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Telegraph.co.ukFacebook Flops: Look Out Below!
Barron's
By ANDREW BARY | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR The most anticipated tech IPO of all time fell flat on Friday, finishing up just 0.6%. If underwriters don't support the stock, Facebook could fall below its offering price. After all the hype and anticipation, ...
Facebook stock debut closes near flatGreat Falls Tribune
After flat debut Facebook awaits market verdictOutcome Magazine
Facebook IPO: Top 5 Reason For Smaller-Than-Expected First-Day PopMobile & Apps Los Angeles Times -Moneycontrol.com -Patch.com all 13,667 news articles » 
BloombergNasdaq Is 'Humbly Embarrassed' Over Facebook Troubles
Wall Street Journal
By JENNY STRASBURG And JACOB BUNGE Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., on Sunday acknowledged design problems with Nasdaq's technology after the exchange operator was widely seen as bungling the landmark listing of shares of ...
Nasdaq Admits Facebook IPO Problems: ReportTheStreet.com
Nasdaq May Be on the Hook for Facebook Trading GlitchesFox Business
Nasdaq 'embarrassed' over Facebook IPOFinancial Times San Francisco Chronicle -CNET all 20 news articles » 
Telegraph.co.ukCameron Urges EU to Prepare for Greek Exit From Euro
Bloomberg
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said European leaders should make contingency plans for a Greek exit from the European single currency. Greeks will go to the polls again next month after their political leaders failed to form a governing coalition ...
Eurozone crisis: high-stakes gamble as David Cameron warns Greek votersThe Guardian
Barroso: Lenders Stand Firm On Greek Austerity PlanWall Street Journal
Greek Crisis Poses Choices G8 Leaders Prefer Not to MakeCNBC.com Economic Times -New York Times -Telegraph.co.uk all 580 news articles » 
Globe and MailEx-Goldman director has much to gain by testifying at insider trading trial
Globe and Mail
The high risk of taking the stand in person could pay off for Rajat Gupta. The smart money says the former McKinsey boss and Goldman Sachs director won't testify at his insider trading trial, which starts on Monday in New York.
NY trial of ex-P&G, Goldman board member startsThe Associated Press
Lack of wire taps a hurdle in Gupta trialFinancial Times
Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta set for insider trading trialCNN ABC News all 146 news articles » 
New York TimesPinterest Raises $100 Million With $1.5 Billion Valuation
Wall Street Journal
By PUI-WING TAM Rakuten, the largest e-commerce site in Japan, is expected to be the lead investor in the much-contested next round of funding for Silicon Valley's hottest start-up, Pinterest. Kara Swisher has details on digits. Photo: Pinterest.
Pinterest Stake Fuels Rakuten's Quest to Be a Global PlayerBusinessWeek
Rakuten Leads $100 Million Investment in Social Network ServiceBloomberg
Is Pinterest really worth $1.5 billion?Los Angeles Times Forbes -eu.techcrunch -Reuters all 148 news articles » 
Globe and MailGold rises but falls short of $US1600
Sydney Morning Herald
Gold rose more than 1 per cent on Friday, on track for its largest two-day gain since October, boosted by investors' consolidation of positions ahead of the weekend and a stronger euro. The second day of gains helped bolster confidence, which had been ...
Gold Rises for Second Day as Dollar WeakensDaily Disruption
PRECIOUS METALS: Comex Gold Rebounds To End Wild Week Up 0.5%Wall Street Journal
Gold jumps, heads for biggest 2-day gain since OctoberReuters Forbes -MarketWatch -UPI.com all 106 news articles » 
New York TimesDiscord at Key JPMorgan Unit Is Faulted in Loss
New York Times
Ever since JPMorgan Chase disclosed a multibillion-dollar trading loss this month, the central mystery has been how a bank known for its skill at risk management could err so badly. As early as 2010, the senior banker who has been blamed for the ...
Here's something to protest: big banksCrain's Chicago Business
Inside JP Morgan's BlunderWall Street Journal
COLUMN-JPMorgan's whale in a fishpond: John KempReuters BusinessWeek -Washington Post -Forbes all 1,813 news articles » 
AFPNYMEX-Crude down, hits biggest 3-wk loss since Aug '11
Reuters
* Big specs cut bullish oil bets to lowest since 2010-CFTC * Crude to start flow from reversed Seaway pipeline this weekend * Coming up: API weekly inventory data, Tuesday NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - US crude oil futures fell more than 1 percent on ...
Oil, Hogs Fall; Gold, Natural Gas Rise: Commodities at CloseBloomberg
Oil Falls to Six-Month Low on EuropeBusinessWeek
Crude Skids for Sixth Straight DayWall Street Journal MarketWatch -ABC News all 739 news articles » 
Christian Science MonitorOil supply deal puts pressure on Iran
Financial Times
By Robin Harding in Washington and Javier Blas in London The G8 countries ramped up pressure on Iran with an unprecedented joint agreement to release oil from their strategic reserves if there is further disruption to supply.
Iran Surviving 'Difficulties,'Official SaysWall Street Journal
Iranian Minister Predicts Oil Price Rise With SanctionsBloomberg
Iranian Minister Predicts Oil Price RiseBusinessWeek Christian Science Monitor -Reuters India all 49 news articles » 
News10.netUS Gasoline Falls to $3.78 a Gallon
Bloomberg
The average price for regular gasoline at US filling stations fell 6.19 cents in the past two weeks to $3.7833 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc. The survey covers the two-week period ended May 18 and is based on information received from ...
Gas prices down 18 cents since April, survey findsCNN
National gas prices down 6 cents in past 2 weeksSan Jose Mercury News all 78 news articles »
The Associated PressConvicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya
The Associated Press
By ADEL OMRAN, AP – 1 minute ago TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago.
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi's death was a long time comingTelegraph.co.uk
Mixed reactions to Lockerbie bomber's deathABC Online
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi diesSydney Morning Herald The Guardian all 2,713 news articles » 
CTV.caUS troops to still face Afghan combat in 2013
MiamiHerald.com
AP CHICAGO -- The top US military commander in Afghanistan says American troops will still be involved combat next year even as the US officially shifts to a support role. The US and its NATO partners will move into a supporting role in 2013, ...
Hollande sticks to Afghan pullout at NATO summitHindustan Times all 1,577 news articles » 
AFPWhy Pakistan still hasn't reopened NATO supply lines
Christian Science Monitor
The government of Pakistan is facing domestic political pressure to keep NATO's supply routes to Afghanistan closed, while the US resists apologizing or paying a high per truck fee. By Mahvish Ahmad, Correspondent / May 20, 2012 After receiving a ...
Clinton meets Pakistani President over supply line rowAFP
US should apologise for Salala cross-border attack: PakistanPakistan Daily Times
Panetta To Meet Northern Route Leaders As Pakistani Routes Remain UncertainAOL Defense Los Angeles Times -The Atlantic Wire -Jerusalem Post all 1,001 news articles » 
CBC.caHundreds left homeless in Italy after magnitude 6.0 quake
Los Angeles Times
ROME — Hundreds of Italians were spending Sunday night in tents and temporary shelters after an earthquake early in the day struck in the north of their country, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and sending parts of historic castles, ...
Death toll rises after Italy quakeABC Online
Strong quake kills four in northeast ItalyKingsport Times News
Italy quake kills at least six, damages historic buildingsCNBC.com The Guardian -Washington Post -Wall Street Journal all 1,504 news articles » 
The GuardianFormer extreme nationalist becomes Serbian president
The Guardian
Serbia's hopes of fast-track integration into Europe suffered a severe setback when President Boris Tadic was voted out of office in a victory for a more nationalist rival in the latest European election to kick out an incumbent.
Nationalist wins Serb presidential run-offSydney Morning Herald
Populist Wins Serbia Run-OffWall Street Journal all 663 news articles » 
NEWS.com.auSyrian army shelling, gunfire kills 34 in Hama: group
Reuters
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian army shelling and gunfire killed 34 people, including children, on Sunday in the town of Souran in the central province of Hama, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The army shelled the town and then ...
Bomb explodes during UN visit in SyriaThe Associated Press
Activists: Syrian Troops Kill 34 People in HamaVoice of America
Syria attacks kill 33, opposition saysCNN all 1,091 news articles » 
YnetnewsShafik wins among Egyptians voting in Israel
Ynetnews
Only a few dozen of the some 5000 Egyptians living in Israel have the right to vote in their native country's elections. Nearly all of them cast their ballots for former prime minister Ahmed Shafik The elections in Egypt were held on Wednesday, ...
Egyptian detainees start hunger strikeThe Associated Press
These are crucial times in Egypt's transition to democracyThe Guardian
Profiles Of Egypt's Main Presidential CandidatesNPR ABC News all 674 news articles » 
CTV.caPakistan lifts ban on Twitter
Hindustan Times
Pakistan restored access to Twitter on Sunday, just hours after blocking the site over posts related to a contest involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, the telecoms authority said. Telecommunication Authority (PTA). It had been cut off around ...
Pakistan blocks Twitter because of tweets considered offensive to IslamWashington Post
Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweetsThe Associated Press
Pakistan bans Twitter because website refuses to delete 'offensive' Prophet ...Daily Mail Christian Science Monitor -New York Times -BBC News all 562 news articles » 
Daily MailFather of teenage fashion student killed in Italian bomb blast breaks down in ...
Daily Mail
By Nick Pisa The father of a schoolgirl killed in a bomb blast that hit a school broke down in tears during a church service in her honour. Devestated Massimo Bassi couldn't control his grief during the funeral mass for 16-year-old Melissa.
Prosecutors Probe Italy BlastWall Street Journal
Italy school bomb 'an isolated act' not linked to MafiaToronto Star
Italy Arrests Two In School Bomb AttackMyFox Los Angeles CNN all 1,409 news articles » 
AFPProtests break out in Beirut after slaying of Sunni cleric
Los Angeles Times
BEIRUT — Protesters in Beirut blocked roads with burning tires late Sunday, according to residents and media reports, following the shooting death earlier in the day of a Sunni Muslim cleric under shadowy circumstances. Soldiers and security forces ...
Lebanese army kills anti-Assad group membersABC Online
Lebanon premier appeals for calm as cleric shotgulfnews.com
Lebanese soldiers kill two anti-Assad activistsReuters New York Times -The National -Washington Post all 342 news articles »
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