<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='../Styles/xsl/FeedsStyle.xsl' ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Markets</title><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/Markets.xml</link><language>en-gb</language><description> The highlighted stories from the Markets category of the Spiderednews web site.</description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 23:43:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/Markets.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><copyright>© 2010 SpideredNews.com</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><item><title>New Report Aerogel Market (2012-2017) by MarketsandMarkets</title><dc:creator>PRWEB</dc:creator><pubDate></pubDate><description>Global Aerogel market research report categorizes the market for aerogel on the basis of geography and application.(PRWeb May 20, 2012)Read the full story at</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.prweb.com/releases/aerogel/market/prweb9522436.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.prweb.com/releases/aerogel/market/prweb9522436.htm</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="36" url="http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2012/05/11/9522436/gI_61549_Marketsandmarkets_Logo.jpg"/></item><item><title>Facebook's IPO: Who gets rich?</title><dc:creator>SIFY</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:02:25 GMT</pubDate><description>The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading on Friday.Facebook this week raised the number of shares it intends to float by 25 percent to 421 million</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.sify.com/finance/facebook-s-ipo-who-gets-rich-news-technology-mfrr6zbfchb.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.sify.com/finance/facebook-s-ipo-who-gets-rich-news-technology-mfrr6zbfchb.html</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Q&amp;A: All you wanted to know about the blockbuster Facebook IPO</title><dc:creator>SIFY</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 06:28:28 GMT</pubDate><description>New York: Taking a company public isn't as simple as collecting Facebook friends.Even if the company is Facebook.When the social media company's stock starts trading Friday under the symbol</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.sify.com/finance/q-a-all-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-blockbuster-facebook-ipo-news-international-mfslW2bifcc.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.sify.com/finance/q-a-all-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-blockbuster-facebook-ipo-news-international-mfslW2bifcc.html</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Facebook IPO: The social network goes public</title><dc:creator>SIFY</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:35 GMT</pubDate><description>It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday. 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Shares of</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.sify.com/finance/facebook-ipo-averts-odd-lot-question-news-default-mftdOkcgihi.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.sify.com/finance/facebook-ipo-averts-odd-lot-question-news-default-mftdOkcgihi.html</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Facebook begins trading this morning in one of world's largest IPOs</title><dc:creator>FEEDSPORTAL</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.	</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://ChicagoTribune.feedsportal.com/c/34253/f/622842/s/1f79bedf/l/0L0Schicagotribune0N0Cbusiness0Cbreaking0Cchi0Efacebook0Ebegins0Etrading0E20A120A5180H0A0H79656250Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://ChicagoTribune.feedsportal.com/c/34253/f/622842/s/1f79bedf/l/0L0Schicagotribune0N0Cbusiness0Cbreaking0Cchi0Efacebook0Ebegins0Etrading0E20A120A5180H0A0H79656250Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="45" url="http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/70001751-17182345-187105.jpg"/></item><item><title>Facebook fizzles on 1st day</title><dc:creator>FEEDSPORTAL</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Facebook shares rose less than expected on their first day of trade on Friday and huge order volume caused technical problems that marred the coming out party of the No. 1 online social</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://ChicagoTribune.feedsportal.com/c/34253/f/622842/s/1f7b9792/l/0L0Schicagotribune0N0Cbusiness0Cbreaking0Cchi0Efacebook0Eup0E130Eat0Eopen0E20A120A5180H0A0H1845330A0Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://ChicagoTribune.feedsportal.com/c/34253/f/622842/s/1f7b9792/l/0L0Schicagotribune0N0Cbusiness0Cbreaking0Cchi0Efacebook0Eup0E130Eat0Eopen0E20A120A5180H0A0H1845330A0Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://www.trbimg.com/img-4fb66e18/turbine/chi-facebook-up-13-at-open-20120518/187/16x9"/></item><item><title>Santa Fe Bandstand 2012 Schedule - Free Summer Music Festival On...</title><dc:creator>PRWEB</dc:creator><pubDate></pubDate><description>The popular Santa Fe Bandstand, a long time free summer music series featured each summer on the downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico Plaza, is set for a six week run from Thursday, July 5 to</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9526129.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9526129.htm</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>While Facebook Closes Flat, BreakoutStocks.com Reports 3 Big Board...</title><dc:creator>PRWEB</dc:creator><pubDate></pubDate><description>http://www.BreakoutStocks.com - The US leader in microcap breakouts, offers a high quality stocks alert newsletter to investors looking for the best...(PRWeb May 19, 2012)Read the full</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9525958.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9525958.htm</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Facebook staff celebrate multi-million dollar windfall outside the limelight</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 17:21:59 GMT</pubDate><description>As the social network floated on the stock market, its employees marked the occasion with discretion … and onion ringsThe guests wore jeans and T-shirts. The venue was a sports bar. The</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/19/facebook-ipo-stock-market-staff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/19/facebook-ipo-stock-market-staff</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2012/5/19/1337439408930/Courtyard-of-Historic-Var-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Facebook investors hoping for a second bite of the Apple effect have arrived too late</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:07 GMT</pubDate><description>Zuckerberg's company is going to have to end the internet's free-love era in the way that Apple spurned "homebrew" computing in order to justify its valuationMark Zuckerberg status</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/20/facebook-flotation-apple</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/20/facebook-flotation-apple</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/guardian/About/General/2012/5/19/1337424460920/Dave-Simonds-on-Facebook--004.jpg"/></item><item><title>Facebook is going to need all the friends it can get | John Naughton</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description>Facebook still has a long way to go to make its value credibleThe interesting thing about the Facebook IPO (initial public offering) is that there was no first-day "pop". In other words,</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/john-naughton-facebook-hype-falls-flat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/john-naughton-facebook-hype-falls-flat</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2012/5/19/1337438861814/Facebook-price-on-Nasdaq--003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Saving the euro won't solve the crisis. Losing it won't either</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:05:58 GMT</pubDate><description>The vast imbalances in trade, and yawning gaps in competitiveness, between European states will continue to cause problems whether they share a single currency or notThe governor of the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/20/saving-eurozone-wont-solve-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/20/saving-eurozone-wont-solve-crisis</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/18/1337338596151/Angela-Merkel-and-Fran-oi-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>It's not rocket science – maybe Sunday papers sell fewer because they cost more</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:06:08 GMT</pubDate><description>Roy Greenslade and other commentators may analyse the ABCs, but maybe sales disparities boil down to the change in our pocketsProfessor Roy Greenslade (like other academic commentators</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/20/saturday-paper-sales-outstrip-sundays</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/20/saturday-paper-sales-outstrip-sundays</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/peter_preston_140x140.jpg"/></item><item><title>Shortcuts: Avoiding Robocalls, Telemarketers and Other Phone Annoyances</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:10:01 GMT</pubDate><description>The Do Not Call registry can cut down on the dreaded calls from telemarketers, but wouldn’t getting rid of the landline altogether be better?  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=aba081450bcff70087f806e552aea065</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=aba081450bcff70087f806e552aea065</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="81" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/19/your-money/19shortcuts/19shortcuts-articleInline.jpg"/></item><item><title>Strategies: Facebook’s Swings Are Ho-Hum to a Nobel Laureate</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:37:18 GMT</pubDate><description>To Harry Markowitz, the father of modern portfolio theory, the Facebook stock hubbub is a yawn. He’d rather focus on a rigorously diversified mix of stocks and bonds.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=18caf2a55deabb5af350d30dfe16ed31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=18caf2a55deabb5af350d30dfe16ed31</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Corner Office | Chris Barbin: Chris Barbin of Appirio, on Boiling Down Answers</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 03:10:05 GMT</pubDate><description>Chris Barbin of Appirio, an information technology company, says he asks job candidates how a best friend would describe them, and then how they would describe themselves.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e0422d48b030db81ffd69d59dc6f526f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e0422d48b030db81ffd69d59dc6f526f</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/19/business/19corner-pic/19corner-pic-thumbStandard.jpg"/></item><item><title>In Facebook Stock Rush, Fanfare vs. Realities</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:37:19 GMT</pubDate><description>The small gain for Facebook’s stock on its first day of trading suggests that many professional money managers viewed all the hype as just that.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=af7ddeb57cc93f49faf42ce1d03f60d6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=af7ddeb57cc93f49faf42ce1d03f60d6</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/20/business/20ipo-illo/20ipo-illo-thumbStandard.jpg"/></item><item><title>Goldman could make $1.09 billion in Facebook IPO</title><dc:creator>MSNBC.MSN</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:30:31 GMT</pubDate><description>Goldman could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Facebook IPO. The investment bank plans to cash out 43 percent of its 65.9 million shares it owns in the social network.    </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=70f9c469f7857409d289fff168c89e3e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=70f9c469f7857409d289fff168c89e3e</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Here's how you get a piece of Facebook</title><dc:creator>MSNBC.MSN</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:29:14 GMT</pubDate><description>Excitement is mounting for Facebook’s expected debut on financial markets Friday. So if you’re an individual investor, can you get a piece of the action, and should you?   </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=5a3e3af6c6f881ce1556f1fc79130df7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=5a3e3af6c6f881ce1556f1fc79130df7</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Facebook looking at price of $38 a share as IPO approaches</title><dc:creator>MSNBC.MSN</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:23:01 GMT</pubDate><description>Facebook was on the verge of going public Thursday at $38 a share, raising more than $16 billion in a landmark public offering that would value the company at more than $100 billion.    </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=ac9e9302df1bebe11c81c937edf534f9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=ac9e9302df1bebe11c81c937edf534f9</guid><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Here's who is getting rich off Facebook's IPO</title><dc:creator>MSNBC.MSN</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:20:04 GMT</pubDate><description>When Facebook priced its initial public offering Thursday, the event created hundreds of instant millionaires and a few billionaires. 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Analysts are deeply divided over the very high price. Expect an instant jump when trading begins late</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=770086938f4b78305e269b1a1fe7d649</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Markets_I.php?url=@http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=770086938f4b78305e269b1a1fe7d649</guid><category>Markets</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="60" url="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Site/abc_default_image_mn.jpg"/></item><item><title>Facebook IPO: Are you going to buy?</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:55:00 EST</pubDate><description>Facebook has now been officially listed on the Nasdaq, with co-founder Mark Zuckerberg ringing Friday’s symbolic opening bell. 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