shares, the company is on track to raise $6.1 billion to $6.8 billion in its initial public offering. Facebook's new wealth will be added ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook falls flat in public debut (Update 3)

(AP) -- In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Companies ask: Does advertising on Facebook pay?

(AP) -- Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesday that it would sell more stock in the company's initial public offering. But ahead of the IPO, a debate emerged between two of the nation's ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Facebook investors to cash out more shares

(AP) -- Insiders and early Facebook investors will be unloading more of their shares in the initial public offering, the company said Wednesday, as they take advantage of investor demand.

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears

(AP) -- Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its IPO even bigger.

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wireless startup LightSquared files for bankruptcy

LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.

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created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Zero interest and growing fast

From humble beginnings, Islamic finance is now a trillion dollar industry and growing at a rate some in the West find alarming. A new analysis suggests it can be accommodated by the existing global financial ...

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Europe-US deal to curb highly enriched uranium use

Three of the world's top suppliers of medical isotopes on Monday announced plans to work toward phasing out the use of highly enriched uranium in the production process under a deal with the United States.

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created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

The crisis of shareholder primacy

If we want to prevent the next financial crisis, a new model of corporate governance is needed to replace shareholder primacy in financial institutions. Gates Scholar Mike Marin explains why.

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created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Yelp prices IPO at $15 a share as questions loom

(AP) -- Yelp is set to make its stock market debut Friday after pricing its initial public offering above its targeted range, a sign of strong investor demand for a slice of the 8-year-old online reviews site ...

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created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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