By Ari Levy and Adam Satariano • Bloomberg News • November 1, 2009 Facebook Inc. is tapping virtual farmers, mafia dons and online pets to generate cash from the social-networking Web site's 300 million users. The company is... [read full story]
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From his office in San Francisco, Scott Koenigsberg presides over a weapons manufacturing and retail business with sales so brisk it would surely draw the attention of federal agents - that is, if it were real in the...
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