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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 era

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How Spam Meat Has Survived Spam E-Mail

Despite its association with something everyone hates, Hormel's lunchmeat has not only survived, it's thrived

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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 transportation

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The Indian Outsourcing Issue Is Back

President Obama’s campaign rhetoric undercuts the vision for bilateral affairs he laid out just 18 months ago

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Assessing the Odds of a Greek Euro Exit

Despite intensifying drama, Greece could still end up sticking with the euro

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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—mount

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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 well

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Facebookmania Begins

The social network makes its long-awaited debut in the public market

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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 Pinterest

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What Game Is John Boehner Playing?

The House speaker challenges the president to another budget showdown

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Taking a Whack at Romney's Private Equity Past

Obama's campaign attacks will be relentless and could upend the industry

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Why Warren Buffett Really Likes Newspapers

His affection for print isn't purely sentimental

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The Developer Behind a $90 Million Penthouse

Gary Barnett builds luxury buildings for the global elite

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The Hubris of Jamie Dimon

The JPMorgan chief who thought he had everything under control just lost $2 billion—and it could happen again

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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?

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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 much

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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?

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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 waning

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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 seniors

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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 books

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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 efforts

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Book Review: 'Private Empire,' by Steve Coll

A meticulously prepared portrait of how ExxonMobil sees itself as bigger than individual nation states

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Can Coffee Kill You?

Just keep reading

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Mario Batali's Food-Stamp Budget Rice and Beans

The celebrity chef and host of The Chew offers up a meal that costs $1.45

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Confirming Wall Street's Misgivings About Newspapers

Papers lost $7 of print advertising for every $1 they gained in digital, a new study says

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 Association

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Risk On: Was 2008 Just a Bad Dream?

With volatility back to low, pre-crisis levels, safety is being shunned for excitement

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Lessons from Apple's iPad Adventure in China

Among the basics for the Chinese market: Know who your regulators are