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- ↑ "POOR Magazine gives the Bay Area's needy a forum". Los Angeles Times . July 23, 2001. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ ”#ThrownOutByTwitter Protests on Twitter IPO Opening” http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/ThrownOutByTwitter-Protests-on-Twitter-IPO-Opening-230981451.html November 07, 2013
- ↑ Twitter IPO highlights big money friction in San Francisco” http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/twitter-ipo-highlights-big-money-friction-in-san-francisco/Content?oid=2622158 November, 2013
