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  Facebook IPO

  • Facebook Prompts Call For IPO Revamp

  A bipartisan group of lawmakers called on regulators to overhaul the way initial public offerings are conducted, concerned that the flubbed stock sale by Facebook shows the system unfairly punishes small investors.

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  Mitt Romney

  • Romney Softens Tone on Immigration

  Romney focused on economic renewal and long-term immigration solutions in a speech to Latino elected officials, saying Obama takes their support for granted.

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  Euro Crisis

  • Spanish Aid Plan Flawed, Says IMF

  Spain said its banks will need as much as $78.75 billion in new capital, as the IMF warned that the euro-zone plan to aid the country may not work. Also: History of the Euro Crisis

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  Lance Armstrong

  • Cycling Doctor Under a Microscope

  Luis García del Moral shared in the glory of five of Lance Armstrong's seven consecutive Tour de France victories. Now his role while working as the physician for the U.S. Postal Service professional cycling team in those victories is under attack.

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  Twitter

  • Twitter Blames 'Bug' for Outage

  Twitter's popular microblogging service was intermittently unavailable to users for significant stretches of time on Thursday, as the company blamed a "bug" that disrupted its system. Earlier: Decoding Our Chatter | How Do Twitter's Numbers Add Up?

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  Julian Assange

  • Assange Seeks Asylum in Ecuador

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has fled to Ecuador's Embassy in London in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over sexual misconduct allegations. The Metropolitan Police said Mr. Assange has now breached his bail as a result.

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  iPhone

  • Apple's Data Gulping App

  Apple's recent decision to bring its popular video-calling application FaceTime to cellular networks could give wireless carriers a boost as they look to find new ways to charge for data usage. Earlier: Confessions of an iPhone Data Hog

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  Facebook

  • Facebook to Buy Face.com

  Facebook agreed to buy Face.com, whose technology users of the social-networking site can deploy to recognize contacts in photos. Earlier: Delete a Facebook Account | Monitoring Kids on Facebook | Irreconcilable Claim: Facebook Causes 1 in 5 Divorces

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• Israel

  • Israeli Strike on Iran Stays on Hold

  Israel is unlikely to launch a strike on Iran as long as sanctions on Tehran intensify and diplomatic efforts continue, despite the failure of international talks in Moscow this week, Israeli officials and security experts said.

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  LinkedIn

  • LinkedIn Defends Reaction After Password Theft

  LinkedIn moved to reassure customers about the security of their data, following a password theft that caused a black eye for the social-networking service.

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  IRS

  • Making a Personal Loan? Make It Tax-Friendly.

  You can avoid tax-law complications if you charge an interest rate that at least equals the applicable federal rate approved by the IRS. Earlier: Taxes: How To Turn In Your Neighbor to the IRS

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• Gay Marriage

  • Storobin Pushes Unlikely Repeal of Gay Marriage

  After running againstgay marriage as a state Senate candidate, rookie Republican David Storobin is now trying to repeal it.

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  Oil

  • Oil Drives Slide in Raw Materials

  Commodities prices fell broadly Thursday, with crude oil tumbling to its lowest level all year, after a slew of negative economic data pointed to slackening demand for raw materials.

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  Gold

  • Gold Prices in India May Rise to New High

  Gold prices in India may hit new highs in the next couple of months due to a weak rupee and further sluggish demand.

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• Foreclosures

  • 'Octomom' Knows Fame — and Now Foreclosure

  Nadya Suleman became a cultural curiosity after giving birth to octuplets, earning the nickname "Octomom." But her housing predicament is all-too-familiar: foreclosure.

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  Warren Buffett

  • Lunch With Warren Buffett: One Giant Tax Deduction

  An anonymous donor on June 8 paid $3.46 million to Glide, an antipoverty group in San Francisco, for the privilege of having lunch with Warren Buffett.

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  Groupon

  • Groupon's Repeat Showings

  Good news for Groupon investors: It appears merchants like running daily deals. Earlier: Groupon and Its 'Weird' CEO

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  iPad

  • Microsoft Unveils Tablet to Rival iPad

  Microsoft introduced the Surface tablet computer, a sign of the new tactics the company is taking as it tries to make up lost ground in the market for mobile devices. Earlier: Oops! I Forgot My iPad on the Plane | The Human Cost of an iPad Made in China

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  BlackBerry

  • RIM's Latest BlackBerry Designed by Porsche

  Research In Motion unveiled a special-edition BlackBerry smartphone designed by Porsche Design Group.

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• Egypt

  • Egyptians Rally Against Military

  Tens of thousands of Egyptians have converged on Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against the ruling military council's power grab and in support of the Islamist presidential candidate who they believe won the election.

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