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Nine Things You Should Know About Facebook's IPO
Before diverting your child's college savings fund to invest in Facebook stock, read our take on the biggest "liquidity event" of the social-media eraRead Full Article »
How Spam Meat Has Survived Spam E-Mail
Despite its association with something everyone hates, Hormel's lunchmeat has not only survived, it's thrivedRead Full Article »
The DeLorean Is Back—This Time as a Bike
The man who plans to relaunch the iconic 80s sports car is expanding the DeLorean brand into luxury, two-wheeled transportationRead Full Article »
The Indian Outsourcing Issue Is Back
President Obama’s campaign rhetoric undercuts the vision for bilateral affairs he laid out just 18 months agoRead Full Article »
Assessing the Odds of a Greek Euro Exit
Despite intensifying drama, Greece could still end up sticking with the euroRead Full Article »
Hugo Chávez's Enemy No. 1
For the first time, Venezuela's president has a real rival. And as Henrique Capriles grows more popular, the tension—and danger—mountRead Full Article »
Epic Tech IPOs: Triumphs, a Travesty, and a Tragedy
A look back at some of the most successful tech IPOs ever, and some that didn't go as wellRead Full Article »
Facebookmania Begins
The social network makes its long-awaited debut in the public marketRead Full Article »
Pinterest Stake Fuels Rakuten's Quest to Be a Global Player
Rakuten's spending spree continues with a $100 million stake in photo-sharing site PinterestRead Full Article »
What Game Is John Boehner Playing?
The House speaker challenges the president to another budget showdownRead Full Article »
Taking a Whack at Romney's Private Equity Past
Obama's campaign attacks will be relentless and could upend the industryRead Full Article »
Why Warren Buffett Really Likes Newspapers
His affection for print isn't purely sentimentalRead Full Article »
The Developer Behind a $90 Million Penthouse
Gary Barnett builds luxury buildings for the global eliteRead Full Article »
The Hubris of Jamie Dimon
The JPMorgan chief who thought he had everything under control just lost $2 billion—and it could happen againRead Full Article »
Unlocking the Crude Oil Bottleneck at Cushing
This week the Seaway pipeline will start sending oil from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast. How will that impact the price of oil?Read Full Article »
How Mark Zuckerberg Hacked the Valley
A look at the daring decisions that took Facebook's price tag from $1 billion to about 100 times as muchRead Full Article »
Five Lessons From Music's Most Feared Manager, Led Zeppelin's Peter Grant
A British music industry school has named a course after the man—what might some of the lessons be?Read Full Article »
Is Google+ a Ghost Town, and Does It Matter?
A new study suggests that Google's social network is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waningRead Full Article »
Walking Shoes That Spy on Grandma
Two small U.S. companies recently launched a line of footwear that uses a GPS device embedded in the heel to track seniorsRead Full Article »
Are You Buying a Job or a Profitable Business?
Find out if the owner was compensated and what's prompting her to sell. Then get an accountant to help you go through the company's booksRead Full Article »
Integrated Marketing: If You Knew It, You'd Do It
The glut of places to advertise makes it easy to confuse customers with contradictory messages. Execute a strategy that integrates all your effortsRead Full Article »
Book Review: 'Private Empire,' by Steve Coll
A meticulously prepared portrait of how ExxonMobil sees itself as bigger than individual nation statesRead Full Article »
Can Coffee Kill You?
Just keep readingRead Full Article »
Mario Batali's Food-Stamp Budget Rice and Beans
The celebrity chef and host of The Chew offers up a meal that costs $1.45Read Full Article »
Confirming Wall Street's Misgivings About Newspapers
Papers lost $7 of print advertising for every $1 they gained in digital, a new study saysRead Full Article »
Argentina Asks Companies to Cut U.K. Imports Over Falklands
Argentine officials told executives from about 20 companies to cut their imports of goods made in the U.K. as a protest over control of the Falkland Islands, said an official who declined to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak publicly.Read Full Article »
Asian Stocks Enter Bull Market as Central Bankers Spur Recovery
Asian stocks entered a bull market yesterday after central-bank easing from the U.S. and Europe to China and Japan fueled the fastest rally in more than two years.Read Full Article »
Tobacco Companies Can’t Be Forced by FDA to Use Graphic Warnings
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was blocked by a federal judge from requiring tobacco companies to put graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging.Read Full Article »
Davy Jones, Made-for-TV Lead Singer of the Monkees, Dies at 66
Davy Jones, the accidental pop-music star who gave voice to songs such as “I’m a Believer’’ and “Pleasant Valley Sunday’’ as lead singer of the made-for- television band the Monkees, has died. He was 66.Read Full Article »
AIJ Suspension Undermines Japan Pensions Hedge Fund Appetite
The suspension of AIJ Investment Advisors Co.’s operations amid concerns hedge funds it manages had lost pension money may undermine plans by Japan’s retirement funds to boost returns to meet demand in an aging society.Read Full Article »
Clear Channel Outdoor Plans Dividend to Repay Debt
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., the billboard company controlled by Bain Capital Partners LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, plans to pay a $2.2 billion dividend, mostly to repay debt.Read Full Article »
Texas At-Home Health Services Accused of $374 Million Fraud
Seven people in Texas billed U.S. government health programs for $374 million in services that weren’t provided or necessary in the largest at-home health-care fraud scheme, according to the Justice Department.Read Full Article »
No Company Follows Apple's Expanded China Factory Audits
Rivals aren't rushing to emulate the iPhone maker's decision to subject supplier factories to evaluations by the Fair Labor AssociationRead Full Article »
Risk On: Was 2008 Just a Bad Dream?
With volatility back to low, pre-crisis levels, safety is being shunned for excitementRead Full Article »
Lessons from Apple's iPad Adventure in China
Among the basics for the Chinese market: Know who your regulators areRead Full Article »
Hybrids' Unlikely Rival: Plain Old Cars
Big improvements in conventional gasoline-powered cars narrow the mileage gapRead Full Article »
For Sale: The London Metal Exchange?
The world's biggest metals market has drawn multiple takeover bids and its board is meeting on Feb. 23 to review themRead Full Article »
The Israeli Stock Market's Surprising Stability
When adjusted for volatility, the Tel Aviv TA-25 offers the best returns of any developed stock marketRead Full Article »
Student Debt Is Stifling Home Sales
Grads with high debt can't get mortgages, even if they can afford them—another block to a housing recoveryRead Full Article »
