After falling short of expectations following its somewhat helter-skelter IPO debut, Facebook simply shook off the whole thing and acquired itself some good Karma.

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Mr. Nozad, 43, the former rug salesman, says Facebook liked his firm's office space because it had good karma, having once provided quarters to PayPal.

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Ms. COLLINS: Oh, we left good karma in that house.

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But, perhaps in a bid for some good karma, the site maintains a charity fund that has given money to causes from breast-cancer research to Etsy community members in need.

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Hopefully this good karma will spread through Sony, and also through the smartphone world, because the rise of new operating systems such as Firefox OS almost demands a playful nature from handset manufacturers.

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But the news didn't exactly bring good karma.

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Call it faith, karma, good juju or just plain luck, but we have all hoped for just a little help in these difficult times.

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The song came to him so effortlessly that his sense of karma warns that all good things must come with a price.

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Growing emphasis on social good in society is empowering millennials (ages 16-29) to balance their career goals with karma.

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