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Sands China has raised $2.5 billion in a Hong Kong IPO after pricing the share sale at the low end of its indicative price range on lackluster reception from investors. (Read More)
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In a new disclosure, Zynga tells us it makes 90% of its revenues from gamers putting their own money into the system to buy virtual goods.Zynga says 10% of its revenues come from "offers" marketing, where sponsors agree to b (Read More)
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Say Anything:
...students protest, occupying buildings.Just a couple of months ago, we noted that Barack Obama compared his health care proposals to the current relationship between public and private colleges.They argue that these privat (Read More)
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The Guardian:
Ivan Klasnic reveals the story behind his two kidney transplants and the debt he owes his familyIvan Klasnic winces as he remembers the day his life was turned upside down. It was November 2005 and Werder Bremen had just beat (Read More)
The Guardian:
Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlinesStripped blogger Belle de JourThe blogger-turned-bestselling-author who documented her secret life as a call girl revealed after five years of carefully maintained anonymity her true (Read More)
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(This guest post originally appeared at the oil drum, and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License)One of the features of many models that are used to predict future events is that (Read More)
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www.ft.com:
The military decoy and pyrotechnic device group has placed $280m of loan notes with institutional investors, giving it renewed firepower for further acquisitions. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Scot will face Del Potro in tournament opener• £1m prize money will help weary players focusThe world's leading players shuffled around what used to be County Hall yesterday in their new suits, shirts, shoes and ties like g (Read More)
The Guardian:
• US confectioner has moved thousands of jobs to Mexico in three-year restructuring• Company's intentions towards Cadbury, a potential bid target, remain unclearIt calls itself the sweetest place in America. But the home town (Read More)
Xconomy:
IT, deals, VC Ryan McBride wrote: Pilates is famous for shaping up peoples’ buttocks, tummies, and thighs. But what can the popularity of this fitness phenomenon and the market for health products do for investment portf (Read More)
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Devry (DV) touts a number of pretty prestigious company names in a NY subway-ad campaign, "Great companies hire great grads."The poster is littered with the names of companies that it says their students go on to work for, li (Read More)
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People are staying together in South Florida. But not because they want to.Miami Herald: With the economy sputtering, South Florida couples are staying together more or attempting do-it-yourself divorces rather than paying (Read More)
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Silicon Alley Insider:
The explosive growth of the Facebook games business has left a small number of companies with a lot of cash.Zynga has raised $54 million. Playdom has raised $43 million and Playfish now has the resources of a billion dollar p (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
ANKARA (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Tur (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Jam maker J.M. Smucker Co. reports fiscal second-quarter profit almost tripled from a year ago and raises its fiscal year forecast.
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guardian.co.uk Society:
Judge rules bank had 'duty' to provide counter facilities to David Allen, who has muscular dystrophyThe Royal Bank of Scotland lost its appeal over a ruling that it failed to cater for the wheelchair access needs of a disabl (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamberIs it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights above the chamber of the Commons, drove out those atmospheric, (Read More)
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A new industry has taken root in Detroit with the opening of the city's new 'MedGrow Cannabis College'.Here students learn how to grow marijuana professionally, debating the 'finer points of inhaling' and which plants 'give t (Read More)
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Somehow Citi snagged the domain finance.com before every million other financial institution.The site www.finance.com re-directs automatically to citi.com, where you can sign up for a credit card with 0% APR financing!Join th (Read More)
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