Daily Archives: January 27, 2012

US growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead

January 27, 2012
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:45pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012. Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.8...

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Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week

January 27, 2012
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Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week

By SHAYNDI RAICE And RANDALL SMITH Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its IPO, said people familiar with the matter. Facebook could file papers for the IPO as early as this coming Wednesday,...

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Second Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death

January 27, 2012
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Second Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death

AP file Joshua Komisarjevsky, NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home, a gruesome crime that unsettled the suburbs and halted momentum to abolish the death penalty in the state. Joshua Komisarjevsky will...

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