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In this screen shot taken from SharesPost.com, the SharesPost homepage is shown. SharesPost is one of a few private stock exchanges that are emerging to fight what venture capitalists call a liquidity crisis. These exchanges give stakeholders an alternative way to trade their shares in hot startups like Facebook for cold, hard cash _ without having to wait years for an IPO.

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  1. This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo Michaele Salahi, right, with the CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
  2. This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of Michaele Salahi, second right, with three Marines during arrivals at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
  3. This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, left, with Michaele Salahi and Tareq Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
  4. This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
  5. A promotion leaflet of cheap mobile phones from provider Esia, released to Reuters November 25, 2009. These phones which will be retailed for 299,000 rupiah, were offered at a promotional price of 99,000 rupiah ($10.5) on Wednesday. Over 500 people waited more than three hours on Wednesday to purchase the phone with features including access to Facebook and chatting.
  6. People wait outside a mall in Jakarta, November 25, 2009 for their turn to buy cheap mobile phones. Over 500 people waited more than three hours to purchase a 99,000 rupiah ($ 10.5) phone with features including access to Facebook and chatting.
  7. A policeman guards a mobile phone seller as he carries boxes of cheap mobile phones outside a mall in Jakarta November 25, 2009. Over 500 people waited more than three hours to purchase a 99,000 rupiah ($ 10.5) phone with features including access to Facebook and chatting.
  8. Potential buyers jostle to buy cheap mobile phones at a mall in Jakarta November 25, 2009. Over 500 people waited more than three hours to purchase a 99,000 rupiah ($ 10.5) phone with features including access to Facebook and chatting.
  9. Sales staff carry boxes of mobile phones as potential buyers wait at a mall in Jakarta November 25, 2009. Over 500 people waited more than three hours to purchase a 99,000 rupiah ($ 10.5) phone with features including access to Facebook and chatting.
  10. A potential buyer raises his hand while waiting to buy cheap mobile phones in a posh mall in Jakarta November 25, 2009. Over 500 people waited more than three hours to purchase a 99,000 rupiah ($ 10.5) phone with features including access to Facebook and chatting.
  11. In this photo released by American Lung Association, a sheet of new Christmas Seals is shown in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Emily Bissell, started selling Seals in 1907 to help fight the battle against tuberculosis with a design she created. The American Lung Association is helping fight lung disease and advocate for clean air. It has also launched e-cards in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs and offers a Facebook application as well.
  12. In this photo released by American Lung Association, actress Mary Duffy portrays Emily Bissell, founder of the Christmas Seals campaign, as she hands out samples Christmas Seals to mail carrier Steve Revell in front of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Helping to fight lung disease and advocate for clean air, the American Lung Association has launched e-cards and a Facebook application in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs as far back as 1907.
  13. In this photo released by American Lung Association, actress Mary Duffy, portrays Emily Bissell, founder of the Christmas Seals campaign, as she hands out samples of Christmas Seals in front of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Helping to fight lung disease and advocate for clean air, the American Lung Association has also launched e-cards and a Facebook application in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs as far back as 1907.
  14. Marketing Director of Facebook Randi Zuckerberg speaks during the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009.
  15. Marketing director of Facebook Randi Zuckerberg speaks during the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009.
  16. View of the Oxford American College dictionary taken in Washington on November 16, 2009. The New Oxford American Dictionary named 'unfriend' -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday. Oxford University Press USA, in a blog post, said 'unfriend,' a verb, had bested netbook, sexting, paywall, birther and death panel for the honor.'Unfriend has real lex-appeal,' said Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer for Oxford�s US dictionary program.

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  1. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 30: Visitor takes pictures of designed nail chips that are displayed for a competition during the Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight on November 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The nail industry has grown to nearly 200 million Japanese yen market in 2008 and the annual event attracts 50,000 visitor.
  2. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 30: Competitor shows her nails during the Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight on November 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The nail industry has grown to nearly 200 million Japanese yen market in 2008 and the annual event attracts 50,000 visitor.
  3. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 30: A competitor shows her nails during the Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight on November 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The nail industry has grown to nearly 200 million Japanese yen market in 2008 and the annual event attracts 50,000 visitor.
  4. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 30: A competitor shows her nails during the Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight on November 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The nail industry has grown to nearly 200 million Japanese yen market in 2008 and the annual event attracts 50,000 visitor.
  5. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 30: A competitor shows her nails with Swan designs during the Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight on November 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The nail industry has grown to nearly 200 million Japanese yen market in 2008 and the annual event attracts 50,000 visitor.
  6. American university student Amanda Knox is escorted as she arrives into the courtroom during a murder trial session in Perugia November 30, 2009. Defendants Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in November 2007.
  7. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks at the closing ceremony of the EU-China business summit in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, November 30, 2009.
  8. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt speaks at the closing ceremony of the EU-China business summit in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, November 30, 2009.
  9. TV camera crews take pictures as Lorenz Erni (L), lawyer of Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski as he arrives in front of Winterthur's city prison November 30, 2009, where Polanski is supposed to be detained. A Swiss court last week approved the release of Roman Polanski on bail of 4.5 million Swiss francs ($4.49 million) while the film director fights extradition to the United States over a 1970s child sex case. Polanski was arrested at the request of the United States when he arrived in Switzerland on September 26 to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival.
  10. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 30: Visitors look at designed nail chips during the Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight on November 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The nail industry has grown to nearly 200 million Japanese yen market in 2008 and the annual event attracts 50,000 visitor.
  11. An aid worker dressed in a red condom campaigns for using condom against AIDS during an AIDS awareness campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. World AIDS day will be marked on Tuesday, Dec. 1, to increase awareness of the sexually-transmitted fatal disease.
  12. An aid worker carries a red ribbon, the international symbol for AIDS awareness, during an AIDS awareness campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. World AIDS day will be marked on Tuesday, Dec. 1, to increase awareness of the sexually-transmitted fatal disease.
  13. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao applauds as he attends the closing of the EU-China Business Summit Monday Nov. 30, 2009 in Nanjing, China.
  14. People gather to mark World AIDS Day, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. World AIDS Day is officially marked around the world on Dec. 1, 2009.
  15. People gathered to mark World AIDS Day, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. World AIDS Day is officially marked around the world on Dec. 1, 2009.
  16. Sri Lanka's former army chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka, second left, arrives at the temple of tooth with his supporters, before starting his campaigning in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Fonseka has announced that he will run for president as head of a coalition of opposition parties, pitting himself against President Mahinda Rajapaksa.