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A 2009 Prediction and a Telling IPO

By Kirk Shinkle

Posted: December 24, 2008

AllThingsD's Kara Swisher  predicts "the socializtion of everything" will be one of the big stories of 2009 in the Tech Ticker video bleow (also, she's a "Gossip Girl" fan).

On a related theme the IPO market gets a new entrant this week: TechCrunch says FriendFinder Networks (formerly Penthouse Media Group), which bills itself as "the world’s largest sex & swinger personals community," is planning a $460 million IPO. Socialization indeed.

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Kirk Shinkle is a senior editor at U.S. News. He writes daily about ups and downs in equity markets, sectors and stocks. Formerly, he covered business and economics on both coasts for Investor's Business Daily.

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