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Wisconsin woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:27:00 -0500
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant, a criminal complaint showed on Thursday.

Precedent warning as Assange extradition case ends
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:12:37 -0500
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardizing extraditions to many neighboring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued Thursday.

Analysis: Facebook IPO tests easy growth assumptions
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:14:33 -0500
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over.

Factbox: Beyond Zuckerberg: Facebook's less known faces
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:06:53 -0500
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook filed its IPO on Wednesday, setting the stage for the Internet industry's biggest coming-out party and one of Wall Street's most hotly anticipated events of 2012.

Analysis: Zynga needs mobile to move away from Facebook
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:28:35 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Ko, Zynga's chief mobile officer, has one of the most important and pressure-filled at the online gaming company -- he's charged with figuring out ways to get people to play Zynga's games on tablets and smartphones.

About one in five workers worldwide telecommute: poll
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:19:05 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, telecommute frequently and nearly 10 percent work from home every day, according to a new Ipsos/Reuters poll.

Flamboyant online tycoon kept low profile in rural NZ
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:29:24 -0500
COATESVILLE, New Zealand (Reuters) - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's online profile was larger-than-life, with fast women, faster cars and chartered planes, yet he lived like a virtual recluse in a sprawling, manicured estate on the outskirts of New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland.

First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:53:47 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from Stargardt's disease, the most common form of macular degeneration in young patients, since she was a teenager, and it was getting progressively worse.

First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:32:26 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from Stargardt's disease, the most common form of macular degeneration in young patients, since she was a teenager, and it was getting progressively worse.

Megaupload boss says innocent, rival stops file-sharing
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:19:08 -0500
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court on Monday, as he denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to portray the blackest picture of him.

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