A STAY-AT-HOME mother should be paid nearly $117,000 (€75,865) a year, according to new research by a Massachusetts firm.

A stay-at-home mother should be paid nearly US$117,000 (€75,660) a year, according to new research by a Massachusetts firm.

In the most highly-anticipated Wall Street debut since the heady days of the dot-com boom, shares of Google surged nearly 20% on their first day of public trading as the quirky internet company completed its much-hyped initial stock offering.