 The Hindu | Facebook underwriters prop up stock as it nears break-even mark Los Angeles Times By Andrew Tangel Buyers did not rush into the market to snap up shares of the social networker. And the big Wall Street banks that brought Facebook public scrambled to prevent the stock from collapsing into declines. The underwriters averted a ... Facebook Sets Record For IPO Trading Volume Facebook users chat and opine about Facebook's $104 billion IPO on the social ... QUOTEBOX-Facebook: Views from the Valley |
 The Guardian | Facebook investors left guessing after Nasdaq glitch Reuters By John McCrank and Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) - Individual investors were left guessing for more than two hours on Friday about whether their buy and sell orders for newly issued Facebook shares had been actually executed. The Nasdaq Stock Market, ... Social media stocks hammered as Facebook debuts FB IPO: Facebook investors left guessing after Nasdaq glitch Zynga Trading Pauses Last Too Long Amid Facebook Difficulty |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Solar Eclipse: Get Ready for Sunday ABC News If you live in a band across the southwestern United States, twilight will seem to come early on Sunday afternoon, well before the sun actually sets. The cause: a rare annular solar eclipse -- a ring of sunlight as the new moon, passing between Earth ... Solar Eclipse on This Sunday – Here's How to View Annular eclipse, set for Sunday, May 20, is just partial eclipse locally Moon takes center stage in the sky Sunday with partial, 'annular' eclipse of ... |
 USA TODAY | Georgia student with flesh-eating infection OKs more amputations Reuters By David Beasley | ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia college student fighting a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection mouthed "Let's do this" when told that her hands and remaining foot would have to be amputated, her father said on Friday. Copeland on amputations: 'Let's do this' Georgia Woman With Flesh-Eating Disease to Lose Hands, Right Foot Ga. woman to lose both hands, foot to flesh-eating infection |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Thousands protest in Chicago ahead of NATO summit Reuters * Mood mostly festive, few arrests * Nurses' group brings protesters from around the country (Adds crowd size, protesters' comments, other details) By Ann Saphir and Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 18 (Reuters) - An estimated 2500 people, ... Anti-NATO protest calls for "Robin Hood" tax on financial institutions Thousands of protesters gather for pre-NATO rally NATO protesters demand 'Robin Hood' tax |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Documents show complexity in Trayvon Martin case USA TODAY By Donna Leinwand Leger and Oren Dorell, USA TODAY The case against George Zimmerman, the Florida man charged with murder for shooting and killing unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, is fraught with uncertainly as newly released police documents show ... Trayvon Martin case: new evidence includes video from night of shooting Witness: Trayvon Martin 'wrestled' killer Zimmerman Documents show complexity in Martin case |
 CBC.ca | Attacks over Bain Capital don't stop Romney's rise in polls Reuters By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland | WASHINGTON/TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Is Mitt Romney an out-of-touch elitist and bully who led a rapacious business that killed common folks' jobs? That portrayal of the presumptive Republican presidential ... Tight, Negative US Presidential Campaign Expected: Analysts Romney makes 'day one' promises in TV advertisement Romney Backer Defends Bain's Money Making |
 USA TODAY | UN nuclear chief to make unscheduled visit to Tehran Washington Post The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said Friday he will travel to Iran over the weekend on a previously unscheduled visit to try to resolve an impasse over access to Iranian nuclear documents and scientists. The visit to Tehran by Yukiya Amano, ... UN nuclear chief to visit Iran, deal may be near Parchin chamber raises nuclear test suspicions Ready to strike Iran if talks fail: US |
 Boston.com | Obama touts $3B in pledges to help feed Africa BusinessWeek By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States has a "moral imperative" to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition in Africa despite shrinking national budgets around the world. Obama announced $3 billion in private sector ... Aid groups question Group of 8 plan to fight African hunger Obama announces new $3 billion food initiative Obama Announces $3 Billion in Private Sector Pledges to Help Feed Africa |
 CTV.ca | Obama greets new French president in Oval Office USA TODAY By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY President Obama greeted new French President Francois Hollande Friday afternoon with a private Oval Office chat about hot spots and challenges around the world. The two discussed the continuing European economic crisis, ... Obama Meets With France's New Leader Ahead of G-8 Meeting Hollande stands by pledge to pull troops from Afghanistan French leader sticks to Afghan pullout timetable |
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