Star Silicon Valley analyst felled by Facebook IPO fallout

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The firing of Citigroup stock analyst Mark Mahaney on Friday in the regulatory fallout from Facebook Inc's initial public offering was greeted with shock and dismay in Silicon Valley, where Mahaney was a well-known and well-liked figure. "Pretty shocked," was the reaction of Jacob Funds Chief Executive Ryan Jacob, who described Mahaney as one of the most respected...

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Indonesia arrests 11 people suspected of planning terror attacks on US, Australian embassies

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian police say they have arrested 11 people suspected of planning a range of terrorist attacks on domestic and foreign targets including the U.S. and Australian embassies.National Police spokesman Maj. Gen. Suhardi Aliyus says the suspects were arrested by an anti-terror squad in raids Friday night in four provinces. He...

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Eva Longoria signs first-look deal with Universal TV

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Eva Longoria has signed a first-look development deal with Universal Television, the studio and NBC Entertainment announced Thursday.Longoria is executive producer of NBC‘s upcoming “Ready for Love,” a new relationship series from Renegade 83, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment and Universal Television. The pact announced...

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Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’

President Barack Obama delivers a speech to supporters at a campaign rally at Elm Street Middle School in Nashua, …NASHUA, N.H. — Mocking Mitt Romney's vow to bring "big change" to Washington, President Barack Obama charged at a campaign rally here Saturday that his Republican rival was actually offering a "big re-run" of George W. Bush's policies. The embattled incumbent also hit Romney's record...

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FDA finds contaminants in drug linked to meningitis

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it found “greenish black foreign matter” and other contaminants in an injectable steroid produced by the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy at the heart of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak.It also found that vials from the same bin of the steroid contained what appeared to be a “white filamentous...

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