Scrutiny of Facebook IPO hype intensifies
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Federal regulators, shareholder attorneys and angry investors are looking askance at the hype — and company disclosures — in the lead-up to last week’s ballyhooed Facebook stock sale. They want to know whether the company and the banks that arranged the sale pulled one over on ordinary investors.
E.U. summit leaders determined
to keep Greece in the euro zone
Leaders said that despite divide between France, Germany, they would seek new “growth pact.”
An out-of-context view of Romney’s time at Bain Capital
FACT CHECKER | As the Obama campaign rolls out videos, Romney’s role at Bain continues to be a major issue.
China’s manufacturing may shrink for a seventh month, private survey shows
Today’s report, along with worse-than-forecast data from Japan and Taiwan yesterday, add to concerns that growth in Asia is in danger.
Leonsis, Case use Revolution Fund to invest in education software firm
Washington entrepreneurs Ted Leonsis and Steve Case have made another major investment with their $450 million Revolution growth fund, acquiring a big stake in Echo360.
From bankrupt city to civic model
Vallejo, Calif., has found its financial footing and has become an example of how to run a city in an age of shrinking budgets.
HP laying off 27,000 workers
The cuts announced Wednesday represent HP’s largest payroll purge in its 73-year history.
Dell stock tumbles the most in a decade
The company forecast fiscal second-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates.
Technology industry’s devices have become virtually indistinguishable
COLUMN | It’s as if design innovation has all but stopped in the world of technology.
Google cleared of patent infringement
In a trial, Google has been cleared of infringement on any patents owned by Oracle.
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Senators beckon immigrant entrepreneurs and workers
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Business Blogs & Columns
When Mark Zuckerberg’s stated mission to empower people collides with Wall Street’s actual mission, guess which prevails?
Parents and students heading off to college should pay attention to the horror stories about excessive debt.
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When someone tells me the U.S. is in decline, I have no idea what they’re talking about. And neither do they.
Nomoya Tinch Malcolm of Junior Achievement helps young adults prepare for the real world.
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Stories of a recovery in the real estate market are a rite of spring, but some remain skeptical.
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The era of moguls with hoodies
The Facebook CEO’s laid-back style reflects blurring line between Internet sector and Hollywood.
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The best and worst airlines of 2012
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A look at the tablet market
It’s not just an iPad world — a look at a number of products vying for consumers’ attention.
Home prices hit new post-crisis lows in 9 cities
Home prices fell in January in 16 of the 19 metropolitan areas measured by the Case-Shiller Home Price Index.
Dodd-Frank is hard to understand, and that’s why it has so many enemies http://t.co/QtQfHqZy
Fewer Americans identify as pro-choice, but support for abortion rights isn’t dropping http://t.co/vrK4Z1cF
City preps for food pavilion at St. Elizabeths with farmer’s market http://t.co/DkvPtwq7
Brickman Group hires new chief executive http://t.co/bGV1sgOP
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Europe’s financial contagion
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