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Highlights from Facebook’s debut

May 19, 2012
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Facebook‘s debut on the stock market was preceded by epic hype, delayed by a technical glitch and tracked minute-by-minute by investors around the world. In the end, the fuss was over a gain of 23 cents.
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Facebook stock finishes flat in debut

May 19, 2012
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NEW YORK (AP) — In the hours before Facebook‘s stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company’s 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public offering.
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Wal-Mart’s 1Q profit up 10.1 percent

May 17, 2012
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 10.1 percent increase in first-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates as its re-emphasis on low prices drove bargain-hungry U.S. shoppers into its stores. The world’s largest retailer also offered an upbeat profit outlook for the current quarter.
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Pinterest funding could value startup at $1.5 billion

May 17, 2012
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(Reuters) – Social networking site Pinterest has raised $100 million from a group of investors led by Japanese online retailing giant Rakuten Inc in a deal that reportedly values the three-year-old U.S. company at $1.5 billion.
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Stock Markets News Headlines – Yahoo! News

May 16, 2012
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Wall Street flat as new Greece concerns arise

May 15, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were flat on Tuesday as news that Greece would hold a new election gave investors another reason to be cautious despite several days of equity losses.
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Geithner: JPMorgan loss shows need for tough rules

May 15, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Tuesday that the recent $2 billion trading loss by JPMorgan “helps make the case” for tougher rules on financial institutions, as regulators continue to implement the 2010 law aimed at policing Wall Street.
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Chesapeake confident it will complete asset sales

May 14, 2012
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(Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp sought to calm Wall Street worries about its financial position, telling investors on Monday it was confident it would complete assets sales to plug a funding gap estimated at $10 billion this year.
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Chesapeake confident it will complete asset sales

May 14, 2012
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(Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp sought to calm Wall Street worries about its financial position, telling investors on Monday it was confident it would complete assets sales to plug a funding gap estimated at $10 billion this year.
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A black mark for survivor of financial crisis

May 13, 2012
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NEW YORK (AP) — The reputation that Jamie Dimon honed for decades on Wall Street has been severely damaged in a matter of days.
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