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MParekh

  1. Thoughtful by @billychasen "Facebook’s Cognitive Dissonance with Sharing" billychasen.tumblr.com/post/240380725… #SocialMedia #Privacy $FB $$
  2. A failure to communicate: "Big Spenders Push Ad Line, But Facebook Holds Ground" adage.com/u/a72lCa via @adage #SocialMedia #Ads $$
  3. Our Chinese guest Chen Guangcheng speaks: "How China Flouts Its Laws" nyti.ms/M4Ztss #China #Politics
  4. Notable: "For Private Equity Industry, Fewer Deals in Leaner Times": nyti.ms/M3XTHl #PE $$
  5. Forbes looks at the "Carnage in Social Media Stocks" stks.co/40u4 #SocialMedia #Startups $FB $$
  6. Odd Couple: "TV Lends a Helping Hand in Birth of a New Magazine" online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… #Media #NewModels $$
  7. Tough to kill: As of 4/12, 46% of PCs in the world were running 10-yrs old #WindowsXP vs. 36.67% on #Windows7 pcmag.com/article2/0,281… $MSFT
  8. Very cool: "A Mini Sub Made From Cheap Parts Could Change Underwater Exploration" bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/a-m… #Science #Oceans #Make $$
  9. New research on Earth's Core: "The Enigma 1,800 Miles Below Us" nyti.ms/KkHQT6 #Science
  10. Beginning of a long debate: "West Point Is Divided on a War Doctrine’s Fate" nyti.ms/K1uEDN #Military #History #Iraq #Afghanistan $$
  11. QOTD “In New York, no one’s ever heard of Quora,” Or why "For Tech Start-Ups, New York Has Increasing Allure" nyti.ms/KUYJVo #StartUps
  12. Priceless comment by AVC regular JLM on forging company values. In response to a timely post by @FredWIlson disq.us/7j6sy6 #Leadership
  13. Counter-point, or why "China's economy is not as precarious as it looks", via #TheEconomist stks.co/406z #China $$
  14. Notable by #VC @MSuster "It's Morning in Venture Capital" bothsid.es/Lyw #StartUps $$
  15. First time, you don't succeed: "Facebook Tries, Tries Again on a Smartphone" stks.co/406m #Mobile $FB
  16. Peek at the "Experience money" investing in stocks, @HowardLindzon's smart children, Rachel & Max: stks.co/406k #Kids #Investing $$
  17. Focus on Level 3 assets as % of Tangible Common Equity for #Banks starting w/ JPMorgan's "Fortress Balance Sheet": stks.co/406i $JPM