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    Facebook Fallout Includes PR Fail

    Thu, 05/24/2012 - 05:25 EDT - Portfolio.com - Daily Brief
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    Facebook's initial public offering has been a huge public relations train wreck. Mark Zuckerberg and company can't hack their way out of this disaster.

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