Facebook IPO means billions for Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook is going public on Friday, with an IPO that’s expected to raise more than $18 billion for Facebook, mint 500 to 1,000 new millionaires and make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, now just 28, a multi-billionaire. Facebook after the IPO is expected to be more valuable than McDonald’s in an IPO that could generate more than 10 times the $1.67 billion Google raised with its IPO in 2004. Anywhere from 500 to 1,000 Facebook employees and shareholders will become millionaires. What would you do with that kind of money? Our roving reporters asked that question to people in New York City’s Times Square. If you had as much money as Mark Zuckerberg will have on…

Walmart snake bites medical marijuana shopper

Walmart shopper Mica Craig got the shock of his life when he was bitten by a rattlesnake. Craig was shopping in the garden section when the snake sank its fangs into his hand. Initially, the Idaho native thought he was brushing away a stick that had fallen across his legs. He soon found this was not the case. Craig shook the snake lose and stomped it to death before falling to the ground in pain. Craig was shopping at the Walmart to get soil for his marijuana plants. Don’t worry, he needs them for “medical reasons,” so he has he has a license. Craig was taken to the hospital by fellow shopper Maria Geffre, who…

沃爾瑪購物慘遭響尾蛇吻 男手掌恐永久變形

人客們注意: Walmart裡有蛇! 美國連鎖量販店Walmart或許是個能一次滿足你所有購物慾的好所在，但下次去購物時，千萬小心恐怖的生物出沒! 很不幸地，麥卡克萊格 (Mica Craig) 沒收到上述警告，他在園藝區買種醫療用大麻的培植土的時候被一隻響尾蛇咬傷。 就這麼剛好也在園藝區買種大麻用的土壤的瑪莉亞蓋夫瑞 (Maria Geffre) 驚見克萊格痛苦不支倒地，便隨即將他送往醫院。 一開始克萊格的傷口並沒有得到最佳治療，但很快地他發現蛇的毒液侵入他的傷口。即便施打了六包抗蛇毒血清後，醫生仍告訴克萊格他的手很可能會永久受損。 克萊格表示Walmart坦承他們的賣場裡有蛇早已是舊聞了。 Craig說雖然他是Walmart超級賣場的忠誠顧客，他不確定近期內還會再去那購物。 你認為在Walmart發生這種事很不尋常嗎? 留言告訴我們你的看法吧!

Cheating husband caught when wife receives benefits notice

A wife who tolerated her cheating husband’s first illegitimate child caught her spouse in an extramarital affair again after she found he had fathered three more love children — eight years later and with the same mistress. The wife, whose unfaithful husband owns a bookstore in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, found out about the three new illegitimate children in February after she received a notification of approval for government child support subsidies, something she had never applied for. Suspicious, she went to the household registration office to apply for an updated copy of her household registration, and was shocked to find three extra children on the form. It turns out her husband’s mistress — who had previously…

Children’s slides in Taiwan fall short of safety standards

May 1st is Children’s Safety Day. According to a study conducted by a Taiwanese children’s foundation, slides are the most popular item on children’s playgrounds. However, in Taiwan’s five special municipalities 96% of the slides tested fell short of safety standards. Sixty percent of the children hurt in play parks are hurt on slides.