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Although Facebook is expected to earn just $30 million, the three-year-old site is getting all the buzz. One reason: Microsoft recently bought a mere 1.6% of the company for $240 million, an investment that values Facebook at $15 billion, which is in the ballpark of Gap and Xerox. That's far smaller than Google, valued at about $200 billion, but both Facebook and MySpace think they are made of the same game-changing stuff. Like Google, they want to change the way you live and work online. And like Google and practically everyone else on the Internet, they...
...exactly to the day of the Mets' Sept. 30 demise. I was 11 years old. My then beloved New York Giants completed their dreary 1957 season in sixth place... and simply left town, moved to San Francisco. You couldn't even say, "Wait till next year." Next year the ballpark was empty. And I was faced with an existential dilemma. Should I root for the home team, the arrogant, ridiculously successful New York Yankees? Or should I persist in my loyalty, stay up late listening to Giants games re-created on the radio by Les Keiter, who would simulate hits...
...speedy exit from Iraq, Bush has a golden opportunity to save face. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki suggested that U.S. troops could go home anytime they want. Whether or not the troop surge is fully effective, the perception remains that Bush's policy is in the wrong ballpark. Cal George, Carrollton, Texas...
...speedy exit from Iraq, Bush has a golden opportunity to save face. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki suggested that U.S. troops could go home anytime they want. Whether or not the troop surge is fully effective, the perception remains that Bush's policy is in the wrong ballpark. Cal George, CARROLLTON, TEXAS...
...tour by the amount of tips I receive or laughs a Yankees joke gets, my personal enthusiasm can wane. Among fans I meet, some lament rising ticket costs or the prominence of advertising but also accept that only an efficiently managed, shrewd business can generate revenue. As ballpark operations and the lucrative salaries are staples of the game, the thrill of witnessing a Manny Ramirez homer over the light-towers or a ninth-inning rally must sometimes strike a cool accommodation with the business side that brings the batter to home plate or the pitcher to the mound...