New York, April 1 – Facebook will have market value of $234 billion by 2015, up from its current valuation of $85 billion, according to an analysis by brokerage firm Wedbush Securities that analyzes the valuations of private companies. Wedbush Securities analyst Lou Kerner, who made this guess in a report last week on the what he called the ‘Second Internet’, says by 2015 Facebook will earn $11 billion on $22 billion and have a market value of $234 billion, Business Insider said Thursday.
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Washington, April 1 – Mexico, China and India topped the list the countries whose nationals were among over a million foreigners who became permanent legal residents of the United States in fiscal year 2010 ended in September. While Mexico topped the list as the country of birth with 13 percent of the 1,042,625 new legal permanent residents or green card holders, China and India accounted for seven percent each, the department of homeland security said Thursday.
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London, April 1 – Women across the world buy more presents for their pets and bosses rather than their partners. Half of British women interviewed said they had around 100 pounds per month in disposable income.
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Beijing, April 1 – Chinese have ‘poor’ English skills despite huge efforts by the government in language training, according to a study. China was ranked 29th in the English Proficiency Index, behind other Asian countries like Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, the Shanghai Daily reported.
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Moscow, April 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia’s Maria Sharapova broke into the final of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament with $4.5 million up for grabs in prize money after defeating Germany’s Andrea Petkovic. Sharapova (16-seed), playing for the first time in Miami since 2007, began her semifinal encounter Thursday with a first set defeat, but rebounded quickly in the following two breathtaking sets to clinch a confident victory over Petkovic (21-seed) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
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London, April 1 – Officials of the erstwhile Soviet Union ‘lied’ about the success of the historic flight into space that carried Yuri Gagarin by covering up the fact that he landed over 300 km away from where he was expected, says a new book. The Soviet Union portrayed the mission – the first manned flight into space in 1961 – as a ‘glitch-free triumph’.
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Beijing, April 1 – China has shut down more than 60 pornographic websites that also facilitated prostitution and nude video talks, officials said. The targeted 62 websites were registered in 15 provinces and municipalities, the information office of the State Council said in a statement Thursday.
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London, April 1 – Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to the big screen as part of an animated film ‘The Governator’. Schwarzenegger, who served as governor of California, is returning with a superhero TV series, developed in collaboration with comic book artist Stan Lee – creator of ‘Spider-Man’, the ‘X-Men’ and ‘The Hulk’.
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New York, April 1 – Crude oil prices Thursday settled near $107 a barrel after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s troops recaptured the oil producing towns of Ras Lanuf and Brega from the rebels in eastern Libya. Light, sweet crude for May delivery surged by $2.45, or 2.
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