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Building eBay for Lawyers

Vanessa O'Connell, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 23, 2011 at 12:22 am PT

Auction sites like eBay work pretty well if you’re looking for a hard-to-track-down piece of flatware. But can they work for lawyers’ services? Many attorneys have doubts, but a 21-year-old law student named Robert Grant Niznik is putting his money–or more candidly, he says, his parents’ money–behind a Web site called Shpoonkle that will let lawyers bid for clients.

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Oil Firms Hit by Hackers From China, Report Says

Nathan Hodge and Adam Entous, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 10, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Hackers who appear to be based in China have conducted a “coordinated, covert and targeted” campaign of cyber espionage against major Western energy firms, according to a report expected to be issued today by cybersecurity firm McAfee Inc.

Apple's D.C. Lobbying Efforts Get Fierce

John Paczkowski in News on February 4, 2011 at 12:01 pm PT

Apple closed its big government affairs office in Washington, D.C., in the late ’90s and since that time has maintained a fairly low profile inside the Beltway, relative to other big tech firms. But now the company has hired a high-powered new lobbying firm: Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock.

Facebook Finally Acknowledges Goldman Sachs Deal, Says It's Done

Liz Gannes in Social on January 21, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Facebook finally issued a rare press release today to say it has raised a total of $1.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation from Goldman Sachs and its clients.

With 500-Shareholder Concerns Gone, Will Facebook Make Big Acquisitions?

Liz Gannes in Social on January 7, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT

Now that Facebook is giving itself permission to have 500 or more shareholders, given it expects to go public next year, the company’s acquisitions team may get the go-ahead in 2011 to pursue larger and more complicated deals.

Will the Real Facebook Shareholders Please Stand Up?

Liz Gannes in Social on January 6, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT

In the midst of this investor frenzy around Facebook, it is critical to keep in mind that the most important “owners” of Facebook are its 600 million active users.

Still Changing Passwords Today? Silverpop Attack May Be Why.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 15, 2010 at 7:40 am PT

The hacking incident that affected McDonald’s appears to have wider implications for users of scores of other Web sites, and it may be connected, though indirectly, to the weekend attack on Gawker.

Google Cuts Off AppNexus, and the Ad Tech World Shudders

Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2010 at 4:57 pm PT

AppNexus, a high-flying ad technology start-up, just had a very bad few days. The next few weeks could be rough, too.

Analyst: Apple Aims to Sell 100 Million iPhones in 2011

John Paczkowski in Mobile on November 6, 2010 at 1:15 pm PT

If Apple’s 2011 plays out the way Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair figures, investors are going to need some new superlatives with which to describe its performance. In a rapturous note to clients Tuesday, Blair offered some numbers on Apple sure to drop investors’ jaws and set them to salivating at the same time.