Who Likes Facebook Shares?
Friday, May 18th marked the first day of trading for Facebook (FB), one of the most anticipated technology Initial Public Offerings ever. Although the stock popped early in its first day of trading,...
View ArticleFacebook’s Bungled IPO: What Really Went Wrong at NASDAQ
Facebook’s initial public offering will go down in the annals of Wall Street infamy. But what exactly happened? Columbia University Professor Charles Jones has the answers. Watch more Decoder episodes....
View ArticleStartups Still Want To Be Facebook
The days of landing financing for a startup after drawing up a business plan on a napkin are done thanks to Facebook’s IPO debacle. But entrepreneurs and venture capitalists say a carefully crafted...
View ArticleFacebook vs. Amazon
Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists discuss Facebook’s share price plunge and why investors reacted differently to Amazon’s somewhat similar earnings report. Watch more Breakingviews videos....
View ArticleTime to buy Facebook?
Aswath Damodaran was right about Facebook being vastly overvalued at its IPO price. Now the New York University finance professor says the stock price is still too high, though only by a bit. He breaks...
View ArticleZuckerberg unbound
Rob Cox and Breakingviews columnists discuss the Facebook CEO’s first public comments since its IPO. Watch more Breakingviews episodes. Zuckerberg unbound
View ArticleGoogle Inc Buys Nik Software
As Google Inc continues to compete with Facebook in the mobile social media space, photo editing has become more and more important. In order to compete with Facebook’s Instagram, Google purchased Nik...
View ArticleFacebook answers mobile call
Jeffrey Goldfarb and Breakingviews columnists discuss Facebook’s strides in mobile advertising and the $8 billion of market value created as a result. Watch more Breakingviews episodes. Facebook...
View ArticleArizona man denies Facebook posts defamed employer
An Arizona man who claims behavioral health agency Horizon Human Services fired him to avoid paying health insurance bills for his ill infant son says the company has no grounds for its defamation suit...
View ArticleReuters top stories in 2012
2012 was a year of change and turmoil within the business and political arenas – from the ongoing sagas of the Eurozone crisis and Libor scandal, to the first year in the life of the world’s newest...
View ArticleCory Booker on Ashton Kutcher, Mark Zuckerberg and being a social media mayor
Cory Booker says social media, something Ashton Kutcher pushed him to embrace, enables him to reach and listen to thousands of his constitutes, making governing collaborative. He connected with...
View ArticleLegal Solutions blog weekly roundup
Here’s a quick check-in with our friends over at the Legal Solutions blog to see what’s been going on in the legal world this past week: The point of having your clients view you as favorably as...
View ArticleIndustry leaders share their vision of what’s ahead at the Reuters Global...
By Edwin Chan, Editor in Charge, Equities, West Coast Global technology is going through an era of unprecedented change. The advent of the cloud transformed the way corporations conduct business and...
View ArticleFacebook’s mobile focus – graphic of the day
Facebook’s strategy to reposition its business primarily for mobile internet users has started to pay off, with revenues for mobile advertising gaining momentum. Today’s graphic shows active mobile...
View ArticleFacebook tops IPO price
Reynolds Holding talks with Breakingviews columnists about the company’s shares finally rising above $38 and how breakthroughs in mobile advertising made that possible. Watch more Breakingviews...
View ArticleTechquity: Facebook gets a boost, Qualcomm doesn’t
Analyst raises price target on Facebook and cuts rating on Qualcomm. Plus, latest on Apple legal battle with Samsung. Techquity: Facebook gets a boost, Qualcomm doesn’t
View ArticleRequests for Facebook user data – graphic of the day
Facebook reported that governments have sought information on over 38,000 users in the first half of 2013. Today’s graphic shows the countries with the most requests and other tech companies’...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 mania rebounds – graphic of the day
It’s been a mixed bag for the newest web giants as some have thrived, some have recovered and others have begun to fade. Today’s graphic shows the share price performance of LinkedIn, Yelp, Pandora,...
View ArticleTeenager’s Facebook posts after Sandy Hook shootings were threatening, court...
An Ohio appellate court has upheld a finding of delinquency against a 15-year-old boy who posted celebratory comments on Facebook after the shooting of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook...
View ArticleDon’t miss these red flags for IPOs
Burned by Zynga and Groupon? Here’s how to avoid losing money on Twitter, King and other upcoming IPOs. Watch more Investing 201 episodes. Don’t miss these red flags for IPOs
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