Richie Incognito

<h1 class="articleHeadline" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 2.4em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.083em; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><nyt_headline type=" " version="1.0">Prized for His Aggression, Incognito Struggled to Stay in Bounds</nyt_headline></h1><div class="articleSpanImage" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; width: 600px;"><span itemid="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/09/sports/CITY-JP-INCOGNITO/CITY-JP-INCOGNITO-articleLarge.jpg" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" itemid="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/09/sports/CITY-JP-INCOGNITO/CITY-JP-INCOGNITO-articleLarge.jpg" itemprop="url" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/09/sports/CITY-JP-INCOGNITO/CITY-JP-INCOGNITO-articleLarge.jpg" width="600" /><div class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="color: #909090; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.223em; margin-bottom: 3px; text-align: right;">Joel Auerbach/Getty Images</div><div class="caption" itemprop="description" style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em;">Richie Incognito was suspended by the Miami Dolphins, his third N.F.L. team in five years, amid allegations that he bullied Jonathan Martin.</div></span></div><h6 class="byline" style="color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 2px 0px;">By <span itemid="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/bill_pennington/index.html" itemprop="author creator" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/bill_pennington/index.html" rel="author" style="color: #666699; text-decoration: none;" title="More Articles by BILL PENNINGTON">BILL PENNINGTON</a></span></h6><h6 class="dateline" style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Published: November 8, 2013 <span class="commentCount" id="datelineCommentCount" style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; margin-left: 4px; padding-left: 7px;"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/sports/football/prized-for-his-aggression-richie-incognito-struggled-to-stay-in-bounds.html?_r=0#commentsContainer" style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/icons/multimedia/comment_icon.gif); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #666699; padding-left: 13px; text-decoration: none;">256 Comments</a></span></h6><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic articleShareToolsTop shareToolsInstance" data-description="Whatever trouble Richie Incognito encountered — and there were numerous scrapes with the law, with coaches and with teammates — there was always a football team that wanted him." data-shares="facebook,twitter,google,save,email,showall|Share,print,singlepage,reprints,ad" data-title="Prized for His Aggression, Incognito Struggled to Stay in Bounds" data-url="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/sports/football/prized-for-his-aggression-richie-incognito-struggled-to-stay-in-bounds.html" style="background-color: white; 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font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.223em; margin: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: right;">Dave Weaver/Associated Press</h6><div class="caption" style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em;">Richie Incognito was a star at Nebraska but left the university after on- and off-field problems.</div></div></div><div class="inlineLeft" id="readerscomment" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ebf1f5; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/global/borders/aColumnHorizontalBorder.gif); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; clear: left; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px 15px 20px 0px; width: 190px;"><h3 style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/article/comments/icons/comment_black.gif); background-position: 0% 50%; 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line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Then, urged by his father, the Little Leaguer fought back, pummeling one of his tormentors, blackening both his eyes.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The chunky boy grew up to become a menacing 320-pound N.F.L. lineman who was largely unknown outside football circles — until he was accused of being a big-league bully.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Richie Incognito was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/sports/football/for-the-nfl-a-question-of-hazing-or-abuse.html" style="color: #666699;" title="In Bullying Case, Questions on N.F.L. Culture">suspended by the Miami Dolphins</a>, his third N.F.L. team in five years, amid allegations that he bullied Jonathan Martin, his teammate on the offensive line who left the team last week and has not returned. The news hardly came as a shock to most of those who had crossed paths with Incognito since his college years. A snarling, tattooed, 6-foot-3 dynamo, Incognito dominated opponents even as he stretched the boundaries of civil conduct during games and in everyday life.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">But whatever trouble Incognito encountered — and there were numerous scrapes with the law, with coaches and with teammates from New York to Oregon — there was always a football team that wanted him. In a game in which intimidation rules, coaches mostly prized Incognito’s aggression and were willing to overlook his other problems.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">But how did Incognito, plump-cheeked and boyish even in his college photo, transform into a man suspected of terrorizing his own teammate, referring to him publicly as the Big Weirdo? It would be simplistic to point to a childhood fistfight as a turning point, but people from Incognito’s past still remember the teasing he endured as a kid, and the response he delivered.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The fight “sent the right message to the town,” said Seth Bendian, who gave Richie private baseball instruction near his hometown, Bogota, N.J. “And Richie remained a nice, quiet kid.”</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Incognito became more aggressive as his career developed until he landed in Miami, which had a locker room culture that seemed unchecked. Glimpses of that world that have emerged in recent days have ignited a national debate over the fuzzy area between camaraderie and bullying.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Martin’s lawyer said Thursday that Martin had endured more than a year of physical and verbal abuse, including a threat against his sister. He blamed <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/profootball/nationalfootballleague/miamidolphins/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #666699;" title="Recent news and scores about the Miami Dolphins.">Dolphins</a> teammates, but did not single out Incognito. Martin, who reportedly has kept a menacing and racist voice mail from Incognito, is cooperating with an N.F.L. investigation. At the center of it all is Incognito, 30, who has spent virtually his entire adult life struggling to keep his behavior within accepted limits of propriety.</div></div>

Richie Incognito

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Google Drive

<hgroup class="contentHeader contentPad" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, arial, Verdana, sans-serif, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="calluna" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: calluna, Georgia, serif; font-size: 45px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 9px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Drive Update Offers Support For iOS 7 And Multiple Accounts</h1><div class="titleMetaGrey calluna noMarg" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: calluna, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BY <a class="upcased" href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/author/brent" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #005a9c; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">BRENT DIRKS</a> on <time class="" datetime="2013-11-07" pubdate="" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thu November 07th, 2013</time> <span itemprop="keywords" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="tag" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.647059) 0px 1px 1px; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(rgb(220, 230, 248)), to(rgb(187, 207, 241))); border-bottom-left-radius: 13px; border-bottom-right-radius: 13px; border-top-color: white; border-top-left-radius: 13px; border-top-right-radius: 13px; border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.647059) 0px 1px 1px; display: inline-block; font-family: helvetica, arial, clean, sans-serif; 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font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 14px; margin: 3px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 10px 3px; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/tag/google-drive" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #005a9c; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">google drive</a></span></span></div></hgroup><section class="contentBody contentPad stdRounded lteshaddowWide" itemprop="articleBody" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.505882) 0px 0px 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.505882) 0px 0px 4px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, arial, Verdana, sans-serif, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="leadImageBlock" style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="size-large aligncenter" src="http://wpuploads.appadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/googledrive.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.603922) 0px 2px 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.603922) 0px 2px 3px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 3px auto; max-height: 500px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" title="Google Drive Update Offers Support For iOS 7 And Multiple Accounts" /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The official iOS app for the Google Drive cloud storage service has just been updated to add iOS 7 support and a slate of other new features.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First up, version 2.1 of the app now offers support for multiple accounts so you can easily switch back and forth between a personal and work account, for example.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And with the single sign-in feature, signing in to Google Drive will automatically sign users into other apps like <a href="http://getapp.cc/app/544007664" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://getapp.cc/app/585027354" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Maps</a>,<a href="http://getapp.cc/app/535886823" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Chrome</a>, and <a href="http://getapp.cc/app/447119634" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Google+</a>.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, users will be able to now print their files with Google’s Cloud Print Service or Apple’s AirPrint standard.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A universal app designed for the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad/iPad mini,<a href="http://getapp.cc/app/507874739" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Drive can be downloaded now in the App Store for free</a>. While users can take advantage of 15GB of free storage, extra space can be purchased directly in the app.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before today’s update, the last major release to the app came <a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/09/google-drive-2-0-features-new-design-new-thumbnail-view-and-other-improvements" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">with version 2.0 in September</a>. That brought an iOS 7-inspired design and a new thumbnail view of documents.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For other app news today, see: <a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/battle-over-treacherous-pacific-waters-in-sid-meiers-ace-patrol-pacific-skies" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Battle Over Treacherous Pacific Waters In Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies</a>, <a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/moustachioed-big-action-mega-fight-kicks-and-punches-its-way-into-the-app-store" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Moustachioed Big Action Mega Fight! Kicks And Punches Its Way Into The App Store</a>, <a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/runkeeper-4-1-now-captures-movements-outside-of-your-regular-workout" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear; color: #3399d9; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">RunKeeper 4.1 Now Captures Movements Outside Of Your Regular Workout</a>.</div></section>

Google Drive

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Philippines

<h1 property="dc.title" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.5em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;"><span class="entry-title">Philippine authorities expect ‘very high number’ of deaths after typhoon slams central region</span></h1><div class="relative primary-slot padding-top img-border gallery-container photo-wrapper" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/super-typhoon-haiyan-targets-the-philippines/2013/11/07/59220b7c-4708-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_gallery.html" style="color: black;"><img class="gallery-pic" src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/11/09/Production/WashingtonPost/Images/2013-11-09T144753Z_01_CHE11_RTRIDSP_3_PHILIPPINES-TYPHOON.jpg" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border: 1px solid rgb(241, 241, 241); padding: 1px;" /></a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/super-typhoon-haiyan-targets-the-philippines/2013/11/07/59220b7c-4708-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_gallery.html" style="color: black;"></a></div><div class="gallery-caption border-bottom margin-bottom-15 relative" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; background-image: url(http://img.washingtonpost.com/rw/sites/twpweb/img/bkgds/gallery_call_to_action2.png?t=20131022150600); background-position: 10px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; min-height: 20px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 15px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><span class="gallery-credit" style="color: #b0b0b0; position: absolute; right: 4px; top: 1px;"></span><div class="caption padding-left border-left" style="border-left-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 35px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><a class="gallery-link" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/super-typhoon-haiyan-targets-the-philippines/2013/11/07/59220b7c-4708-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_gallery.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><strong>View Photo Gallery —</strong> Typhoon Haiyan slams the Philippines: Massive storm lashes archipelago with sustained winds exceeding 140 mph and up to 170 mph. At least 138 people are confirmed dead so far.</a></div></div><div class="module article-toolbar floating relative" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="article-toolbar-ad" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 4px; top: 4px;"></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><div class="module byline" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><h3 property="dc.creator" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By <span class="author" style="color: #666666;">Associated Press</span>, <span class="timestamp updated pre" comparetime="1384014699000" contenttype="article" datetitle="published" epochtime="1383957912000" pagetype="leaf" style="color: #666666; padding-right: 4px;"></span><span class="timestamp updated pre" comparetime="1383957912000" contenttype="article" datetitle="updated" epochtime="1384014699000" pagetype="leaf" style="color: #666666; padding-right: 4px;"></span></h3></div><div class="relative" id="article" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div id="article_body" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="article_body entry-content classic" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><article><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateline"></span>TACLOBAN, Philippines — The central Philippine city of Tacloban was in ruins Saturday, a day after being ravaged by one of the strongest typhoons on record, as horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees and authorities said they were expecting a “very high number of fatalities.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">At least 138 people were confirmed dead in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. 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At least 118 of the confirmed deaths were on hardest-hit Leyte Island, where Tacloban is located, said national disaster agency spokesman Maj. Reynaldo Balido.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">But after arriving in Tacloban on Saturday, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said it was too early to know how many people had died in the storm, which was heading toward Vietnam after moving away from the Philippines.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">“The rescue operation is ongoing. We expect a very high number of fatalities as well as injured,” Roxas said. “All systems, all vestiges of modern living — communications, power, water — all are down. Media is down, so there is no way to communicate with the people in a mass sort of way.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">President Benigno Aquino III said the casualties “will be substantially more,” but gave no figure or estimate. 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The airport tower’s glass windows were shattered, and air force helicopters were busy flying in and out at the start of relief operations.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">“The devastation is, I don’t have the words for it,” Roxas said. “It’s really horrific. It’s a great human tragedy.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Aquino was “speechless” when he told him of the devastation the typhoon had wrought in Tacloban.</div></article></div></div></div>

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padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><div alt="" class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-right" id="socialBarTop-reaction1" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; cursor: pointer; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;" title=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; color: #4d4d4d; float: none; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tbody style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tr style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><td id="socialBarTop-reaction1-left" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction1-left_img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; width: 2px;"></div></td><td id="socialBarTop-reaction1-icon" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/i/shareBar/button/buttonCenterImgUp.png); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; zoom: 1;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction1-twitter_img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: -62px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; width: 16px;"></div></td><td id="socialBarTop-reaction1-text" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/i/shareBar/button/buttonCenterImgUp.png); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><div class="gig-button-text gig-share-button-text" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; color: #333333; float: none; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; white-space: nowrap; width: auto;">Twitter</div></td><td id="socialBarTop-reaction1-right" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction1-right_img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: -4px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; width: 2px;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div class="gig-counter gig-share-counter gig-counter-$rid gig-counter-right" id="socialBarTop-reaction1-count" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: -8px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px auto 0px 1px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 38px; zoom: 1;"><span class="gig-counter-text gig-share-counter-text gig-counter-text-right gig-share-counter-text-right" id="socialBarTop-reaction1-count-value" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; left: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: auto; zoom: 1;">18</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: auto; zoom: 1;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-right gig-button-container-google-plusone gig-button-container-google-plusone-count-right gig-share-button-container" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; left: 254px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; position: absolute; width: auto;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction2" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; line-height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div id="___plusone_0" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; display: inline-block; float: none; font-size: 1px; height: 20px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;"><iframe data-gapiattached="true" frameborder="0" hspace="0" id="I0_1384015707754" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="I0_1384015707754" scrolling="no" src="https://apis.google.com/u/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&bsv=o&size=medium&annotation=bubble&width=&hl=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2Fid%2F101180011&gsrc=3p&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.pt_BR.JMWpmuI0u6g.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOxV6JfCDa_2_Gyr3yqhy_1CpOYGg#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1384015707754&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com&pfname=&rpctoken=36116421" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-style: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; float: none; font-size: 10px; height: 20px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; top: 0px; visibility: visible; width: 90px;" tabindex="0" title="+1" vspace="0" width="100%"></iframe></div></div></div></td><td style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: auto; zoom: 1;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-right gig-button-container-linkedin gig-button-container-linkedin-count-right gig-share-button-container" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; left: 336px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; position: absolute; width: auto;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; color: #4d4d4d; float: none; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tbody style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tr style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><td class="gig-button-td" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><div alt="" class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-right" id="socialBarTop-reaction3" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; cursor: pointer; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;" title=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; color: #4d4d4d; float: none; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tbody style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tr style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><td id="socialBarTop-reaction3-left" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction3-left_img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; width: 2px;"></div></td><td id="socialBarTop-reaction3-icon" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/i/shareBar/button/buttonCenterImgUp.png); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; zoom: 1;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction3-linkedin_img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: -94px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; width: 16px;"></div></td><td id="socialBarTop-reaction3-text" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/i/shareBar/button/buttonCenterImgUp.png); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><div class="gig-button-text gig-share-button-text" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; color: #333333; float: none; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; white-space: nowrap; width: auto;">LinkedIn</div></td><td id="socialBarTop-reaction3-right" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction3-right_img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: -4px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; width: 2px;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div class="gig-counter gig-share-counter gig-counter-$rid gig-counter-right" id="socialBarTop-reaction3-count" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: -8px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px auto 0px 1px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 38px; zoom: 1;"><span class="gig-counter-text gig-share-counter-text gig-counter-text-right gig-share-counter-text-right" id="socialBarTop-reaction3-count-value" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; left: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: auto; zoom: 1;">2</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: auto; zoom: 1;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-none gig-button-container-share gig-button-container-share-count-none gig-share-button-container" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; left: 458px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; position: absolute; width: auto;"><div alt="" class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-none" id="socialBarTop-reaction4" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; cursor: pointer; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;" title=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; color: #4d4d4d; float: none; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tbody style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><tr style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><td id="socialBarTop-reaction4-left" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div id="socialBarTop-reaction4-left_img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%2Cover%5D.png%7C2%2C20%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2FrightCountImg.png%7C38%2C20%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2F%5Bfacebook-like%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle-plusone%2Clinkedin%2Cshare%5D.png%7C16%2C16); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: none; float: none; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; 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font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Wal-Mart</a>'s announcement that it would not honor online purchases made Wednesday, when a computer glitch slashed prices on everything from mountain bikes to high-definition TVs, some shoppers were left questioning the retailer's integrity.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">Consumers vented their outrage on social media after hearing that all orders would be canceled and that shoppers would be issued a $10 gift card, with some asking what good was a card if they would no longer shop there.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">Despite the backlash, industry experts said it is typical for retailers to cancel orders when a major technical error occurs, and that Wal-Mart's reaction wasn't that bad.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">In fact, they said, the fault might lie more directly with shoppers.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">(<em>Read more</em>: <a class="inline_asset" data-nodeid="101176061" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101176061" style="color: #2d648a; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Wal-Mart accidentally slashes prices, blames glitch</a>)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">"In most cases of outlandish prices, the consumer is well aware of the error and is trying to take advantage of the glitch," said Edgar Dworsky, a former Massachusetts assistant attorney general for consumer protection and founder of Consumer World, a Web resource guide .</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">He noted 21 pages of comments left on aggregator site Slickdeals, where a shopper who had caught the mistake shared the news with others so they could capitalize on the ultracheap merchandise.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">"Most of the consumers who [made purchases] did it on a gamble thinking they may luck out," Dworsky said. "It's the consumer who believed they were buying at an honest price who, to me, has a better case."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">He recalled two similar incidents involving <a class="inline_quotes" data-gdsid="9399" data-inline-quote-symbol="AMZN" href="http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/AMZN" style="color: #2d648a; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Amazon.com</a>, one in which a mistake caused some of its DVD prices to be cut by more than 75 percent. <a class="inline_quotes" data-gdsid="14960" data-inline-quote-symbol="DELL" href="http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/DELL" style="color: #2d648a; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Dell</a> also encountered a similar issue in 2011, when one of its laptops who ticket price was $1,000 was advertised on the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's site for $25. In all cases, the retailers did not honor the deals.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">Dworksy pointed out that many companies take legal cover under the Terms and Conditions area of their websites.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;">For example, a part of Wal-Mart Stores' Terms and Use section says, "Pricing errors may occur on the Walmart Sites or through Walmart Marketplace retailers. Walmart reserves the right to cancel any orders containing pricing errors, with no further obligations to you, even after your receipt of an order confirmation or shipping notice from Walmart."</div></div></div></div>

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Photograph: Reuters</figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="flexible-content-body" data-display-hint="" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">Twitter made a spectacular debut on the New York stock exchange on Thursday, with its soaring share price valuing the company at over $25bn. It was an extraordinary debut for a company that has never made a profit and whose business model depends on selling advertising on a scale significantly higher than it currently achieves.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">The company set a share price of $26 on Tuesday but fierce bidding for the limited number of shares available drove that price up to over $45 as the stock market opened, a rise of 73%. In early trading, the price increased even further, at one point topping $50. It closed the day at $44.90.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">It instantly made billionaires of co-founders Ev Williams and Jack Dorsey. Williams owns 59.6m shares, valued at more than $2.5bn at $45.10 a piece. Dorsey holds another 23.4m shares, valued at over $1bn.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">At $25bn Twitter is being valued at 25 times next year’s projected earnings of $1bn. That same multiple applied to Apple would be equal the entire annual economic output of Germany, said Tomas Freyman, director of valuations at BDO. “This is a company with $600m of revenues and no profits,” he said. He said the company would have to “put up some serious numbers soon” to justify the price.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">The massive spike worried some analysts. Brian Wieser of Pivotal Research, an independent research firm, sent a note to clients Thursday morning advising them to sell. “With a price that pushes into the high 30s and beyond, Twitter is simply too expensive,” he wrote.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">The seven-year-old company now claims 200m users worldwide and has 53m active users in the US, where it makes most of its advertising revenues. It has never made a profit: in the first nine months of this year, Twitter posted a loss of $134m. Facebook, the last big tech IPO, now has over 1bn users – its profits grew to more than $1bn before it went public.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">Twitter is big on mobile, the fastest-growing area for advertisers and one where others, including Facebook until recently, have struggled. In September the company bought MoPub, which manages online ad sales, for a reported $350m. The company will allow Twitter to sell its expertise in mobile advertising to other parties and its purchase was seen by analysts as a critical move in growing revenues. </div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">But analysts question whether its advertising targets are achievable. "Twitter’s entire business model is based on advertising – not on the ads it has, but on the ads it hopes one day it might get," said Larry Chiagouris, professor of marketing at Pace University in New York.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">Patrick Stewart, the award-winning actor best known for portraying Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, was at the NYSE to ring the opening bell on Twitter’s behalf. He was joined by Vivienne Harr, a nine-year-old who set up a lemonade stand to protest against child slavery, and a representative of the Boston police department.</div><figure class="element element-tweet" data-canonical-url="https://twitter.com/NYSEEuronext/statuses/398477648202321920" data-twttr-id="twttr-sandbox-0" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" height="650" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14902) 0px 1px 3px; display: block; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 99%; min-width: 220px; padding: 0px; position: static; visibility: visible;" title="Embedded Tweet" width="460"></iframe></figure><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">Twitter’s share price was increased three times before the initial public offering (IPO).</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">Twitter had originally estimated a price range of $17-$20, but on Monday that was upped to $23-$25. The price was further increased to $26 on Wednesday. But huge demand for the 70m shares put on sale by the company sent the price soaring.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">“We knew Twitter shares would be in high demand, but this still goes down as hugely impressive, and is further evidence of the hunger to invest in innovative new media type," said Joshua Raymond of the analysts City Index. "IPOs are, of course, highly volatile, so while this would appear to be a very successful market debut for Twitter, we must take a step back and judge investor appetite over a longer period of time,” he said</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">The company had appeared keen to avoid a first-day “pop” of this magnitude. Big “pops” on internet stocks have in the past been followed by significant falls. But it was also keen to avoid the fate of Facebook which priced its shares too high and took a year to recover from its disastrous IPO last May.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">Before the pricing, Tomas Freyman, director of valuations at BDO, worried that history was about to repeat itself. "Despite Twitter's price range valuing being more modest than some of the numbers bandied about over the last few weeks, this is still very high for a company that has yet to make any profits," he said.</div><div style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;">Emmett Kilduff, CEO of Eagle Alpha, a company that analyses online data, said Twitter needed to improve its ad platform if it was to grow revenues. Eagle Alpha recently published a report looking at online views of Twitter from advertisers. “”Ease of use was a big thing for advertisers. If a small business uses Google’s AdWords [Google’s main advertising product], it’s incredibly simple. Our feedback was that was not so for Twitter. It’s just not intuitive.”</div></div></div></div></div></div>

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