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• Derivatives: The risk that still won’t go away (Fortune 2009)
  Washington wants to step up regulation of these complex instruments, but new rules may not be enough to tame them.
• How did you pick your investing plan?
  How did you come up with a stock and bond allocation for your retirement plan?
• Ex-Goldman director set for insider trading trial
  Rajat Gupta was once a board member at Goldman Sachs and managing director of consulting giant McKinsey & Co. Now, he’s the biggest target yet in the government’s sprawling insider trading crackdown.
• BRACE FOR MORE SELLING
  Facebook is finally public, but that won’t solve Greece’s problems.
• 10 baby boomer entrepreneurs
  
• What’s your next stock market move?
  Stocks have more than doubled over the past three years. What’s your next move?
• Zuckerberg gets married one day after IPO
  A day after his social media company went public, Facebook co-founder and chief executive married his longtime girlfriend Patricia Chan.

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• What Zuckerberg & Co. are worth
  Facebook’s IPO has minted at least a half-dozen new billionaires, including Mark Zuckerberg.
• WHY I DON’T TAKE VACATION
  Most Americans don’t use all their vacation days. Why don’t they take a break?
• I started a business after age 50
  
• New York penthouse sells for a record $90 million
  An unnamed buyer paid more than $90 million for a Midtown Manhattan penthouse, the highest price ever paid for a New York apartment, according to the building’s developer.
• Facebook’s modest debut
  Facebook’s stock market debut is finally here — and investors jumped on the breathlessly hyped IPO, sending shares up almost 11% at the start of trade.
• GM won’t advertise in the 2013 Super Bowl
  General Motors will not advertise during this year’s Super Bowl game, the automaker said Friday.
• Postal Service’s next deadline: Aug. 1
  The next deadline facing Congress to save the U.S. Postal Service is Aug. 1. That’s when the agency won’t have enough money to make a $5.5 billion payment to a retirement fund mandated by law.

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• New York penthouse sells for a record $90 million
  An unnamed buyer paid more than $90 million for a Midtown Manhattan penthouse, the highest price ever paid for a New York apartment, according to the building’s developer.
• Stocks: Worst week of the year
  Stocks closed out an ugly week. Despite initial euphoria surrounding Facebook’s public debut, the social network’s shares barely popped above its offering price and failed to inspire investors to buy into the broader market.
• Facebook’s modest debut
  Facebook’s stock market debut is finally here — and investors jumped on the breathlessly hyped IPO, sending shares up almost 11% at the start of trade.
• Day trader: Apple stock is a ‘buy’
  A cult figure among day traders issues a rare “buy” recommendation.
• Why I don’t take vacation
  Most Americans don’t use all their vacation days. Why don’t they take a break?
• Thrilled and bummed by Google’s self-driving car
  My first ride in Google’s self-driving car was, all at the same time, thrilling, fascinating and a little disappointing.
• HP considers cutting 25,000 jobs. Why not more?
  
• Before they were famous, they worked where?
  There are millions of people employed by the 500, so you’re bound to find a few famous faces. Nicki Minaj and Ellen DeGeneres are just some of the celebs who worked at a Fortune 500 company on their way up.
• Philadelphia (finally) gets the Barnes art collection
  More than 50 years after Dr. Albert Barnes’ death, his renowned art collection finds a lovely new home in Philadelphia, against the wishes of many of his fans.
• Why Daniel Boulud still lives above the store
  The celebrated chef describes his favorite parts of the job and why he chooses to literally live above his signature restaurant in Manhattan, Daniel.
• Why you probably can’t win an age bias suit
  A recent Supreme Court decision made proving age bias even tougher than it was before.
• ‘I have an airplane hangar in my front yard’
  Like so many Americans across the nation, Julie Clark commutes to work. But she doesn’t drive, walk or even take a bus or train. Instead, she flies a plane.
• 5 Memorial Day weekend travel deals
  It’s not too late to book a trip for the upcoming holiday weekend. Even with short notice, there are lots of ways to save big on these top five destinations.
• ‘What should we do with a $100,000 windfall?’
  We are retirement age and expect a windfall of $100,000. What should we do? — Debbie, Jamestown, N.Y.
• Kleiner Perkins raises $525 million for new fund
  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has closed its fifteenth early-stage venture capital fund with $525 million in capital commitments.
• Vacation? No thanks, boss
  Dubbed the “no vacation nation,” the United States lags behind most other developed countries when it comes to vacation days. But Americans don’t seem to mind.
• Save on health care, even as you get older
  You managed to glide through your twenties and thirties without any major health issues. Yet, as the calendar pages turn, you’re finding that a host of minor — and perhaps a few major — medical problems keep cropping up. The doctor shakes her head when she sees your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers.
• Paying companies to hire the unemployed
  Would you donate $6,000 to subsidize someone else’s job?
• U.S. slams Chinese solar panels with new tariffs
  The U.S. Commerce Department announced stiff tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels Thursday, a move critics said could raise costs for consumers and further inflame trade tensions with Beijing.
• JPMorgan’s Dimon to testify in Senate
  JPMorgan head Jamie Dimon will appear before a Senate committee to testify about the bank’s recent $2 billion trading loss, which has spurred renewed debate about financial reform since being revealed last week.

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• Facebook’s IPO: $38 per share
  After four months of paperwork, hype and speculation, the last piece of the Facebook IPO is in place: Facebook said it has priced its IPO at $38 a share.
• Senators to Eduardo Saverin: Don’t come back.
  Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey, held a press conference Thursday morning on Capitol Hill where they outlined legislation that would prevent the Facebook co-founder from ever returning to the United States.
• Stocks end at 4-month lows
  Investors fled stocks and flocked toward the safety of U.S. Treasuries Thursday as worries about Greece’s future in the eurozone continued to escalate.
• U.S. slams Chinese solar panels with new tariffs
  The U.S. Commerce Department announced stiff tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels Thursday, a move critics said could raise costs for consumers and further inflame trade tensions with Beijing.
• Comcast moves to usage-based billing
  Comcast on Thursday decided to get rid of its controversial 250 gigabyte-per-month cap for its broadband customers, replacing it with a usage-based billing system.
• JPMorgan’s Dimon called to testify in Senate
  A Senate panel has called Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase, to testify about some $2 billion lost in complex trades intended to hedge against economic risk.
• Gas price relief misses the West Coast
  Gas prices are coming down for most of the nation, but not for Lynnae McCoy and other residents of the West Coast.
• Home buying at most affordable level in decades
  Buying a home has reached its most affordable level in more than two decades.
• Postal plants to shrink, 28,000 jobs at stake
  The U.S. Postal Service announced on Thursday it’s moving forward with a $2.1 billion cost-savings plan to consolidate postal plants over the next two years, with consolidations starting in July.
• Obama may tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  Despite the recent fall in oil prices, analysts say President Obama may tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as sanctions on Iran take hold.
• Verizon ends standalone DSL service
  Verizon just can’t seem to stay out of hot water.
• Pinterest raises $100 million to bolster growth
  Hot social network Pinterest just landed a sizable cash infusion: The company raised $100 million in a financing round by e-commerce giant Rakuten. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital also participated in the round.
• Facebook’s impact on San Francisco real estate
  The Basis Point is a popular mortgage and housing blog that tracks consumer critical issues and data. It is edited by Julian Hebron, a retail mortgage lender who runs the San Francisco branches of RPM Mortgage.
• I started a business after age 48
  
• Facebook: The art of pricing the right pop
  With seemingly unceasing demand for Facebook’s initial public offering, the banks that are in charge of selling the stock to investors might seem to have the easiest job in the world.
• Senate confirms Obama’s Fed nominees
  It’s about time.
• Warren Buffett buys into ‘declining’ newspapers
  Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway announced a deal on Thursday to purchase 63 newspapers from Media General — an industry that Buffett recently referred to as “declining.”
• What I saw in Zuckerberg’s bungalow
  
• Mortgage rates hit record lows – again
  Buying a home just got even cheaper as interest rates on both 30-year and 15-year-fixed-rate mortgages set record lows for the third week in a row.
• 10 brilliant tech visionaries
  From e-books to enterprise services, here are the most visionary leaders on this year’s Fortune 500 list.

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• Verizon to end unlimited data for upgraders
  Verizon Wireless is planning this summer to begin forcing smartphone customers with unlimited data plans to switch to tiered plans when they upgrade, the company’s chief financial officer told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday.
• Greece worries weigh on U.S. stocks
  Following a positive start, U.S. stocks closed in the red for a fourth straight session Wednesday, as investors weighed strong U.S. economic data against ongoing uncertainty about Greece’s political situation.
• FBI opens JPMorgan investigation
  The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that the agency has opened an investigation into JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank.
• J.C. Penney stock plunges on dismal earnings
  Investors jettisoned J.C. Penney on Wednesday after a dismal earnings report, following the first full quarter with a former Apple executive at the helm.
• FED FEARS FISCAL CLIFF
  The Federal Reserve is worried about indecision in Congress.
• Outgoing World Bank chief: Fix eurozone
  Outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday he’s concerned about the “ripple effects” on the rest of the eurozone if Greece leaves.
• Big tax increases and spending cuts loom
  On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner all but promised an ugly fight over the debt ceiling this year unless GOP demands for spending cuts are met.
• Should you buy Facebook?
  Facebook’s IPO is causing a frenzy among investors eager to get a piece of the social networking website.
• Is Greece the Lehman of 2012? -The Buzz
  With apologies to John Lennon: Imagine a eurozone without Greece. It’s easy if you try.
• U.S. smartphones now top ‘dumb’ phones
  Smartphones are now more common than “dumb” phones.
• Keystone isn’t the only pipeline
  At least a dozen new oil pipeline projects are slated to move forward in the United States over the next few years, bringing controversial sources of new crude to market despite the holdup of a portion of the Keystone pipeline expansion.
• A Harvard MBA’s quest to erase $100K in debt
  B-school grad Joe Mihalic went on an extreme financial diet to pay down over $90,000 in debt in just seven months and charted his story through an anonymous blogging project.
• Surprise! SUVs are more popular than ever
  If you thought the “SUV craze” was over, you’re wrong. Very wrong. Market share for SUVs in recent months is the largest it has ever been.
• You’re only worth $1.21 to Facebook
  How much does Facebook value its users? In strictly monetary terms, about as much as a bag of chips.
• Inside Facebook
  
• Facebook boosts shares
  Facebook announced Wednesday that 25% more shares of the company will be sold in its planned initial public offering later this week.
• George Lucas proposes affordable housing plan
  The film emperor may be striking back. For 25 years, filmmaker George Lucas tried to persuade his Marin County, Calif., neighbors to let him build a digital production studio on his ranch there, but the area’s residents thwarted the plan.
• Stay-at-home mom fights new credit card rule
  After nearly five years managing her family’s finances, Holly McCall, a 34-year old stay-at-home mother of two from Vienna, Va., never thought she would have trouble getting a credit card.
• 7 startups Facebook should buy
  Facebook has snapped up dozens of smaller startups, and it recently dropped a cool $1 billion on Instagram. Here’s what Silicon Valley insiders think is on Facebook’s radar — or should be.

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• Buffett discloses new stake in GM, Viacom
  Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway built new positions in General Motors and Viacom during the first three months of 2012.
• A new debt ceiling fight
  House Speaker John Boehner is warning that he won’t permit another increase in the debt ceiling without a larger amount of spending cuts and reforms approved in tandem.
• Obama worth millions in 2011
  The White House released documents Tuesday that show President Barack Obama and the first family hold assets valued at between $2.6 million and $8.3 million.
• California could net $2 billion from Facebook IPO
  Facebook’s employees and investors aren’t the only ones who will get a windfall from the company’s IPO this week.
• Stocks slide on Greek woes
  U.S. stocks closed at three-month lows Tuesday, sliding during the final hour of trade, as investors faced worrisome signs out of Greece.
• ‘How can I buy Facebook stock?’
  How and when can small investors buy Facebook stock? — K.R., Green Valley, Ariz.
• ‘WE WANT EQUAL BENEFITS’
  From paying more for health insurance to being denied access to Social Security survivor benefits, many same-sex couples face financial difficulties because the federal government doesn’t recognize gay marriage.
• Who loves us, baby? China still does
  The United States may be hurtling towards a fiscal cliff at the end of the year. But if the U.S. is Thelma then China is Louise.
• What 0% unemployment looks like
  What if every person who wanted a job had one?
• Insiders prepare to get rich with Facebook
  As Facebook prepares to go public, the vultures are circling around its fresh crop of paper millionaires.
• Park Ave. co-op sells for record $52.5M
  A recent sale in New York’s famed 740 Park Avenue apartment building marked the highest price ever paid for a co-op in the city’s history.
• Clinton: Debt deal should be top campaign issue
  President Bill Clinton on Tuesday said those running for office should make reaching a debt deal the top campaign issue in the fall’s elections.
• Avon’s stock plunges 10% after Coty drops bid
  Shares of Avon tumbled 10% Tuesday after Coty withdrew its $10.7 billion bid for the direct selling company, putting an end to Coty’s dogged pursuit of the troubled direct retailer.
• Facebook IPO is no safe haven – The Buzz
  Facebook isn’t exactly picking the best time to go public. But it looks like it probably won’t matter.
• How Yahoo can get its mojo back
  
• Facebook raises IPO price range
  In a sign of strong demand from investors for shares in its upcoming initial public offering, Facebook is raising the target price range for its stock.
• Seniors want in on Facebook IPO
  Senior citizens may represent one of the smallest segments of Facebook’s 900 million users, but at least one group is eager to invest in this week’s IPO.
• Carroll Shelby’s million dollar muscle cars
  Performance cars with Carroll Shelby’s name attached command — in most cases — top dollar.
• Fortune 500: 20 biggest money losers
  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the two worst Fortune 500 money losers for the third year in a row. Who else lost big?
• 4 degrees with 0% unemployment
  College grads who majored in actuarial science or astrophysics have a practically nonexistent unemployment rate.

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• California wants to tax rich to solve budget woes
  Tax the rich! That’s how California Governor Jerry Brown wants to solve the state’s growing budget crisis that now nears $16 billion.
• Groupon jumps 12% on narrowing losses
  Daily deals company Groupon on Monday reported narrowing losses and better-than-expected sales, giving investors hope that the company can steady its ship.
• Stocks close down 1% on bank, Europe worries
  All three U.S. stock indexes closed down roughly 1% Monday. Investors sold out of stocks on worries over the political and economic stability of the eurozone and the safety of the U.S. banking sector.
• VOICES OF THE UNEMPLOYED
  Writer DW Gibson traveled across the country in search of the Great Recession’s victims. Randy Badman (pictured) is one of the many tales he came home with.
• Greece and the euro. What’s next?
  Investors are getting increasingly worried about whether Greece will remain in the eurozone. And they should.
• Senate panel plans hearings after JPMorgan loss
  Congress will weigh in on the news that JPMorgan Chase lost $2 billion on complex trades intended to hedge against economic risk, and that the losses could mount.
• LightSquared files for bankruptcy
  Unable to reach a deal with its lenders, upstart wireless carrier LightSquared filed for bankruptcy Monday.
• ‘Markets are pricing in gloom’ – oil slips to $94
  Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel Monday, hitting a five-month low as worries over Greece and JPMorgan’s big loss spooked traders.
• Best Buy: Ex-CEO had ‘relationship’ with employee
  Best Buy on Monday said an investigation revealed that former Chief Executive Officer Brian Dunn engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a female co-worker.
• JPMorgan investment chief out
  JPMorgan Chase announced Monday that Ina Drew, the firm’s chief investment officer, has left the bank after revelations of a $2 billion loss sustained over the past six weeks.
• ‘Au’-sterity for gold as prices plunge – The Buzz
  So much for gold being a safe investment in times of market volatility.
• 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.
• European stocks sink as Greece fears resume
  European stocks sold off sharply Monday, following yet another failure by Greek politicians to form a coalition government and a disappointing vote in Germany’s largest state.
• The PC market’s last, best hope
  
• Corporate America’s double standard on the deficit
  CEOs are pushing Congress to reach a deal on the deficit, but what about corporate America’s duty to help fix the economy by hiring more workers?
• The curse of the Volvo 240
  It became huge news recently when Volvo Cars signed an endorsement deal with Knicks basketball sensation Jeremy Lin to cash in on the booming market for upscale cars in China.
• JPMorgan trade blame? Don’t forget the Fed.
  Sure, blame JP Morgan’s traders. But don’t forget what motivated them to take on extra risk — the Federal Reserve’s low interest rate policy has left banks scrambling to make up for lost income on loans.
• 19 biggest stock losers
  Fortune 500 companies returned nearly 7% to investors annually for the past 10 years, but investors in these companies were not so fortunate.
• Classic Ferrari boat sells for $1.1 million
  A 600-horsepower 1953 Ferrari-powered speedboat sold for $1.1 million Saturday at an auction in Monaco.
• Yahoo CEO out after resume scandal
  Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is out after it was found he padded his resume with an embellished college degree, ending his term at the company after just four months.

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• Moms making millions
  These seven women are successfully juggling their duties as moms and entrepreneurs.
• YAHOO CEO OUT
  Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is out after it was found he padded his resume with an embellished college degree, ending his term at the company after just four months.
• Stocks: A Facebook effect?
  What’s the market watching next week? Well there’s this social network called Facebook that was started in a Harvard dorm room. Ahead of what’s expected to be the biggest technology IPO ever, Facebook’s executive team is planning to ring the Nasdaq’s opening bell Friday morning.
• CNN.com: Greek government talks turn ugly
  
• The toughest guy on Wall Street (Fortune 2006)
  As Wall Street absorbs JP Morgan’s surprising $2 billion trading loss, take a look back at how Jamie Dimon got to the top.
• JPMorgan and the politics of financial reform
  Wall Street reform has not been a huge topic on the campaign trail thus far, largely because every Republican candidate agreed that the financial regulations enshrined in Dodd-Frank should be repealed.

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• Bye bye, unemployment benefits
  More than 200,000 long-term jobless Americans will lose their unemployment checks this week, when eight states roll off the federal extended benefits program.
• Stocks end lower as bank shares weigh
  Stocks finished lower Friday, ending a down week for the major indexes, as weakness in the banking sector weighed on the market.
• What do I owe a sibling who cares for our parents?
  To what extent, if any, should siblings compensate the sister or brother who lives close to an aging parent and bears sole responsibility for weekly grocery trips, doctor visits, and other tasks?
• China’s central bank eases
  China’s central bank took further action Saturday to stimulate its economy.
• 2012 Fortune 500: Best employers
  Meet 20 companies that made both the Fortune 500 and Best Companies to Work For lists this year.
• What Apple’s new maps may look like
  Apple is reportedly prepared to replace the iPhone and iPad’s Map app — built on Google’s back-end mapping data — with something entirely its own.
• If the Fortune 500 were a country…
  It would be the world’s second-biggest economy. And one of the fastest-growing ones, too — this year.
• Dumb and dumber: Avoid the big banks – The Buzz
  Looks like Twitter isn’t the only company with a fail whale.
• JPMorgan’s loss: Explain it to me
  What, exactly, is going on at JPMorgan Chase? Something about whales?
• Are banks too big to manage?
  JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion hedging blunder is adding fuel to those who think the megabanks are just too big.
• Chocolate shop MarieBelle: How we got started
  In the years before Maribel Lieberman left Honduras for the United States, her mother pleaded for her to ditch dreams of architecture school.
• Auto designer, racer Carroll Shelby dies
  Carroll Shelby, most famous for creating high-performance road and racing cars bearing his name, died Thursday in Dallas, Texas. He was 89 years old.
• JPMorgan and the politics of financial reform
  Wall Street reform has not been a huge topic on the campaign trail thus far, largely because every Republican candidate agreed that the financial regulations enshrined in Dodd-Frank should be repealed.
• Ferrari to recall $225,000 cars
  Ferrari plans to recall about 200 cars globally, 100 of which are in the United States, because of malformed crankshafts.
• Chesapeake tumbles 14% on debt snag
  Shares of Chesapeake Energy plunged late Friday after the heavily indebted firm revealed that it may be forced to delay some asset sales.
• Bank stocks take a hit on JPMorgan woes
  JPMorgan Chase’s multi-billion dollar trading blunder dragged down bank stocks Friday, undermining investor confidence in other Wall Street finance firms.

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• Stocks end lower as bank shares weigh
  Stocks finished lower Friday, ending a down week for the major indexes, as weakness in the banking sector weighed on the market.
• LinkedIn has "zero interest" in buying Monster
  Shares of Monster Worldwide soared almost 22% on Friday after a news report said LinkedIn has expressed interest in buying the online job-search company.
• Chesapeake CEO earned $108M from well sales
  Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon has personally earned over $100 million from sales of the company’s drilling wells as part of a controversial compensation arrangement, the firm revealed Friday.
• Facebook co-founder renounces U.S. citizenship
  Eduardo Saverin, one of Facebook’s four co-founders, has renounced his U.S. citizenship, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
• Bye bye unemployment benefits
  More than 200,000 long-term jobless Americans will lose their unemployment checks this week, when eight states roll off the federal extended benefits program.
• Why $2 billion is just the start
  JPMorgan Chase’s bad bet could curtail profits for years to come.
• Buying a business after 50
  As a regional director for Aflac insurance, Stephanie Ringer had built her Louisville sales team into one of the top in Kentucky. One of her secrets for keeping her staff motivated? Holding brainstorming sessions in a local meeting space called WorkShop. She found that the center — with its whiteboards, comfy couches, and crazy toys like hula hoops — fueled productive sessions. So when WorkShop’s owners put the business up for sale in 2007, Ringer, then 46, decided to buy it.
• Bank stocks take a hit on JPMorgan woes
  JPMorgan Chase’s multi-billion dollar trading blunder dragged down bank stocks Friday, undermining investor confidence in other Wall Street finance firms.
• Spain moves to shore up banks
  Spain announced another round of financial sector reforms Friday as the government seeks to restore confidence in banks hurt by the housing bust.
• Ferrari to recall cars for crankshaft issue
  Ferrari plans to recall about 200 cars globally, 100 of which are in the United States, because of malformed crankshafts.
• How gourmet chocolate shop MarieBelle got started
  In the years before Maribel Lieberman left Honduras for the United States, her mother pleaded for her to ditch dreams of architecture school.
• Artist’s habitat in the Jersey woodlands
  Ricky Boscarino is a sculptor, painter and jewelry maker whose biggest art project for the past 23 years has been his home on five quiet acres.
• Rising GDP doesn’t rule out recession
  Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji are the co-founders of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) with Geoffrey H. Moore, and the co-authors of Beating the Business Cycle: How to Predict and Profit from Turning Points in the Economy, published by Currency Doubleday.
• Sheila Bair: Why it’s time for higher interest rates
  Near zero interest rates encourage speculation, discourage savings, weaken pension funds, and put millions of baby boomers at risk.
• Netflix reputation rises slightly in latest survey
  
• Growing your biz, even in a tough economy
  In a presidential election year, the economy is sure to be the story, with plenty of numbers for detail and small businesses playing the main characters. But over the past 14 years, the Boston-based Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) has collected 100 urban business success stories every year.
• JPMorgan backlash over Sudan ties
  For the second year in a row, JPMorgan Chase is recommending shareholders vote against a proposal calling for the bank to stop investing in companies that “substantially contribute to genocide or crimes against humanity.”
• Europe’s rising risks from Greece
  Douglas J. Elliott is a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in analyzing the global financial system and its regulation.
• Friendster will make $127 million off Facebook IPO
  Facebook shocked most of Silicon Valley by shelling out a cool $1 billion to buy Instagram — the priciest acquisition ever for a company that likes to grab startups when they’re tiny and cheap.
• Moms making millions
  These five entrepreneurs are successfully juggling their duties as moms, while making millions in their businesses. Here’s how.