Exclusive: Massachusetts subpoenas Morgan Stanley for Facebook NEW YORK (Reuters) - Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth William Galvin has issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley over an analyst's discussions with investors on Facebook "The Securities Division has put out a subpoena to Morgan Stanley in connection with the analyst's discussion with certain institutional investors about the revenue prospects for Facebook," a spokesman for Galvin's office said on Tuesday. "Morgan Stanley followed the same procedures for the Facebook offering that it follows for all IPOs. ... Cable Firms Aim for 50,000 Hotspots Being a Bright House, Optimum, Xfinity, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable subscriber is about to get a bit better. Or at least it will if you’re the type that’s always searching for a public WiFi hotspot. Five of the nation’s largest cable companies have...
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