1. Facebook Now Worth More Than Yahoo And eBay 1 hour ago permalinkFacebook's latest round of financing from Goldman Sachs at a $50 billion valuation , which is about the same valuation its shares are trading on SecondMarket , clearly puts it in the pantheon of the most valuable Internet companies. At $50 billion, Facebook is now worth more than Yahoo (which has a $22 billion market cap) and eBay ($37 billion), ...
2. Actor Pete Postlethwaite, 1946-2011 1 hour ago permalinkVirtually unknown in America until his Oscar-nominated role in the 1993 film In The Name of the Father, the British actor died Jan. 2 after a long battle with cancer. Fresh Air remembers him with highlights from a 1997 interview. 3. Parallel Lives: Having A Twin With Mental Illness 2 hours ago permalinkComposer Allen Shawn's twin sister, Mary, was diagnosed with autism and sent to an institution when they were 8 years old. He writes about his relationship with Mary -- and his feelings of survivor's guilt -- in a new memoir, Twin. 4. Apple Holds Smartphone Lead, But Android Is Gaining 6 hours ago permalinkWhile Android surges among new smartphone buyers, Apple iOS continues to hold on to the overall marketshare lead, though still within spitting distance of a fading BlackBerry OS and a hard-charging Android OS, according to the latest figures from the Nielsen Company.
5. DealBook 12 hours ago permalinkGoldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.
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