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It's been one year since Facebook went public. We assume a lot of IPO investors aren't happy with how things turned out. But, from Facebook's perspective, it all worked out.

Wal-Mart released earnings today and revealed that it's grappling with a slump in sales. 
Sales rose 1% to $113 billion, falling below Wall Street's expectations. 
The largest U.S.

A new ad for Getty Images uses video content in Getty's video bank to string together an 85-second-long love story worthy of a Lifetime special. The commercial is by BBDO.
The ad is comprised entirely of stock video clips.

Why You Should Give A $*%! About Words That Offend
NPR
"We need some category of swear words," Mohr says.

Wendy's announced that it will stop offering breakfast at most locations after a year-long experiment.  The fast food chain's effort was a flop because it underestimated the habits of breakfast eaters, reports Maureen Morrison at AdAge.  "They just...

Many think of TV as a dinosaur of the past. With the rise of social media and other new technology platforms, new media types predict that its days are numbered, soon to be buried under an avalanche of disruptive change.

The Liberalization of Television Programming [Infographic]
Business 2 Community
Imagine yourself watching TV in 1947—things would have been far different. It would have been a shocker just to see a couple—even a married couple—sharing a bed.

NPR When The Missing Return, Recovery Is Long, Too NPR They call themselves "Rooters," and they convene in a private online place they call the "RooterHood." There, they can talk freely and frankly about what it was like to be kidnapped, to be...

Félix Doubront of the Boston Red Sox tried to throw a pitch against Tampa Bay this evening. He tried, and he failed.
If the first base dugout was the strike zone, this was a strike.

In 1993, AT&T released a series of commercials grouped by the theme "you will."
They were all about things people would be doing in the future.
Unlike most futuristic concepts, these turned out to be surprisingly accurate.

At the moment Year 8 are studying “How great was Great Britain in the nineteenth century?

What can economists learn from linguists?

Tags: language, culture, economic, TED.

As the chief executive officer of a multi-million dollar jewelry design company and an active philanthropist, Kendra Scott's work never stops.

A disastrous brain operation left Henry Molaison forever stuck in the same moment. But his amnesia proved a gift to science.
I first met Henry Molaison more than half a century ago, during the spring of my third year in graduate school.

This week, the Wall Street Journal's Ruth Simon reported private colleges are now offering record financial assistance to keep classrooms full.