Separately, analyst John Lau with investment bank Jefferies predicted job cuts of 12% to 17% for the company's 100, 000-person employee base, with reductions coming across all Intel organizations and across all geographies.

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Although the secondary market is still young, it is routine for companies to halt trading before an IPO to have time to account for its current shareholder base, said a person familiar with the secondary market.

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While Electronic Arts' "Medal of Honor Warfighter" failed to connect with the first-person shooter fan base last fall, the publisher's "Battlefield" franchise remains one of its strongest.

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But I prefer that to rigid values that blind and deafen, or individual visions that might not be as smart as the person offering them thinks (lunar base, anyone?).

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Only the last person standing would be allowed to stay on the base.

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As Groupon has grown from a small website to a 10, 000-person organization, it has had to supplement its Chicago employee base.

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