Facebook in the filings… | footnoted.com

We’ll let others focus on the blow-by-blow today. … What we found more interesting was the rash of insider trading-related forms filed late yesterday. We counted 39, which was significantly higher than those filed by Google (GOOG) insiders prior to its IPO in August 2004. Four of those were filed by various entities tied to Goldman Sachs. Digital Sky Technologies, an early investor, accounted for another 5 insider forms.

As for the individuals, the filings come from some names you’ve undoubtedly heard a lot about lately, including new Singaporean citizen Eduardo Saverin, who according to this Form 3 that was filed at 8:41 pm last night, owns 53.1 million shares. (That’s $2.02 billion at $38 a share.)

The other thing we found interesting was this confidential treatment order (PDF) seeking to shield three exhibits, filed late yesterday. Because the CT order was granted, we have no idea what’s in those agreements, but we do know that exhibits starting with the number 10 are material contracts, and usually worth paying attention to. We took a quick look back to see what other high profile IPOs had been granted CT requests on the eve of their IPOs and it was a mixed bag: Zynga (ZNGA) and Zillow (Z), both of which went public last year, filed CT orders on the day they went public. So did LinkedIn. But Google, Amazon (AMZN), eBay (EBAY) and Groupon (GRPN) didn’t. (In fact, Google and Amazon have never filed for a confidential treatment order.)

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Epic Tea Time w. Alan Rickman

Video is silent. Crank up some cinematic music and click play. 

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motherjones: Bayer’s neonicotinoid pesticides, which now coat upwards of 90 percent of US corn seeds and seeds of increasing portions of other major crops like soy, have emerged as a likely trigger for colony collapse disorder. 

motherjones:

Bayer’s neonicotinoid pesticides, which now coat upwards of 90 percent of US corn seeds and seeds of increasing portions of other major crops like soy, have emerged as a likely trigger for colony collapse disorder. 

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Prometheus Story 3 (by kabeerparwani)

Via @dotsara and probably @hellbox, too.

Amazingly good.

‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright - Document - NYTimes.com I know tactics like this are rampant.  It’s just shitty to read, particularly with the degree of personal vehemence in its language.

‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright - Document - NYTimes.com

I know tactics like this are rampant.  It’s just shitty to read, particularly with the degree of personal vehemence in its language.

Media General to sell most of its newspapers to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway | Poynter.

A Murder of Crows ~ Full Episode | Nature | PBS

Seattle homesick.  Also, crows are awesome.  As is @dotsara, who happily DM chatted cross-country as we both watched.

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12. What is your wpm when drunk on whiskey drinks?

About You | biblioklept

Via @hellbox.  Best thing today.

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You have the advantage of human interaction? I mean: love for Tesla, but dude needed a hug now and again.
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The Einhorn Effect | Crossing Wall Street David Einhorn, the famous hedge fund manager who foresaw the disaster that was Lehman Brothers, spoke at an investment conference today. When Einhorn talks, traders listen. Today, he bashed the stock of Martin Marietta Materials. Einhorn called the CEO a “megalomaniac.” This coming from a hedge fund manager. By looking at the chart below, can you guess when the news hit? Look closely. I bet you can. Click for high-res photo

The Einhorn Effect | Crossing Wall Street

David Einhorn, the famous hedge fund manager who foresaw the disaster that was Lehman Brothers, spoke at an investment conference today. When Einhorn talks, traders listen.

Today, he bashed the stock of Martin Marietta Materials. Einhorn called the CEO a “megalomaniac.” This coming from a hedge fund manager.

By looking at the chart below, can you guess when the news hit? Look closely. I bet you can.

The Facebook IPO: A Note to Mark Zuckerberg; or, With “Friends” Like Morgan Stanley, Who Needs Enemies? «

As posted by Dan Ariely, due to the ties about ethical behavior.

As the lead bank on your deal, Morgan Stanley is likely to get 30% of the overall take. This means that your closest investment banking “friend” will make a bit more than $200 million from your IPO.

Morgan Stanley and the rest of the investment banks involved will also make sure that their favorite fund manager client “friends” are given lots of free money. Assuming that these “friends” are given 75% of the total number of IPO shares, or a total of 291 million shares, and assuming that the stock does rise from $40 to $50, then these fund managers will collectively, in one day, make $2.9 billion dollars in realized or unrealized profits.  That’s right, 2.9 BILLION DOLLARS.

Mark, by now you must be asking yourself the obvious question. “Where and out of whose pocket does this money come from?”

JaVale McGee's Crusade for Investigative Journalism and Non-Speculative, Facts-Based Reporting - Grantland

Via @erikhinton.

Great Moments in Campaign Finance Disclosure: What Miscellaneous Filings Are For

campaignfinance:

A message from the President/Treasurer/Grand Poobah of Why Not ZoidPAC?, filed at around 2:30 a.m.:

To Whom I May Concern: This memo is primarily intended as a test: I recognize the gravity generally attached to something like the submission of a form to the FEC, but I wanted to confirm for myself that the Federal Elections Comission lives up to its lofty goal of transparency.

It recently occurred to me that as President, Grand Poobah, and (most importantly here, anyway) Treasurer of the Why Not ZoidPAC? Super PAC, I possess the ability to submit these Form 99s electronically and have them displayed publicly at http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00514646 . I also understand that these forms are primarily meant as written statements addressing the FEC directly; however, I don’t see how or why I should be limited against using this kind of form to make a publicly recorded note of assorted positions and opinions I wish to share.

I suppose my question to you, the FEC filer reading this form, is: is this OK? I don’t see many examples (any, really) of this sort of thing, but it seems like an intriguing way to submit positions and ideas to the public record on behalf of Why Not ZoidPAC.

Should this be allowed to work, I’d like to address the few hypothetical people who might have somehow discovered this document through the public filing. Hello, to you as well! I suppose this is kind of like a blog post to you. We’ll see.

Whomever may be reading this, thank you for your time.

Respectfully,

Daniel Ben-David

President/Treasurer/Grand Poobah, “Why Not ZoidPAC?


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on 7th November 1943, the 26th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the Soviet flag was to be flown over both Willesden Town Hall, in Dyne Road, Kilburn, and the electricity building in Willesden Lane, Willesden Green.
When Willesden helped rebuild Stalingrad – a story for Victory Day |  wow.  the more I learn about the history of our little pocket of London, the more amazed I am.   (via interestingsnippets)
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dotsara: Trying to stay away from Prometheus spoilers (for example, even though I saw a new[to-me] trailer before The Avengers on Friday, I don’t remember any of it beyond gasping and zomg-ing into my beer), but this? Had to. Miniature cybernetic David! Click for high-res photo

dotsara:

Trying to stay away from Prometheus spoilers (for example, even though I saw a new[to-me] trailer before The Avengers on Friday, I don’t remember any of it beyond gasping and zomg-ing into my beer), but this?

Had to.

Miniature cybernetic David!

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