Facebook shares fall to under $30 in options trading
30 May 2012
Facebook shares continued their weak showing yesterday as uncertainty and rumours pushed the social network's stock to less than $30, eroding its market value by $24 billion
Facebook eyes Norwegian browser maker Opera Software: report
28 May 2012
Less than two weeks after raising $16 billion through a public issue, Facebook is reported to be planning to acquire Norwegian browser maker Opera Software
Zuckerberg, others sold off millions of shares before crash: report
25 May 2012
Mark Zuckerberg and prominent Facebook investors sold millions of shares before the Facebook share price crashed following its maiden public issue, company filings show
Nasdaq takes hit with Facebook IPO
22 May 2012
Facebook stock down 13.7 per cent on Day 2
21 May 2012
Facebook, which started trading on the second day after its listing on Friday, lost around $4 billion of its $104 billion market cap
Facebook IPO fails to live up to hype
19 May 2012
The company's stock rose just a few pennies during its market debut and closed at $38.23, barely above the $38 IPO price
Bankers to split $176 million Facebook fee
18 May 2012
Facebook to open trading today on Nasdaq
18 May 2012
Facebook Inc will start trading today following a record initial public offering that valued the social network higher than almost every company in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
Facebook offering seeing lower than expected demand: reports
14 May 2012
Analysts say expectations on Facebook are way too high and given its fundamentals, the company does not look anywhere cheap in valuation
Google and Facebook will both be front and centre in 'social search'
10 May 2012
A survey by independent digital marketing agency Greenlight indicates Google's social endeavours with Google+ might be more successful than most have initially speculated, even as Facebook could potentially capture close to a quarter of the search market globally were it to launch a search engine of its own tomorrow. Andreas Pouros explains
Facebook IPO road show today but Buffett is not buying
07 May 2012
Facebook kicks off its highly anticipated IPO road show today, but two men who wont be buying into the social network are Warren Buffett and his 88-year old Berkshire Hathway vice chairman Charlie Munger
Facebook prices shares in $28-$35 band
05 May 2012
Facebook buys AOL patents from Microsoft for $550 mn
25 Apr 2012
Earlier this month, Microsoft paid over $1 billion for around 925 AOL patents and patent applications plus a license to AOL’s remaining portfolio of approximately 300 additional patents
Facebook to acquire photo-sharing app maker Instagram for $1 bn
10 Apr 2012
Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, yesterday agreed to buy the popular photo-sharing app maker Instagram, for about $1 billion in cash and stock
Facebook opts for Nasdaq over the NYSE: report
07 Apr 2012
Facebook secures $8-bn financing ahead of $5-bn IPO
09 Mar 2012
Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site has received an $8-billion financing package ahead of its $5-billion initial public offering (IPO), expected to value the company between $75 billion and $100 billion.
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