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...grieve his death. We had a one-and-a-half-year-old, and I had to focus all my energy on my daughter and my about-to-be newborn. Our second daughter was born Oct. 23. Although I had a lot of support from friends and family, and the firm was extremely supportive, it was difficult. It was also very public. It wasn't like my husband got into a car accident. Everyone knew about what had happened and I felt very exposed. I didn't have the private time to think about the things I needed to think about...
...want to allow intimacy with another man. But I was fortunate that when I met my current husband in December 2003, we weren't in the same city. Our relationship started with conversation. He is an artist, and I had commissioned him to do a piece for the law firm that had handled my 9/11 affairs pro bono. He needed to talk to me about my experience in order to come up with a vision for that painting. He had to talk to me about 9/11, what 9/11, my husband, my children meant to me - everything. It took hours...
...controls 40% of the voting shares, may take the company private. Yet the stock, trading at around $8.50 a share, still indicates that Wall Street takes a dim view of Ford's prospects; the company's market capitalization is just $16 billion, well below the cash value of the firm. (Toyota's market cap, by contrast, is $174 billion.) Ford's debt was cut below investment grade by the major credit-ratings agencies last year. Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before the company goes hat in hand to Wall Street for "bridge financing" to survive...
...Despite what may be Gen Y's first official revolution, Facebook is holding firm. Yesterday afternoon, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted an entry to Facebook's blog titled "Calm Down. Breathe. We Hear You." Zuckerberg acknowledged that many users are not "immediate fans and have found them overwhelming and cluttered. Other people are concerned that non-friends can see too much about them." He did not announce any changes to the News Feed, but rather reiterated Facebook's privacy features and promoted the News Feed as a cool way to "know what's going on in your friends...
...India's most innovative philanthropists come from the Bangalore tech sector, home to relatively young, self-made tycoons who often have more global experience than counterparts in China or Japan. "India is much more connected internationally," says Jai Mukherjee of New Philanthropy Capital, a London-based charity-consulting firm. "You see these trends move to India faster than the rest of Asia...