Zuckerberg wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly a decade, according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the condition of anonymity. The couple married at his Palo Alto, Calif., home in front of fewer than 100 stunned guests who thought they would be attending a party [...]
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg weds one day after IPO – USA TODAY
Zuckerberg wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly a decade, according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the condition of anonymity. The couple married at his Palo Alto, Calif. home in front of fewer than 100 stunned guests who thought they would be attending a party [...]
READ MORE »Google cleared for Motorola purchase after receiving Chinese regulatory approval – Apple Insider
By Josh Ong Published: 11:10 PM EST (08:10 PM PST) Google and Motorola Mobility both revealed on Saturday that they have received Chinese regulatory approval for their proposed merger and expect to soon close on the deal. After receiving permission in February to move ahead with the merger from the European Commission and U.S. [...]
READ MORE »Google purchase of Motorola Mobility OKd by China – San Francisco Chronicle
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READ MORE »Google gets China OK to buy Motorola – USA TODAY
By Virginia Mayo, AP Google’s Android software powers more than 250 million mobile devices made by a variety of manufacturers, including Motorola Mobility. Source Article from http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-05-19/google-to-buy-motorola/55082932/1
READ MORE »China to Google: Android must remain open – CNET
In giving the thumbs-up to Google’s acquisition of Motorola, regulators in China stipulated that Google must make Android free and open for at least the next five years, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed with CNET today. The stipulation would seem to be designed to keep Google from denying Motorola’s handset competitors access [...]
READ MORE »Would Facebook’s IPO have been bigger if it went with New York Stock Exchange? – VentureBeat
The all-computer run NASDAQ could be to blame for a lack of a Facebook stock pop Friday, when the social network started its first day of trading. Orders flooded in for the stock, but overwhelmed computers and glitches slowed trading down because stock orders couldn’t be processed, leaving investors wonder if their orders had gone [...]
READ MORE »Open Android the price for China’s Motorola bid approval – SlashGear
Google has secured Chinese approval to complete its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the search giant has confirmed, though it was reportedly forced to commit to Android openness to sway the decision. Chinese regulators had stood as the final hurdle for Google to complete, with the two companies being given the green-light by both US and [...]
READ MORE »Facebook Stalls in Public Debut After Record $16 Billion IPO – San Francisco Chronicle
(Updates with SEC statement in sixth paragraph. See EXT5 <GO> for Facebook IPO news.) May 18 (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. hovered near the initial public offering price in its trading debut, following a record IPO that made the social network more costly than almost every company in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The shares [...]
READ MORE »Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. Realities – New York Times
This bit of Street wisdom came to mind last week, as Facebook went public amid so much fanfare. The stock eked out a 23-cent gain on its Day 1, to $38.23. This suggests that many professional money managers viewed all the hype as just that. Whatever the long-term prospects of this company — an issue [...]
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