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The horrendous stock market debut for Facebook suggests investors are not ready to jump in and create another tech bubble despite big expectations for social media, analysts say.
Greek web users waged Facebook war against IMF head Christine Lagarde on Sunday after she accused their countrymen of dodging taxes.
In a new exclusive interview, eight years after the founding of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin finally talks openly about the website's creation, his current investments and, of course, his so-called feud with Mark Zuckerberg.
Employees of Facebook and several engineers who have been sought out by recruiters there, as well as people briefed on Facebook’s plans, say the company hopes to release its own smartphone by next year.
If you?re like me, you?ve had enough of the Facebook IPO story. For tech entrepreneurs struggling to build stuff, the cacophony of recent press is just more noise. That?s why when my friend Andrew Chen posted an insightful analysis of Facebook user data, I was happy to get back to learning from what the company did right instead of debating what its bankers did wrong.
Facebook may be gearing up to launch its first-ever smartphone by next year, a new report suggests.
The botched offering of Facebook stock has raised several troubling questions, but at least we don't have to worry about the one that plagues many IPOs: How are a few select investors able to buy in early at lower prices and then pocket huge profits when the trading frenzy begins?
Can a software company build its own smartphone? We may find out soon. This past week, Google completed its acquisition of the hardware maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, which could lead to the search giant’s making its own smartphone.
The Facebook IPO was much anticipated?in fact, it was downright hyped. That was then. Now lawsuits are flying. See Facebook: Lawsuits Piling Up. If you lost money, you may have a claim. See Facebook, Zuckerberg Sued Over IPO. But if you do, will it go into your pocket or must you split it with the IRS?
08:51 AM ET 05.27 | Before Friday, Texas had handed out 24 scholarship offers to Class of 2013 prospects. 14 had been accepted in the form of a verbal commitment.
Ross Douthat shares my personal visceral dislike for Facebook, but I'm afraid he's let this warp his analysis of the economics of Facebook. For those note really paying attention, the issue is that Facebook went public last week, meaning it's shares were made available for the public to buy and sell on the stock market. Shares were initially sold at a price of $38, which meant the company was ...
From presidential contenders to school board hopefuls, political candidates are experimenting with a wide variety of social platforms to get their message heard. Some are turning to Pinterest, the explosively popular image-based pinboard site -- even President Obama and Ann Romney, wife of Mitt Romney, have accounts on the image-based social network.
Public schools in Jackson, Miss., will no longer be allowed to handcuff students to poles or other objects, under a settlement with the Southern Poverty Law Center reached in U.S. District Court. Jody Owens, director of the Mississippi office of the Southern Poverty Law Center,...
There were a number of irregularities in the initial public offering of Facebook?s shares. Among the irregularities are questions about improper and potentially illegal conduct by the investment banks and brokers involved in the IPO.
Rumors resurface that Facebook's interested in building mobile hardware, a situation Google is undoubtedly keeping its eye on.
Among other murmurings of a Facebook smartphone, The New York Times reports the company is hoping to release the handset by next year. Originally posted at News - Mobile
Facebook IPO adds to distrust of stocks BLOOMBERG Copyright 2012 BLOOMBERG. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:29 p.m., Friday, May 25, 2012 Facebook's initial public offering, plagued by trading errors and a big drop in its $38 IPO share price, will push more individual investors out of a stock market they already ...
Tech reporter James Rogers says Facebook needs a better plan to impress investors.
Facebook is revitalizing its effort to create a smartphone, recruiting engineers who have experience with mobile devices, according to a story in the New York...
Loyola Marymount University's Upward Bound program, which helps low-income students graduate and get into college, has received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
This is an open letter written to President Obama by Leonie Haimson, public school parent and executive director of Class Size Matters . She writes about the Obama campaign’s criticism of Mitt Romney for saying that class size isn’t all that important — something, it turns out, Obama administration officials have also said. A version of this letter first appeared on the Parents Across America ...
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