So Felix had an incentive to buy Facebook stock for the funds at a higher price in order to get larger commissions.

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So far, Felix has been doing mostly short hops around the Gulf, flying a handful of the Canadian planemaker's CRJ regional jets.

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That wind was traveling at 120 miles an hour, so we ended up with Felix in the capsule under this 30-million-cubic-foot balloon flying at 125 miles an hour to the east, which is amazing to think about, because at that altitude, it's the equivalent of about a 50-story building.

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Mr. JEFFERY FELIX: Oh, we're voting for him, so don't worry.

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So does Bombardier: the aircraft it would like to sell to Felix, and to airlines the world over, is the CSeries (pictured), a larger medium-haul jet that will take the planemaker into a bigger and potentially more profitable market, putting it in direct competition with Boeing and Airbus.

ECONOMIST: Business travel

Felix Salmon is pointing out that Facebook is likely to only float 5% or so of the stock of the company in the upcoming IPO.

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The return of Felix Trinidad was cause for celebration in 2004 and the Puerto Rican could get the rematch with Bernard Hopkins he so craves in the coming months.

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