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Megaupload founder held, mansion raided
New Zealand police seized a treasure trove of luxury goods from the founder of file-sharing site Megaupload.com Jan. 20 as four suspected ...
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Thursday, 8 March 2012
Yelp shares surge 64 percent in stock market debut
Yelp's stock opened to five-star reviews from investors on Friday, soaring 64 percent even though the company has yet to prove it can make money from its online recommendations.
Employees of the online review site Yelp are seen at the East Coast headquarters of the tech company in New York City 2011. Investors gave Yelp five stars when the online community restaurant and business review website hit the stock market Friday for the first time, its shares soaring more than 60 percent over the IPO price
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, the logo of the online reviews website Yelp is shown in neon on a wall at the company's new Manhattan offices in New York. Online reviews site Yelp is expected to price its initial public offering of stock on Thursday , March 1, 2012, and become the latest in a long line of social websites going public.
Yelp Shares Soar After Initial Offering
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Yelp CEO and co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman, right, reacts as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg holds up a tee-shirt Stoppelman presented to him at the opening of the online reviews website's Manhattan offices in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Yelp opened a 9,500 square-foot space in the same office building where Apple is located on Fifth Avenue near Union Square
Employees of the online reviews website Yelp listen as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Yelp CEO and co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman at the opening of the company's Manhattan offices in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Yelp opened a 9,500 square-foot space in the same office building where Apple is located on Fifth Avenue near Union Square
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins Yelp CEO and co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman at the new Manhattan offices of the online reviews website in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Yelp opened a 9,500 square-foot space in the same office building where Apple is located on Fifth Avenue near Union Square
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
Megaupload founder held, mansion raided
New Zealand police seized a treasure trove of luxury goods from the founder of file-sharing site Megaupload.com Jan. 20 as four suspected Internet pirates wanted in the United States appeared in court. Armed officers swooped on an Auckland mansion occupied by "Kim Dotcom."
This aerial shot shows Kim Dotcom's house in Coatesville, north west of Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Police arrested founder Kim Dotcom and three employees of Megaupload.com, a giant Internet file-sharing site, on U.S. accusations that they facilitated millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue.
A TV grab showing Internet guru and founder of Megaupload.com, Kim Schmitz, also known as "Kim Dotcom" (right), escorted by a policeman as he appears in an Auckland district court in New Zealand on Friday. New Zealand police seized a treasure trove of luxury goods from Dotcom on Friday as he and three other suspected Internet pirates wanted in the United States appeared in court
Giraffe statues stand in the grounds of the Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, who founded the Megaupload.com site and ran it from the $30 million mansion, is seen in Coatesville January 21, 2012. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music. New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency.
A trailer truck takes away some luxury cars which were seized from Kim Dotcom's house in Coatesville, north west of Auckland, New Zealand Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Police arrested founder Kim Dotcom and three employees of Megaupload.com, a giant Internet file-sharing site, on U.S. accusations that they facilitated millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue
An aerial view of the Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, who founded the Megaupload.com site and ran it from the $30 million mansion in Coatesville, Auckland January 21, 2012. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music. New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency.
The entrance of the Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, who founded the Megaupload.com site and ran it from the $30 million mansion, is seen in Coatesville January 21, 2012. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music. New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency.
FILE - In this April 30, 2007 file photo, attorney Robert Bennett speaks in Washington. Bennett, one of the nation's most prominent defense lawyers will represent file-sharing website Megaupload on charges that the company used its popular site to orchestrate a massive piracy scheme that enabled millions of illegal downloads of movies and other content.
A broken intercom system is seen after a police raid at Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, who founded the Megaupload.com site and ran it from the $30 million mansion in Coatesville, Auckland January 21, 2012. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music. New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency.
A security guard patrols the grounds after a police raid at Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, who founded the Megaupload.com site and ran it from the $30 million mansion, is seen in Coatesville January 21, 2012. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music. New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency
File picture shows German Internet millionaire Kim Schmitz during his trial at a district court in Munich May 27, 2002. Internet content hosting website Megaupload.com founders Schmitz, also known as Kim Dotcom and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, and Mathias Ortmann were arrested with two other company executives in Auckland, New Zealand, by local authorities on January 19, 2012 and will face extradition hearings, the U.S. Justice Department said. They were charged by U.S. authorities for a massive copyright infringement scheme, the latest skirmish in a battle against piracy of movies and music
An aerial view of the Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, who founded the Megaupload.com site and ran it from the $30 million mansion in Coatesville, Auckland January 21, 2012. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music. New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency
The home page of Megaupload.com, one of the largest file-sharing websites shut down by US authorities, in an image grabbed Friday. Four men wanted for Internet piracy over the site in the United States appeared in a New Zealand court on Friday, as police seized a treasure trove of luxury cars, artworks and cash from its founder
The Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, who founded the Megaupload.com site and ran it from the $30 million mansion, is seen in Coatesville January 21, 2012. The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, charging its founders and several employees with massive copyright infringement, the latest skirmish in a high-profile battle against piracy of movies and music. New Zealand police on Friday raided a mansion in Auckland and arrested Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, 37, a German national with New Zealand residency.
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