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Facebook's lucky friends?

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, May 24:
Facebook could face huge damage claims from IPO

SAN JOSE, Calif — 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.
Facebook introduces Instagram-like photo-sharing app

SAN JOSE, Calif — 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.
Facebook introduces Instagram-like photo-sharing app

SAN JOSE, Calif — 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.
Facebook, banks under fire for IPO; Congress will investigate

WASHINGTON — 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.
Facebook silver lining on another rough day: stock stops sinking

LOS ANGELES — 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.
Congressional committees looking into Facebook IPO problems

WASHINGTON — Two congressional committees are looking into the troubled initial public offering of Facebook Inc., aides said Wednesday.
Facebook to open office in Dubai

LOS ANGELES — Facebook Inc. is set to open an office in Dubai next week, its first location in the Middle East.
The Romance Reader: 'Karma'

"Karma" by Carly Phillips; Berkley (2012), 384 pages, $7.99 (paperback)
Carlos Fuentes, 1928-2012: A voice of Mexico past, present and future

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?