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Facebook buys WhatsApp in $19bn deal - FT.com Facebook is buying WhatsApp in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $19bn, as the world’s leading social network enters the fast-growing chat app market that is popular among younger generations and emerging markets. The Menlo Park-based social network

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Alibaba tackles weaknesses ahead of IPO - FT.com Alibaba has been on quite a shopping spree lately. Over the past year, the Chinese ecommerce company has spent in excess of $2bn taking a stake in, or purchasing outright, more than 10 smaller companies. These range from map makers to social media

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Citigroup Joins Rivals in Permitting Junior Bankers to Take Saturdays Off Citigroup says that junior bankers are now encouraged to stay out of the office from 10 p.m. on Friday through 10 a.m. on Sunday. It is also telling them to take all of their annual vacation days.

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Yellen sworn in as Fed chief, succeeding Bernanke, who joins Brookings Janet Yellen was sworn in as Fed chairwoman, becoming the first woman to run the central bank in its 100-year history. She succeeds Ben Bernanke, who has joined the Brookings Institution.