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  Regulators, investors turn up heat over Facebook IPO
(Reuters) - Two top U.S. financial regulators said on Tuesday the issues around the initial public offering of Facebook should be reviewed, putting fresh pressure on the company, its lead underwriter, Morgan Stanley, and the Nasdaq stock exchange. Facebook shares closed 8.9 percent lower at $31, following an 11 percent plunge on Monday. At that price the company has shed more than $19 billion in market capitalization from its $38-per-share offering price last week. ...
Skydiver Lands Safely Without Parachute Stuntman Gary Connery plummeted from 2,400 feet — without a parachute — and landed completely unscathed in the middle of more than 18,000 cardboard boxes in Buckinghamshire, England, today. Connery became the first person to jump out of an aircraft wearing only a wingsuit and land without...
  NetApp's rev forecast below estimates, stock drops SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Data storage equipment maker NetApp Inc forecast revenue below expectations as concerns about the economy weighed on the outlook for business and government spending on information technology, sending its shares down 22 percent in after-hours trade. NetApp's report Wednesday came a day after Dell Inc posted disappointing quarterly results that heightened concerns about cautious IT spending, sending tech stocks sharply lower. Sunnyvale, California-based NetApp posted fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $1.70 billion compared to $1.43 billion in the year-ago period. ... Watch: Control Your Computer With the Wave of a Hand Leap Motion is a new accessory that can track subtle finger movements.
  Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile phones within the next year. "Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device," Obama said in a statement. ...
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