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Common Sense: The Undoing of Scott Thompson at Yahoo — Common Sense

Newyork Times Technology - 14 hours 2 min ago
A faked résumé led to a victory for an activist shareholder, and an enduring mystery about Scott Thompson’s departure from Yahoo.

Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids

Newyork Times Science - 15 hours 35 min ago
As automakers increase their efforts to design vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, college engineering programs are likewise adapting their curriculums, preparing students to build vehicles increasingly powered by batteries.

Hewlett-Packard to Cut About 30,000 Jobs

Newyork Times Technology - 15 hours 42 min ago
The tech giant will refocus on product development and sales, executives say, and operations in China will most likely be spared.

Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects

Newyork Times Science - 15 hours 53 min ago
Cheap, plentiful natural gas provides utilities with little incentive to build coal-fired plants with a technology that traps carbon gas for storage or other uses.

Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay ‘Cure’

Newyork Times Science - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 05:41
At the end of his career, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer has reached a painful conclusion: “I believe,” he wrote in a letter, “I owe the gay community an apology.”

Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town

Newyork Times Science - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 04:56
Treece, Kan., has been torn down and may soon be erased from maps. But don’t tell that to the Busbys, who live there.

DealBook: After Buildup, a Modest Start for Facebook

Newyork Times Technology - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 04:23
While disappointing new investors who were betting on fast gains, Facebook had a wide winner's circle, creating huge paper gains for scores of early insiders, hundreds of employees and some stragglers who bought stakes recently.

Facebook Builds Network of Friends in Washington

Newyork Times Technology - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 04:21
Over the last five years, Facebook employees have met with members of Congress and walked them through ways to best to use the Web site.

Bookshelf: Books on Rejected New Yorker Covers, and the Guilt of Aaron Burr

Newyork Times Books - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 04:19
Three new books explore The New Yorker’s cover designs, the cultural influence of Samuel Rothafel and the struggles Aaron Burr faced after he shot Alexander Hamilton.

Facebook stock finishes flat in debut

Yahoo Tech News - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 04:05

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.


DealBook: Spotify Deal Would Value Company at $4 Billion

Newyork Times Technology - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 04:01
Spotify, the online music service, is expected to raise $220 million for a value of $4 billion in the latest sky-high Internet company valuation.

DealBook: Facebook’s Debut Marred by Trading Problems

Newyork Times Technology - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 03:51
Facebook’s $16 billion offering was the biggest I.P.O. that Nasdaq had ever listed. Now there are growing questions over how it was handled.

It’s the Economy: Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload

Newyork Times Technology - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 03:00
The Internet was supposed to make us smarter shoppers. So why should we still listen to the signals that brands send us?

Green Blog: In the Gulf's Depths, a Rare Time Capsule

Newyork Times Science - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 02:36
Using a remotely operated vehicle on the ocean floor, federal scientists happened upon the wreckage of a ship evoking a time when nations vied for power in the Americas.

Green Blog: Swapping Out Charcoal With Ethanol

Newyork Times Science - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 02:36
A company opened a biofuel plant to supply ethanol to households in the Mozambican capital that rely on charcoal for cooking fuel.

Green Blog: On Our Radar: Tackling the Tsunami Debris

Newyork Times Science - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 02:36
An agency official said that the federal government lacked the financing to cover a cleanup of the tsunami debris washing up in Alaska and other states.

Talk: Richard Ford Is a Man Who Actually Listens

Newyork Times Books - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 02:36
The author of “Canada” discusses losing a parent, choosing not to have children and getting strangers to open up to him.

Herta Müller’s Literature, Born of Isolation

Newyork Times Books - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 01:34
Herta Müller, the Nobel Prize-winning author, grew up German in Romania, always under surveillance. Her newest work is a collaboration with a writer whose background was similar, but whose life was shockingly different.

Ultra-Orthodox plan huge NYC meeting on Net risks

Yahoo Tech News - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 00:55

Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way.


Historic Facebook debut falls flat

Yahoo Tech News - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 00:53

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering price at the market close. Facebook shares began trading late Friday morning and opened 11 percent above the $38 offering price, but after peaking at about $45 slid rapidly at the end of the day to close at $38.23. The IPO was the third-largest in U.S. history and valued eight-year-old Facebook at $104 billion. ...


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