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Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bono_buys_big_facebook_stake.html

Originally posted by djrlewis:[..]

Watch Facebook get shut down next week now...

Originally posted by germcevoy:Facebook sponsoring the next leg of the tour more likely. 'Get your profile up on the big screen'

Originally posted by germcevoy:Facebook sponsoring the next leg of the tour more likely. 'Get your profile up on the big screen'

Originally posted by germcevoy:Facebook sponsoring the next leg of the tour more likely. 'Get your profile up on the big screen'

Originally posted by molang7:[..]

'click here if you liked the last song' (40,000 thumbs up)

Originally posted by thefly202005:What a naive person I am. I thought Bono was having finally some time on his own trying to write some good songs or figuring out a "perfect" setlist for the next leg. And here comes the answer what he's been doing where his passion had gone. Hey Edge, bring on Matt Bellamy to the next leg

Originally posted by Risto:[..]

And naive you are. Bono is one of the dozen who invests in Elevation. Basically it is just the name and a sum of money.

But it always sounds nice in the press that Elevation=Bono=U2 spends 500 million on Facebook

Court refuses to admit Clayton action
Monday, 5 July 2010 17:34

The Commercial Court has refused to admit an action being taken by U2 guitarist Adam Clayton against his bank and his accountants to its list.

Mr Clayton is suing Bank of Ireland Private Banking Ltd and chartered accounting firm, Gaby Smyth, over claims that his former personal assistant Carol Hawkins misappropriated more than €4m from his bank accounts over five years to November 2009.

He claims the bank and the accountants failed to detect the alleged extent of the fraud.

His application to have the action admitted to the Commercial Court, which fast tracks commercial cases, was opposed by the bank.

Senior Counsel, Michael McDowell, said Mr Clayton had not noticed €4.8m disappearing from his accounts for four years but seemed to think the bank should have noticed.

Mr Clayton is also taking separate legal proceedings against Ms Hawkins. The court heard an investigation is also being carried out by the garda fraud squad.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly said it would not be justified to make the Commercial Court's fast-track system available as the bank and the accountants would be under pressure to prepare the case speedily when the action against Ms Hawkins would not be moving so quickly.

He said it would be difficult for the defendants to get the necessary evidence while a garda investigation was under way.