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Video shows Bishop Eddie Long wrapped in Torah

In case you're short on *facepalm* moments today, check out this video of an odd coronation of scandal plagued pastor Eddie Long as a Hebrew king by a fellow who appears to follow some variant of Messianic Judaism and In an entry at Your Black World, Dr. Boyce Watkins commends Eddie Long's accusers for speaking out, even if it means they are defying their attorneys and being ridiculed by the public. He says that they should speak boldly and loudly for other abuse Eddie Long, the embattled pastor of an Atlanta megachurch, has always been showy in his pulpit demeanor. But will the ever-defiant pastor soon don a crown and wield a scepter? How about the many wives of Eddie Long? I don't see a problem with the show. Quite a few of … Read entire article »

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Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook's $31m woman

In her speech at World Economic Forum at Davos, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, one of the most powerful women and working moms in the world, talked of an “ambition gap” in how we are raising young girls versus boys. She didn't point her fingers at By Douglas MacMillan (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc.'s Sheryl Sandberg recently threw a fundraiser for President Obama, dining with Lady Gaga and the president himself. Last week, she was a highly visible co-chair of the World Economic Forum in Davos, The most important aspects of social networking site Facebook becoming a public company are the jobs growth and social change it represents, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of the company, told CNBC Sunday. “If this is seen as an opportunity 1 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg's Emily Chang reports on Facebook … Read entire article »

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Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook's $31m woman

The most important aspects of social networking site Facebook becoming a public company are the jobs growth and social change it represents, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of the company, told CNBC Sunday. “If this is seen as an opportunity Getting picked for the IPO, which Facebook disclosed in a regulatory filing yesterday, is a coup for Morgan Stanley and Michael Grimes, 45, a banker at the firm since 1995 who has longstanding ties to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg may become one of the richest self-made women in the world after the Facebook IPO dust settles. Watch out, Oprah! PTI, February 2, 2012, Mark Zuckerberg may be founder and CEO of Facebook, but it is the second-in-command and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg who gets a fatter … Read entire article »

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Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook's higest-paid exec

31 (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc.'s Sheryl Sandberg recently threw a fundraiser for President Obama, dining with Lady Gaga and the president himself. Last week, she was a highly visible co-chair of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, got paid .87 million last year, making her the most highly compensated employee at the company in 2011. That disclosure, including in Facebook's S-1 filing with the SEC on Wednesday, Bloomberg Businessweek posted an interesting video featuring Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, Inc. talking about how women don't identify themselves as “ambitious” and don't seek leadership roles in business organizations. Bloomberg Businessweek posted an interesting video featuring Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, Inc. talking about how women don't identify themselves as “ambitious” and don't … Read entire article »

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Recommended: 'Liking' Facebook's IPO could be problematic for retail investors

(Reuters) – Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business. Paul Sakuma / AP The Facebook logo is displayed outside of Facebook's new headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. By Martha C. White The buzz over Facebook's forthcoming IPO has been propelled at least in part by retail investors hoping for a piece of the There is no shortage of speculation and rumors about Facebook's upcoming initial public offering, some of it plausible, some of it not so much. The following is our attempt to sort through it all. Free alerts from the best penny stock newsletter on the net. Get up to date detailed information on the net's hot penny stocks. By David Olive Business … Read entire article »

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Zynga’s IPOville – a warning to become more innovative.

Just as you most likely viewed, the Zynga’s Public offering doesn’t tend to attract traders: featuring an opening at $10 (pre-share worth), the stock dropped at $9.05 right after 48 hours of business. Many reasons may well explain this fail. Economical: Various alerts relating to the Zynga’s metrics – Zynga’s revenues have been emphatic for 3 quarters; the quantity of registered users is lessening; The evaluation of the company: with a share rate steady at $9, the enterprise is evaluated at $8bn; it is more than 8 times of its trailing revenue; Is it a smart time to start IPO? (just not only concerning the mini-economics, yet the macro-economics: Euro zone troubles, etcetera.); Early buyers spent far too much for Zynga than they should may have: past March, a number of pre-traders bought Zynga’s shares … Read entire article »

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Pincus tale – muscle of Zynga – part number 3

Colleagues watch Pincus’ appeal to keep dominate at Zynga as a gesture of just how much he cares about the business enterprise. His supporters evaluate him in the heritage of other phobic but imaginative tech icons, for example Apple Inc’s Steve Jobs. Ever since Support.com, Pincus has often lobbed hard objection at the vc community in blog threads and dialogues. Many years in the past, ahead of a meeting about a potential investment in Zynga, a particular investor mentioned he warned his accomplice that the first thirty minute would likely involve Pincus describing exactly how VCs don’t understand what they are working on. This VC’s instruction to his partner was to sip it up and keep on silent as Pincus would probably help make them loads of money further on. Pincus has argued … Read entire article »

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The power source of Zynga – gossip about Pincus – second part

At close to $925 mil, Zynga’s public offering would be the highest from an American Virtual enterprise since Google Inc raised $1.7 bil in 2004. Zynga’s shares setup gives Pincus his private class of C shares that features 70 times greater voting ability than regular A shares. The firm in addition provides B shares for other shareholders that grant a 7 to 1 voting proportion to standard shares. Pincus’ 70-to-1 proportion is very high as compared to the other organizations for instance LinkedIn Corp, which carries a 10 to 1 voting proportion. One of Pincus’ soccer mates mentioned the intention he needed more power was straight based upon his experience at the internet tech services supplier, Support.com, the first venture he co-created that has become public, in 2000. Pincus has stated that he was … Read entire article »

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Oracle 2Q Net Up 17% Despite Weak Hardware Sales; Shares Drop

By Nigam Arora Oracle /quotes/zigman/76584/quotes/nls/orcl ORCL +1.94% is one of the largest software companies in the world. Historically, the company has excelled at managing earnings. I can't recall the last time when Oracle missed earnings. By Derek Hoffman S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported its results for the second quarter. Oracle develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and services software designed to help its customers manage and grow their Active Technology Stocks (AAPL) (MSFT) (ORCL) (BIDU) (INTC). Apple Inc. (AAPL) rose by $11.444 per share to $393.654. The move occured on volume of 6 million which is relative to the 18 million shares which trade on … Read entire article »

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Zynga share price falls on its 1st trading day

The Mountain View firm's stock was priced at $45 per share, but briefly shot to a first-day high of $122.70 per share before closing at $94.25. On Friday, LinkedIn stock closed at $65.84 per share. Menlow, whose company had expected Zynga's stock to Shares of Zynga Inc. will start trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday. The social-game developer priced its initial public offering at $10 a share Thursday, at the high end of the expected range. It's the latest in a series of high-profile Zynga stock finally roared out of the gate and on to the trading floor yesterday at $10 a share, but investors weren't hugely impressed with the social gaming company. The stock started up a dollar at $11, and then dropped also if a money-maker, it could validate the … Read entire article »

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