Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO By Danielle Kucera, Sanat Vallikappen and Christine Harper - Fri May 11 16:10:08 GMT 2012 Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc., 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 Who Owns Facebook. At the high end of the IPO valuation, that would be worth about $3.84 billion. His holdings aren’t listed in Facebook’s regulatory filings. Saverin, 30, joins a growing number of people ... Continue reading →

Enlarge image France Entrepreneurs Flee From Hollande Wealth Rejection Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg Supporters of Francois Hollande, France's Socialist presidential candidate, celebrate after winning the presidential election at Place de la Bastille in Paris. Supporters of Francois Hollande, France's Socialist presidential candidate, celebrate after winning the presidential election at Place de la Bastille in Paris. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg Enlarge image French President-elect Francois Hollande Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg French President-elect Francois Hollande. French President-elect Francois Hollande. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg Enlarge image Leaving Paris Luggage in front of the Plaza Athenee palace hotel in Paris. Luggage in front of the Plaza Athenee palace hotel in Paris. Source: Sipa via AP Images Jeremie Le Febvre, the 30-year-old founder of private equity marketing-services firm TBG Capital Advisors, plans to move to Singapore ... Continue reading →

nikolajgammeltoft 7 photos · 10 followers “Western civilization coming together: Richard Serra meets Louis I. Kahn meets Yale's neo-gothic campus.” Continue reading →

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Martine Fougeron/Getty, for The New York Times Robert Caro in his Manhattan office. The later volumes of his L.B.J. biography have taken more years to write than it took the former president to live them. More Photos » Robert Caro probably knows more about power, political power especially, than anyone who has never had some. He has never run for any sort of office himself and would probably have lost if he had. He’s a shy, soft-spoken man with old–fashioned manners and an old-fashioned New York accent (he says “toime” instead of “time” and “foine” instead of fine), so self-conscious that talking about himself makes him squint a little. The idea of power, or of powerful people, seems to repel him as much as it ... Continue reading →

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Philip Seymour Hoffman Leads Great ‘Salesman’ Revival By Jeremy Gerard - Fri Mar 16 02:00:00 GMT 2012 Philip Seymour Hoffman in ``Death of a Salesman.'' The revival of Arthur Miller's tragedy, staged by Mike Nichols, is running on Broadway through June 2 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Photographer: Brigitte Lacombe/Boneau/Bryan-Brown via Bloomberg Enlarge image "Death of a Salesman" Brigitte Lacombe/Boneau/Bryan-Brown via Bloomberg Andrew Garfield and Finn Wittrock in ``Death of a Salesman.'' The revival of Arthur Miller's tragedy, staged by Mike Nichols, is running on Broadway through June 2 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Andrew Garfield and Finn Wittrock in ``Death of a Salesman.'' The revival of Arthur Miller's tragedy, staged by Mike Nichols, is running on Broadway through June 2 at the Ethel Barrymore ... Continue reading →