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Facebook, Zynga shares fall to record lows
Wall Street Journal
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Facebook Inc. and Zynga Inc hit record lows, highlighting mixed tech sector trading on Wednesday. Facebook's FB stock shed 2% to $21.27, after hitting an intraday low of $20.87. The stock also fell sharply ...
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Facebook shares, 44% below IPO, continue to fall
USA TODAY
After hitting a new low Tuesday as shares tumbled 6% to $21.71, the drop continued Wednesday. The stock (FB) was down more than 3% to $21.01 at one point. Four trading sessions after the social-networking giant reported earnings for the first time as a ...
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USA TODAY
Facebook and Zynga -- 'It's Complicated'
TheStreet.com
Add Comment. Stock quotes in this article:FB, ZNGA · Tweet. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Facebook's(FB) second-quarter earnings disappointed investors as revenue growth slowed once again, hurt by its longtime relationship with Zynga(ZNGA).
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Unfriend Coal: Greenpeace praises Facebook's renewable energy efforts
CNET
Facebook reported that its greenhouse gas emissions from data centers, office space, employee commuting and air travel, data center construction and sever transportation totaled about 285000 metric tonnes in 2011. It takes the same amount of energy to ...
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Facebook Plunge Continues on Growth Concern: San Francisco Mover
Bloomberg
Facebook, which hasn't closed above the $38 IPO price since its first trading day, reported second-quarter sales growth of 32 percent, down from 45 percent in the previous three months. The company still needs to prove to investors that it can profit from the ...
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Bloomberg
UBS Facing Battle on Facebook After Nasdaq Set Aside Cash
Businessweek
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) (NDAQ)'s creation of a $62 million pool to pay brokers that lost money in Facebook Inc.'s public debut shows how far apart the exchange owner is from UBS AG (UBSN) on who is to blame for losses in the botched deal.
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Facebook 'Investigating' Calims that 80% of Ad Clicks Come From Bots
Forbes
of user engagement with advertising might be just the tip of the iceberg. A company called Limited Run is pulling its entire Facebook presence and leaving the social media giant with some unsavory accusations – like that up to 80 percent of clicks on its ads ...
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Eminem Beats Lady Gaga, Rihanna To 60 Million Facebook Fans
MTV.com
Eminem recently set the record for the most Likes by a living person with 60.1 million, blowing past the competition and landing at #5 on the list of the top 10 Facebook pages. According to the App Data page, Eminem is picking up close to 179000 new Likes a ...
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MTV.com
Facebook Investor Looking for Next Big Scientific Breakthrough
PC Magazine
One of Silicon Valley's biggest investors, Yuri Milner, has made it his business to pump his money into winners, including the likes of Facebook, Groupon, Zynga, Path, and the recently launched Airtime. Now the Russian technology mogul has his sights set on ...
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UBS says Nasdaq's bungling of Facebook IPO cost bank $357 million
Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK — Facebook Inc.'s botched IPO has claimed its biggest Wall Street casualty so far: Swiss banking giant UBS. The Nasdaq Stock Market has been roundly criticized for its handling of the social network's May 18 initial public offering of stock.
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Facebook's Fait Accompli: Strike 3 Looms As Insiders Sell Out While Investors ...
Seeking Alpha
Facebook's (FB) performance as a public company has been ironically anti-social. The company has lost over 40 billion dollars in value since coming public. The first strike against the company was the infamous IPO where a new term was introduced into the ...
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Companies tapping Facebook, Twitter for inside track on you
CBS News
(CBS News) You may think of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter as fun places to stay in touch with friends. But they've also become rich sources of consumer information, and retailers are turning to them for market research on a regular basis.
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Facebook Plunge Continues on Growth Concern
Businessweek
Facebook Inc. (FB) (FB) dropped as much as 3.9 percent to a record low, the fourth straight day of declines after the world's largest social-networking service reported second-quarter results that showed slowing growth. Shares slipped 2.3 percent to $21.21 at ...
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Microsoft revamps Hotmail as social-friendly Outlook
Reuters
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled a revamped, Facebook-friendly version of its free, online email service on Tuesday in an attempt to reverse market share losses to Google Inc's fast-growing Gmail. The world's largest software company is ...
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Facebook drops 6.2 per cent to record low
New Zealand Herald
Facebook dropped 6.2 per cent to a record low, the third straight day of declines after the world's largest social-networking service reported second-quarter results that showed slowing growth. Shares slumped to US$21.71 yesterday as of the close in New ...
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Facebook sinks to record low as doubts grow
Reuters
Stock's downward spiral continues, nears $21. * Slowing growth, stock overhang, Bernstein valuation all weigh. * Facebook investigating Limited Run's accusations. (Updates share price; Adds analysts' comments, details on dot-com; updates stock price) ...
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Facebook loss hits UBS bank
Albany Times Union
FILE - In thos June 22, 2012 file photo a man walks past the logo of the UBS bank in Zurich, Switzerland. UBS AG posted second-quarter net profits of 425 million Swiss francs (US$434.16 million) Tuesday, July 31, 2012, a sharp plunge from the 1.02 billion ...
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Facebook's Dependence On Zynga Drops, Zynga's Revenue To Facebook Flat
Forbes
According to a Facebook SEC filing Tuesday, revenue from platform partner Zynga made up 14% of Facebook's total revenue in the first six months of 2012, down from 19% in the year-ago period. This revenue includes fees Facebook takes from payments on ...
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UBS's huge Facebook loss throws doubt on Nasdaq plan
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook's disastrous May IPO took on a new dimension on Tuesday, as Swiss bank UBS said it lost more than $350 million on botched order execution and would take legal action against Nasdaq for the exchange's alleged failures.
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Big Data: Facebook's next big idea
ZDNet (blog)
You may remember that GM recently pulled out as a Facebook advertiser because of this. On the other hand, teaming searches with advertisements so that you can be targeted with advertisements for products you may be interested in buying is a proven ...
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ZDNet (blog)
Facebook Losses Slice UBS Profits
Wall Street Journal
The fallout over Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering escalated Tuesday as UBS AG went on the attack against Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., blaming the stock-exchange operator for trading flubs that erased a sizable chunk of its second-quarter profit. The Swiss ...
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Google Buys Facebook Marketing Company Wildfire
Search Engine Watch
Wildfire seems hopeful to continue their working relationship with Facebook, saying of the transition, "For now, we remain focused on helping brands run and measure their social engagement and ad campaigns across the entire web and across all social ...
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Facebook shares fall to new record low
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Facebook Inc. (US:fb) fell 4.3% to $22.16 Tuesday morning, after falling to an intraday low $22.11. Bernstein Research analyst Carlos Kirjner upgraded the stock to market-perform from underperform with a price ...
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Rapper Pitbull Visits Kodiak, Alaska, and Gets Bear Repellent
ABC News (blog)
As part of the promotion for Walmart and Sheets Energy Strips, people had been invited to go to Facebook and "like" the Walmart location where they wanted the rapper to be sent. The promotion went viral when David Thorpe, a writer with the Boston Phoenix, ...
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Nasdaq OMX, other financial stocks drop
MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Financial stocks declined on Tuesday, with Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. shares losing ground after Swiss bank UBS AG said it would begin legal proceedings against the exchange operator over its handling of Facebook Inc.'s debut.
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Mark Zuckerberg's sister now works for Google
CNNMoney
But Tuesday, Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) officially "friended" Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's sister, Arielle Zuckerberg, when it acquired Wildfire, the social ads marketing firm she works at. Print; Comment. "Congrats Wildfire! There are officially now more ...
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Facebook Hits A New All-Time Low: Buy Soon
Seeking Alpha
In after-hours trading Tuesday, Facebook (FB) shares hit a new all-time low of $21.61. After second quarter earnings were reported recently, a flurry of analysis followed on the new lows Facebook's equity shares were reaching (which represent quite the ...
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No Twitter? Noles talk Reid on Facebook
ESPN (blog)
With Fisher banning players from using Twitter, some took to Facebook to express their thoughts. The severity of the latest round of charges wouldn't have required so much as a suspension on its own. But Florida State clearly was ready to move on from the ...
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Biz Break: Facebook and Zynga move from bad to worse, Apple continues to roll
San Jose Mercury News
Today: Facebook and Zynga continue to hit all-time lows on Wall Street amid accusations and lawsuits. Also: Wall Street remains in holding pattern while Fed meets, but Apple (AAPL) moves back above $600. Another bad day for social media as Facebook, ...
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Facebook Fans Decide Who Sees "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4" First With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Want It" is a dynamic application utilizing Facebook's open graph technology that gives fans the opportunity to vote to bring the franchise to their city and leverage their social networks to ensure they are one of the top 25 winning locations. The application ...
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Blogs14 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook Better Get Mobile Quick. 102M People Accessed Solely ...
By Josh Constine
There's a staggering new statistic in Facebook's 10-Q SEC document today: 102 million people accessed Facebook solely from mobile in June, a massive 23% increase over the 83 million mobile-only users in March. 18.7% of its 543 million ...
TechCrunch
Facebook Working on Better Search, But Won't Rival Google, Engineer
By Danny Goodwin
Facebook is working to improve internal search for the social network. Also, don't expect Facebook to become a direct web search competitor to Google any time soon. That's the official word from Facebook engineer and former Googler Lars ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest
Facebook unveils energy use, carbon emissions data — Cleantech ...
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Facebook on Wednesday unveiled detailed numbers about the energy consumption, and carbon emissions, of its data center and operations in 2011. The move represents a greater push for transparency and an effort to help manage ...
GigaOM
Facebook Timeline Coming to Most Members by the Fall
By Samantha Murphy
It was only a matter of time: Facebook will be rolling out its Timeline format to most members by the fall.
Mashable » Social Media
Facebook to introduce additional targeting for page posts, including ...
By Brittany Darwell
Facebook is planning to allow pages to target their posts to new subsets of their audience, including fans of a particular age range or gender, according to a marketer who was briefed by a Facebook representative about the change.
Inside Facebook
Facebook Stock Continues to Slump
By Small Business News
Facebook stock continues its downward slide, but it may be too early to panic. There are signs the company's revenue base is continuing to expand and, of.
Small Business News, Tips, Advice...
Nearly 20% of Facebook's mobile users skip the website altogether ...
By Jennifer Van Grove
Facebook users are increasingly passing up the company's ad-laden website for a mobile-only experience, according to new information disclosed by the social network today.
VentureBeat
Options Traders Gird for End of Facebook Lockups - Kaitlyn Kiernan ...
By Kaitlyn Kiernan
Options traders are betting Facebook Inc.'s shares will face new headwinds as investor-lockup periods end in the coming weeks.
AllThingsD
Facebook and Twitter don't believe Kim Dotcom is real — RT
By RT
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is already in a fight with the FBI, but now he's going up against some other entities that know about everyone in the US. Dotcom says he can't convince Facebook and Twitter that he's the real deal.
News RSS : Today
Outlook Imports Email Addresses from Facebook, No Takeout
By Amit
You can easily import Facebook email addresses, birthdays and phone numbers into the your Outlook address book but there's no takeout option.
Digital Inspiration Technology Blog
Startup dumps Facebook: '80% of ad clicks came from bots' - Infowars
By admin
RT August 1, 2012. New York-based online music startup Limited Run has ditched Facebook after its research revealed an alleged advertising scam. The company claims that 80 percent of its online ad clicks on Facebook were generated ...
Prison Planet.com
Facebook sees 23 percent surge in mobile-only users since March ...
By Amar Toor
Approximately 102 million people accessed Facebook exclusively from mobile devices in June, according to a 10-Q document filed with the SEC Tuesday. That marks a 23 percent increase since March, when...
The Verge - All Posts
Mini Paceman Revealed on Facebook
By Anita Lienert, Correspondent
The Mini Paceman was revealed on Mini's Facebook page on Tuesday in a series of tongue-in-cheek spy photographs.
Inside Line Automotive News
Using IFTTT To Automate All Your Facebook Photos & Video ...
By Angela Alcorn
Not everyone uses Facebook to store their photos and video, but alternative photo and video storage still doesn't seem to have the best social integration just yet. Most of the alternatives are designed for more public sharing and aren't always ...
MakeUseOf » Facebook & Twitter

Web1 new result for Facebook
 
Facebook shares fall after social network posts modest results ...
Facebook beats analysts' expectations – just – in announcing it brought in $1.18 bn Q2 revenues but posted $157m losses. By Dominic Rushe.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../2012/.../facebook-shares-modest-resul...


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