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How does Facebook make money?
On Friday Facebook went public, with a value of £66billion. Since then shares have crashed and investigations and law suits launched as people try and work out what it’s really worth – so the question is: If the networking site is free to join and use, how exactly does it make money?
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HOW KENYA DOES IT
Long ago, I did some work on governments’ use of information technology, which Microsoft found interesting. So it decided I could do with some more education. That is how I got a chance to go to Kenya and look at the working of M-Pesa. Pesa is Swahili for Paisa or money, and M is for mobile.
www.telegraphindia.com
Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds
Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data ...
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How Thinking Affects Investing
In this series I will examine the habits and biases that influence us unconsciously (usually for the worse) when we making financial decisions.
www.independent.com
Good Companies Make Mediocre Stocks
The classic answer to the classic question about how to select stocks for the long run is to ?buy good companies at an attractive price and keep them as long as the company is managed well.? Good luck with that. It doesn?t work as advertised. For better results, buy a total stock market index fund.
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Find Outperforming Stocks in a Down Market!
CHICAGO, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks Investment Research presents their newest list of stocks featured in their weekly Research Wizard article, which describes how to profit from stock market opportunities. ...
finance.yahoo.com
Inside Facebook
How does the social media giant really work? Read this story before you buy the stock.
tech.fortune.cnn.com
Feeding frenzy for lawyers in botched Facebook IPO
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's bungled initial public offering has gone from one of the most highly anticipated stock offerings to a hot legal opportunity for lawyers on both sides of shareholder litigation. Court battles over the fizzled IPO could run for years, as the social networking company, the banks that took it public and the Nasdaq OMX Group Inc face claims that they short-changed investors ...
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Jill on Money: Real estate, munis, life insurance
Guest Ilyce Glink tell us how to take advantage of the bottoming real estate market
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How to buy 1 share of Facebook stock
The typical way to buy stock in a publicly traded firm is to open a brokerage account and place an order. But for those who want to own just one ceremonial share of a company, there's an easier, if sometimes pricier, way: You can buy through websites that specialize in "one share" transactions.
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