| HOW KENYA DOES IT - Long ago, I did some work on governments’ use of information technology, which Microsoft found interesting. So it decided I could do with some more education. That is how I got a chance to go to Kenya and look at the working of M-Pesa. Pesa is Swahili for Paisa or money, and M is for mobile.
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| Why I'll buy 40 random stocks when the Footsie hits 4000 - There is an old joke about how to make a small fortune on the stockmarket (by giving a large one to a stockbroker). Having spent the best part of the last year researching and writing a book called Monkey with Pin , I think I might be able to rewrite this joke as: How to make a small fortune on the stock market?
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| Facebook IPO: social network makes stock market debut – Friday 18 May - • Facebook breaks even in first day of trading • IPO smashes record for trading volume with 565m shares • Underwriters step in to shore up $38 offer price • Launch delayed amid confusion at Nasdaq • Follow our Facebook shareholder wealth tracker here 8.30am ET/1.30pm BST: Mark Zuckerberg will ring the bell for the opening of the Nasdaq stock market at 9.30am as he kicks off a share sale that ...
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| How to buy 1 share of Facebook stock - The typical way to buy stock in a publicly traded firm is to open a brokerage account and place an order. But for those who want to own just one ceremonial share of a company, there's an easier, if sometimes pricier, way: You can buy through websites that specialize in "one share" transactions.
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| Find Outperforming Stocks in a Down Market! - CHICAGO, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks Investment Research presents their newest list of stocks featured in their weekly Research Wizard article, which describes how to profit from stock market opportunities. ...
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| FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: Reports from all over on a hotly anticipated stock market debut - By The Associated Press It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about ...
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| Inside Facebook - How does the social media giant really work? Read this story before you buy the stock.
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| Stock markets CRASHING? No problem. Try STP - Current stock market volatility is making investors wary. There is no clear direction as to how markets will pan out over the next couple of months. In such times, a staggered approach to investing can be a good option.
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| 2 Stocks to Avoid on the Dead Cat Bounce - NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Investors often take a low P/E ratio, coupled with billions of dollars in revenue, to mean value play. While this is sometimes the case, the opposite frequently holds true. Don't let hollow upside, aka a dead cat bounce, make you take a long-term leap in these two dying stocks floated by dying companies with dying brands. J. C. Penney. If you day trade stocks or make ...
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| How JPMorgan Is Like Enron - Put this one in the category of the famous quote often credited to Mark Twain : "History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Last week when JPMorgan Chase & Co. warned investors about a $2 billion trading loss at its chief investment office, it also disclosed it had been using a faulty model to determine the unit's so-called value at risk.
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