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Maker Faire: Festival of invention and creativity returns to Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
It's hard to know how to describe the Maker Faire, the two-day “festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness” that's taking over the San Mateo Event Center this weekend. It's mad science for the masses.
Cool clothes and styles of Maker Faire attendeesBoing Boing
Maker Faire 2012News in photos
Esurance Announces Winner For The "Road To Maker Faire Challenge"Sacramento Bee
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G-8 Press Greece to Stay in Euro as Merkel Sticks to Austerity
San Francisco Chronicle
(See GMEET for more on the Group of Eight meeting.) May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders of the Group of Eight nations pushed for Greece to stay in the euro area and supported boosting growth, even as an increasingly isolated Germany said Europe can't spend ...
Europe on journey to the unknown if Greece exitsAFP
A Greek Exit? Euro Zone May Be ReadyCNBC.com
G-8 Says Greece Should Stay in Euro as Differences LingerBloomberg
Economic Times -Reuters -New York Times
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Facebook closes flat first day on market
Southeast Missourian
By BARBARA ORTUTAY ~ AP NEW YORK -- In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial ...
Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. RealitiesNew York Times
Facebook Dashes FaithWall Street Journal
Why you should wait to buy Facebook stockNewsOK.com
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10000 march at Frankfurt Occupy protest rally
BusinessWeek
German police say some 10000 activists are participating in a major rally of the local Occupy movement in Frankfurt. Police spokesman Ruediger Regis said Saturday more protesters are still flowing into the city center of continental Europe's biggest ...
Thousands March Against Austerity in FrankfurtNew York Times
Occupy Protest Draws 20000 in FrankfurtWall Street Journal
Frankfurt Police Clear Occupy Camp as Euro Resentment GainsBloomberg
Reuters -Washington Post -The Associated Press
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Discord at Key JPMorgan Unit Is Faulted in Loss
New York Times
Ever since JPMorgan Chase disclosed a multibillion-dollar trading loss this month, the central mystery has been how a bank known for its skill at risk management could err so badly. As early as 2010, the senior banker who has been blamed for the ...
JP Morgan Struggles to Unwind Huge BetsWall Street Journal
JPMorgan's soap opera makes clear that Wall Street is detached from realityWashington Post
COLUMN-JPMorgan's whale in a fishpond: John KempReuters
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