Books
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:
As the public joined the frenzy around Facebook Inc.'s Wall Street debut, well-connected institutional investors were hearing a more sobering message: The social network's main business, advertising, was sputtering.
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, May 24:
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Facebook Inc. could be on the hook for $1 billion or more in damages if plaintiffs' lawyers can prove allegations that the company and its bankers misled investors in its initial public offering.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Less than two months after agreeing to pay about $1 billion for photo-sharing application Instagram, Facebook Inc. introduced a similar app Thursday.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Less than two months after agreeing to pay about $1 billion for photo-sharing application Instagram, Facebook Inc. introduced a similar app Thursday.
Already grappling with regulatory reviews of its troubled initial public offering, Facebook Inc. and the Wall Street banks that shepherded the deal are now under fire from lawmakers and lawyers.
Congress is getting involved and investors have become angry, but despite another rough day for Facebook at least its stock price finally closed with a daily gain.
Two congressional committees are looking into the troubled initial public offering of Facebook Inc., aides said Wednesday.
Facebook Inc. is set to open an office in Dubai next week, its first location in the Middle East.
"Karma" by Carly Phillips; Berkley (2012), 384 pages, $7.99 (paperback)
-"Gilt, by Katherine Longshore; Penguin (416 pages, $17.99, ages 12 and up)
What will become of Mexico? How can a country so powerful, so concerted, so modern, be so impotent, so chaotic, so backward? And how can Mexico, and all Latin America, take ownership of their futures?
-"Are You My Mother: A Comic Drama," by Alison Bechdel; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (290 pages, $22)
-"Bring Up the Bodies," by Hilary Mantel; John Macrae/Henry Holt (432 pages, $28).
