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Man injured in Longford shooting - RTÉ News

A man has been injured after a shooting incident at a building outside Longford town in the early hours of this morning.

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Facebook falls flat in public debut

After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. Its stock closed at $38.23, up 23 cents, after pricing Thursday night at $38 per share.

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Facebook Closes at $38.23, Nearly Flat on Day

Facebook opened at $42.05 a share in its first day of trading, but began tumbling soon afterward, repeatedly testing the offer price as a floor.

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Facebook Ends Flat On First Day's Trading

Trading in Facebook shares has been delayed on the Nasdaq in New York, in one of the most hotly-anticipated US stock market flotations.

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Facebook stock stumbles in big public debut

Facebook Inc. shares got off to a rocky start in what has been the most highly anticipated initial public offering in history.

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Facebook falls flat in public debut

After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began.

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Why Did Zynga's Stock Drop After Facebook Went Public?

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David McWilliams » Punk Economics Lesson 4

Punk Economics is a new way looking at the economy based on the central idea that what is important is not complicated and what is complicated is never important. Lesson 4: Irish Referendum Preview...

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Facebook IPO closes at US$38.23 after first day’s trading

One of the most eagerly awaited IPOs in tech industry history ended not far from where it started Facebook opened at US$38 and while share soared to US$45 at one point by the end of the first day of...

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Facebook IPO: Live Updates On FB's Big Day

Eight years, 900 million users, and several Winklevoss lawsuits later, Facebook is going public in what will be the third largest IPO in history...

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Facebook IPO: Lackluster trading after all the hype

Whether the Facebook IPO was a "dud" or the ultimate exit strategy, the social media giant has a lot of work to do

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U2's Bono Will NOT Make More On The Facebook IPO Than Throughout His 30-Year Music Career

Today's Facebook IPO will make U2's Bono the richest rocker on the planet, according to multiple reports .  Back in 2009, the musician smartly bought 2.3 percent of shares for $90 million in...

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Facebook Closes at $38.23, Nearly Flat on Day

Facebook opened at $42.05 a share in its first day of trading, but began tumbling soon afterward, repeatedly testing the offer price as a floor.

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U2's Bono Could Make HOW MUCH Off Facebook's IPO?

It's a "Beautiful Day" to be Bono. As Facebook goes public, the U2 frontman could stand to make up to $1.5 billion off the widely anticipated IPO.

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Facebook's IPO fails to live up to all the hype

In the end, Facebooks IPO fell flat. After jumping more than 10 percent at the start of trading, shares of the social network pulled back in their debut on the Nasdaq stock market Friday to gain a...

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Facebook IPO fails to ‘pop’ in rough debut IPO Report

Social networks shares jump early after making debut as a public company. Facebook priced its $16 billion IPO at the high end of its expected range.

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SEC to review Nasdaq glitches in Facebook IPO

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will review trading glitches with Nasdaq’s handling of Facebook ’s IPO.

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Facebook IPO: an anatomy of Wall Street overreach

Heidi Moore: Before trading, Facebook's bankers were ready to count their profits in billions. By close, they'd had to bale out their own IPO

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Facebook narrowly avoids dip below starting price in mixed first day of IPO

Social network giant ends day at $38.23, up just 0.61% from its starting price after share sale got off to a messy start

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[Long national nightmare finally over] Facebook IPO Goes Nowhere In Exciting Fashion

What does this tell you? The key facts are that 43mm shares of Facebook changed hands at $38.00, almost all of them at the bid, and another 28.5mm traded at $38.01, largely at the ask.* I am not...

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Facebook Ends Flat On First Day's Trading

Trading in Facebook shares has been delayed on the Nasdaq in New York, in one of the most hotly-anticipated US stock market flotations.

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WATCH: The Media Freaks Out Over Today's Facebook IPO Drama

Facebook took the media on a wild roller coaster of emotion today as it dealt with an excruciating 30-minute delay caused by some technical issues at the NASDAQ . Then, after peaking at $43, ...

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Facebook IPO Closes With Thud

Facebook IPO shares close just above IPO price.

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Meet The 10 Billionaires Of The Facebook IPO

Facebook made a lot of people millionaires but it made 10 people billionaires. The stock opened today at $38 per share...

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Facebook IPO could make Bono the richest musician on Earth

Bono could become the richest musician on the planet after Facebook Inc.'s first day of trading, according to numerous reports.

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Argentine gas exports cancelled

Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.

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The Canadian Oil Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Up To

When reaching out to Alberta oil sands companies before a trip to Canada last month I thought all of them mined oil the same way — they don't...

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Could What Happened to MySpace Happen to Facebook? | Techland | TIME.com

Google has just launched a new service called Google+ that has the blogosphere asking if it is a Facebook killer...

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Man Buys Out, Donates Kmart Goods

A man bought everything at a local Kmart and donated the inventory to the needy.

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Facebook's epic fail

Maybe the dumb money wasn’t so dumb this time.

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Facebook's Debut Marred by Trading Flaws

The Facebook $16 billion offering was the biggest I.P.O. that Nasdaq had ever listed. Now there are growing questions over how its market debut was handled.

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Facebook IPO: Lackluster trading after all the hype

Whether the Facebook IPO was a "dud" or the ultimate exit strategy, the social media giant has a lot of work to do

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Facebook shares see modest debut

Facebook shares will start trading later in one of the largest and most high profile share flotations of recent years.

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Facebook IPO fails to ‘pop’ in rough debut IPO Report

Social networks shares jump early after making debut as a public company. Facebook priced its $16 billion IPO at the high end of its expected range.

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Overhyped? Facebook shares stumble on debut

Overhyped? Facebook shares stumble on debut

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Facebook Ends Flat On First Day's Trading

Trading in Facebook shares has been delayed on the Nasdaq in New York, in one of the most hotly-anticipated US stock market flotations.

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Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street - The Economic Times

The S&P dipped below 1,300, seen as key support level, for first time since mid-Jan. Investors were cautious before leaders of G8 met about euro zone crisis.

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Facebook stock stumbles in big public debut

Facebook Inc. shares got off to a rocky start in what has been the most highly anticipated initial public offering in history.

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Facebook falls flat in public debut

After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began.

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Facebook has mixed start trading on Nasdaq

Facebook will today make the richest-ever share offering for a technology firm.

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UK 'may never recover' if Greece exits euro

Top forecaster says Britain would face long recession as key Greek politician frames crisis as people v capitalism

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Merkel comments on Greek euro membership denied

World shares fell and German borrowing costs hit record lows today as the EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht admitted the European Commission and the European Central Bank were working on scenarios...

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Merkel 'suggests Greek euro vote'

France's new leader Francois Hollande meets President Barack Obama for the first time, their talks focussing on the global economy.

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'The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We're Dancing on its Grave'

"I don't think [Facebook] is a bubble. I think it's the beginning of the end of the valley as we know it."

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Computer reuse charity calls on companies to donate old PCs

Camara Education, the Irish charity that refurbishes computers and loads them with educational software for schools in Ireland, Africa and Jamaica, has issued a call for individuals and businesses to...

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Boringness: The Secret to Great Leadership

Until recently, I hadn't really known any great leaders. As a writer, the highest-ranking people I deal with are editors, and they're pretty much just writers who have gotten lazy...

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Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras: 'It's a war between people and capitalism'

Greece's eurozone fate may now be in the hands of the 37-year-old political firebrand and his Syriza party

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Amazeballs: This anti-gravity ball can remember your touch

Is it just me, or does it feel like the “future” we all saw in TV shows and movies is getting closer and closer to reality? A team of researchers at MIT created a small atmosphere, the ZeroN, where...

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Limbaugh Defends Facebook Co-Founder

Rush Limbaugh praised Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who has been accused of attempting to dodge millions of dollars in taxes, for having business savvy on his Friday show.

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The Facebook Offering: How It Compares

A look at the initial public offerings of 2,400 technology, Internet and telecom companies.

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Unemployment Rates Drop in 2/3 of States | Business | TIME.com

WASHINGTON Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country...

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Facebook underwriters prop up stock as it nears break-even mark

NEW YORK – The big pop in  Facebook Inc.  shares never came.

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You Shouldn't Buy Facebook Stock Today, And Here's Why

-- Even the hottest initial public stock offerings can lose steam after their first day of trading. Sure, company insiders will make money selling at the opening price.

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Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street - The Economic Times

The S&P dipped below 1,300, seen as key support level, for first time since mid-Jan. Investors were cautious before leaders of G8 met about euro zone crisis.

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Why Did Zynga's Stock Drop After Facebook Went Public?

Believe it or not, other stocks besides Facebook traded on Friday. Although Zynga probably wishes…

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HP Employees Paint A Scary Picture Of One Of HP's Biggest Business Units

Since we first published our report about impending mass layoffs at HP , we've heard from a bunch of HP employees offering us more details...

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Why Wall Street Loves This Gay Man

NEW YORK -- Todd Sears was just a little over a week into his first job on Wall Street more than a decade ago when his boss, a managing director, called a colleague "a f------ faggot" right in front...

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Facebook IPO: an anatomy of Wall Street overreach

Heidi Moore: Before trading, Facebook's bankers were ready to count their profits in billions. By close, they'd had to bale out their own IPO

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Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street - The Economic Times

The S&P dipped below 1,300, seen as key support level, for first time since mid-Jan. Investors were cautious before leaders of G8 met about euro zone crisis.

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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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UK surveillance program could expose private lives

British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."

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Postal Worker Allegedly Used Mail Route To Deal Drugs, Steal Veterans' Meds

Apparently one postal worker in California did a little bit more than deliver mail while working her route...

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Romney Praises CEO Poised To Cut 30,000 Jobs

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took some time, in an interview with National Review published Thursday, to praise Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman, who lost her 2010 bid to become...

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Is Now the Time to Hire MBAs? // ben's blog

Conventional wisdom among smart technology entrepreneurs says not to hire people with Masters in Business Administration (MBAs) into startups...

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Facebook Acquires Karma

News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.

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The East End tenants facing eviction during the Olympics

Letting agents are promising landlords income of up to 10,000 a week during the Olympic Games

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Can you buy good Karma? Facebook just did

Facebook has acquired mobile, social gifting app Karma for an undisclosed sum. “Were thrilled to announce that Karma has been acquired by Facebook...

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You Shouldn't Buy Facebook Stock Today, And Here's Why

-- Even the hottest initial public stock offerings can lose steam after their first day of trading. Sure, company insiders will make money selling at the opening price.

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Harper government funded study arguing Canada suffers from 'Dutch Disease' | CanadianBusiness.com

OTTAWA - The Harper government has funded research that argues Canada's economy suffers from so-called Dutch Disease, an economic theory the prime minister and other senior officials ridiculed when...

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US says will bar some Motorola Mobility phones - The Economic Times

Some Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation in to the United States, a US trade panel said.

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U.S. says will bar some Motorola Mobility phones

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of Motorola Mobility's Android phones infringe on a Microsoft patent, a U.S...

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Mark Zuckerberg, Role Model

Mark Zuckerberg may be the toast of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, but there's another constituency saluting him these days: young entrepreneurs roaming the halls of America's high schools...

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At-Home vs. Employed Mothers: Who's Happier

At-home mothers are more likely than employed mothers to report feeling sad or angry and being diagnosed with depression, according to a new report by Gallup.

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