Fb daily news tuesday 22 may 2012- v1.00 vs 220512
1. Daily News
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Headlines
London 2012: Ticket design fea- NATO endorses strategy to end Samajwadi Party eyes expansion, Swiss help untangle Chinese
tures sporting pictograms Afghan war but risks remain to contest Gujarat polls conundrum
Pictograms of sporting events - in- NATO set an "irreversible" course out In an apparent move to expand its The Swiss foreign ministry has con-
cluding cycling, swimming and of Afghanistan on Monday but Presi- base beyond the geographical and firmed it helped reach a positive
equestrianism - feature on the de- dent Barack Obama admitted the political boundaries of Uttar Pradesh, outcome to a diplomatic tussle be-
sign of the London 2012 Olympic Western alliance's plan to end the the Samajwadi Party is preparing to tween China and the United States
tickets. Tickets, which are being sent deeply unpopular war in 2014 was contest the Gujarat assembly elec- over the status of the blind Chinese
out in the next few weeks, are col- fraught with peril. A landmark NATO tions, scheduled to be held later this legal activist Chen Guangcheng.
our coded according to the venue summit in Chicago endorsed an exit year. The larger plan is to contest Chen was allowed to leave his home-
where the event is being staged, to strategy that calls for handing con- assembly elections in all the four land with his wife and two children
help spectators. In a bid to reduce trol of Afghanistan to its own secu- states, where elections are to be held on Saturday, heading to New York
counterfeiting, a hologram, barcode rity forces by the middle of next year before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls to and ending a month-long tug of war
and the name of the booker will be but left questions unanswered about test the political waters in these that involved the highest levels of
printed on the ticket.Delivery of how to prevent a slide into chaos and states and also push for a national the Chinese and US governments.
Olympic tickets, travel cards and a Taliban resurgence after allied status for SP, which is still a state The Swiss foreign ministry said that
guides will begin this week. troops are gone. party. the bilateral solution found by...
Tech News
Facebook Tumbles Below IPO EU offers Google last chance in and Cox Communications Inc. are
Price On Second Day Of Trading antitrust case part of the pact, according to a state-
Facebook Inc. (FB), the social net- The European Union's antitrust ment from the companies today.
working site that raised $16 billion in chief on Monday ratcheted up the Goldman Sachs Boosts Tech In- Microsoft launches a 'social
an initial public offering, fell below its pressure on Google, giving it a mat- vestments After Facebook IPO search' network
$38 offer price in its second trading ter of weeks to settle an investiga- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the Apple still dominates world's
day. The shares dropped 11 percent tion into allegations of anti- bank which last week doubled its top brands: study
to $34.03 at the close in New York. competitive behavior and avoid money from a 2010 bet on Facebook
Google Chrome Now the No. 1
The stock rose less than a percent to formal charges and a possible fine. Inc. (FB), is ramping up investments Browser in the World
$38.23 at the close of its first day of Comcast To Share Internet Hot in Web startups, underscoring the
One of Windows Server 2012's
trading on May 18. Spots With Cable Partners allure of high-growth tech companies secret weapons: Hyper-V Rep-
Apple seeks support for new Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), the big- to financiers far from Silicon Valley. lica
spaceship-like campus gest U.S. broadband provider, is Goldman Sachs led a $52 million ‘My Last Wish’ Is a Social Net-
Apple Inc's chief financial officer is teaming up with other large cable round of funding in AnchorFree, the work Based on Death
asking the residents of Cupertino, companies to create a nationwide Mountain View, California-based New app identifies faces in pho-
California, to support the company's network of Wi-Fi hot spots, helping maker of Internet-surfing software tos
new 2.8 million square foot spaceship them fend off competition from said today in a statement. The bank is Fill This Glass With Guinness,
-like campus, which critics say would phone carriers. Time Warner Cable also in talks to invest in Spotify Ltd. in Get a QR Code
increase traffic and pressure city Inc. (TWC), Cablevision Systems a deal that would value the London-
Google Makes Space for City
services. Corp., Bright House Networks LLC based music-streaming service... Tech School
Testing News
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Condensed Wisdom
“Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.”
~ Josephine Har