The amount of money Mark Zuckerberg made yesterday — in a single day — when Facebook stock went up 30 percent. (Forbes)
The amount video game maker Activision (famous for Call of Duty and World of Warcraft) is paying its parent company Vivendi to become wholly independent. (Bloomberg)
The amount of money the government wants SAC Capital to forfeit in what it regards as ill-gotten gains. Catch up on hedge fund SAC Capital’s insider trading charges with our Whiteboard Explainer. (Marketplace Whiteboard)
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