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Facebook co-founder says Bye to US - Danielle Kucera, Christine Harper & Jesse Drucker, Bloomberg
Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc. (FB), renounced his U.S. citizenship before an initial public offering that values the social network at as much as $96 billion, a move that may reduce his tax bill. Facebook plans to raise as much as $11.8 billion through the IPO, the biggest in history for an Internet company. Saverin’s stake is about 4 percent, according to the website whoownsfacebook.com.

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Muslims converts: Changing my religion - Economist
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Chinese hackers resume attacks on US targets - David E Sanger & Nicole Perlroth, New York Times
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Fill the trade basket now - Reshma Patil, Hindustan Times
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