Facebook debuts, social-networking stocks fall
By San Francisco Chronicle - 2 days ago
Facebook debuted on Wall Street on Friday with arguably the most high-profile initial public offering in history, but the lackluster trader response raised questions about how deeply investors are prepared to embrace social media. ... | | |
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Beyond Facebook: A look at social network history
By BusinessWeek - 2 days ago
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural phenomenon, but it wasn't the first Internet company to connect people online. And it won't be the last. Here's a look at how social networking has evolved. ... | | |
| Facebook's lackluster debut hurts other social media stocks
By Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago
In a sign that the social networking giant may have already become a bellwether for its sector, shares of virtually every social media company sank Friday with Facebook Inc.'s lackluster debut on the stock market. Anticipating that Facebook would have ... | | |
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| Social media stocks take hit
By San Jose Mercury News - 2 days ago
By Steve Johnson, Peter Delevett and Brandon Bailey The extraordinary attention investors paid to Facebook's initial public offering Friday apparently sapped some of the life out of other social media company shares. Facebook's shares were essentially ... | | |
| The anti-social network: Life without Facebook
By CNN - 2 days ago
But deactivating from the social networking site is not that unusual. Close to half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. More and more people are stepping away from the ... | | |
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| FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public
By Chicago Sun-Times - 2 days ago
By AP May 18, 2012 10:10AM NEW YORK — Facebook's stock is trading up 8 percent Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon. That means Facebook is worth about ... | | |
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