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Facebook set to raise $16 bn with largest tech IPO
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 18 (IANS) Pricing its IPO at $38 a share, Facebook, the highly popular social networking site that has over 45 million users in India, is expected to raise $16 billion, making it the largest tech IPO in history.
News of the World's former editor charged
London, May 15 (IANS) Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World (Now), and her husband Charlie were Tuesday formally charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the phone-hacking inquiry, BBC reported. ...Tehelka sting case: Witness refuses to testify
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A journalist, who took part in a sting operation conducted by Tehelka to expose wrongdoings in arms deal, Monday refused to testify as a witness in a court here against two former officials of the defence ministry facing trial for graft. ...Plot to kill Iranian president foiled in 2007: Tehran Times
Tehran, May 14 (IANS) Iran's intelligence ministry has said intelligence forces and police foiled a plot by the Jundullah group to assassinate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2007, the Tehran Times reported. ...Mexican rights body probes attack on reporter
Mexico City, May 14 (IANS/EFE) The National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, is investigating last week's attack on journalist Gerardo Ponce de Leon in Hermosillo, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Sonora, commission president Raul Plascencia said. ...Facebook ponders charging for popular posts
London, May 12 (IANS) Facebook is considering to charge users for highlighting their important posts, as it is testing a new feature in New Zealand that would make comments more prominent on a user's newsfeed, The Sun reported. ...TV reporter shot dead in Pakistan
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) A TV reporter, his brother and a friend were gunned down in Pakistan's Sindh province Thursday night, a media report said Friday. ...Remove derogatory content against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Google told
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed Google to remove, within 36 hours, derogatory content posted by a blogger against Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. ...China daily asks foreign media to behave
Beijing, May 10 (IANS) A state-run Chinese newspaper Thursday asked the foreign media to take an "objective and balanced view" towards China, saying some journalists tend to be negative. ...Slain Pakistani reporter to be honoured in US
Washington, May 10 (IANS/AKI) Slain Pakistani reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad's name will be included in a two-storey glass memorial in US that will display the names of journalists who have died in the line of duty. ...Journalist kidnapped in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, May 10 (IANS/EFE) A journalist with HRN, one of Honduras' leading radio networks, was kidnapped here Wednesday while driving to work. ...YSR Congress party, journalists protest CBI action
Hyderabad, May 9 (IANS) The YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday staged protests condemning the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) move to freeze the bank accounts of the Sakshi group. ...Clinton chose wrong place for Zawahiri claim: Pakistani daily
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Criticising Hillary Clinton's statement that Al Qaeda's new chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is in Pakistan, a leading daily here said the US secretary of state should not have gone public with her views on the "soil of a country, with which Pakistan has had a long history of rivalry". ...Colombian rebels set condition for freeing French reporter
Bogota, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Colombia's FARC rebels said they are prepared to release a French journalist they have been holding since April 28 only in the context of a debate on the role of the press in covering the Andean nation's decades-long armed conflict. ...Mexican journalists demand end to killings
Mexico City, May 7 (IANS/EFE) More than 100 journalists staged a protest in Mexico City to draw attention to the killings of several journalists in the eastern state of Veracruz, call for justice in the cases and demand an end to the murders of members of the media. ...Facebook plans to go public to raise $87bn
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 4 (IANS) Facebook will go public with a stock price of $28 to $35 to set the popular social network's valuation as high as $86.6 billion, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...MediaGuru partners with the Guardian for tech summit
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Media consulting and entertainment company MediaGuru Friday said it had entered into a partnership with the London-based Guardian for organising its technology summit 'Activate' scheduled to be held in the national capital in October. ...Indian newsprint could help Pakistani dailies become cheaper
Amritsar, May 3 (IANS) This is one fine print of a high in India-Pakistan ties. A consignment of 10 tonnes of newsprint from India was Thursday sent to Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah land border, and could actually help reduce the price of newspapers there. ...'Censorship on journalists a threat to democracy'
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Violence and censorship against mediapersons are a "threat" to democracy and also constrains their ability to operate freely, an international body of journalists said Wednesday. ...
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