Surging demand for shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, prompted the company to again boost the number of share for sale in its initial public offering.
Stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors continued to worry about Greece's political and financial crisis as the country prepares for its second election in just over a month.
Stock index futures pointed to a lower opening on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones down around 0.1 percent, while the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.4 percent at 4:10 a.m. EDT.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard. Then he co-founded Facebook. So what's up with his grammar in a leaked e-mail that provides new insight into how he callously diluted co-founder Eduardo Saverin's stake in the company to a weak 10 percent? This article will help get to the bottom of his shockingly bad grasp of the English language.
Investors spent most of Tuesday tip-toeing back into risky assets before suddenly losing their nerve about two hours before the closing bell and retreating, for the second day in a row, to German bunds and U.S. Treasurys.
Google is getting serious about its self-driving car technology campaign. In an effort to make the driverless car legal on U.S. roads, the Mountain View, Calif. based company was spotted showing off the robo-prius on the streets of Washington, D.C. - just one day after Nevada became the first state to legalize autonomous vehicles.
This year, beauty pageants are more scandalous than ever, with one contestant after another losing their crowns for disqualification. The latest? Fijian beauty queen Torika Watters was disqualified over the weekend, losing her title in Fiji for the 2012 Miss World pageant for being underage when pageant officials found that she did not meet the age requirement to compete, despite complaints about her mixed race.
Mississippi authorities are on the hunt for a suspect possibly posing as a police officer, who may be responsible for the murders of two people who were discovered shot to death along a desolate stretch of highway.
Australian Olympic shooter Russell Mark will have to wear a lime-green 'mankini' -made famous by the 2006 'Borat' film - to the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony after losing a bet with his friends over Australian football.
Since the Facebook IPO announcement back in Februrary, analysts have been researching the company from almost every angle, trying to gauge how well the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company will do once it goes public.
A new study revealed that most Facebook users do not trust the company to keep their information private. It also revealed that a large majority of respondents rarely interact with ads or other sponsored links on the site.
Mitchell Guist, Bayou denizen and one of the humbler members of the History Channel's Swamp People, died on Monday, falling into the body of water he spent a lifetime calling home. And in this modern American culture, we'll most likely relegate him to the dustbin of ancillary reality TV characters. We shouldn't.
Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, announced that it would increase the number of shares in its initial public offering, price them higher and value the company at as much as $104 billion.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with the futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones up 0.6 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.8 percent at 0733 GMT.
Facebook will close the books on its $10.6 billion initial public offering on Tuesday, two days ahead of schedule and a signal that Silicon Valley's largest IPO is drumming up strong demand.
The effects of Bobby Petrino's infamous motorcycle crash are just beginning to be realized.
Rumors have been swirling around the Internet for months that one day the newest feature on Facebook, Timeline, would become mandatory and it appears the date has been set for May 21, just three days the company is slated to go public. On Monday, some of the remaining Facebook users who haven't converted to the Timeline feature received a message on top of their page, informing that the mandatory rollout would take place next week.
The social network is expected to make the internet's largest initial public offering ever recorded at an estimated company valuation of $96 Billion. Projecting such high figures, investors unfamiliar with the IPO market and more familiar with Facebook as a company will most likely be asking themselves -- what's the worst that could happen?
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned 28 on Monday, and his true birthday present will arrive on Friday when the social networking site sells stock and begins trading on Nasdaq. But he's not the only young gun out there.
The new season of ABC's The Bachelorette will premiere Monday, May 14, and Southern beauty Emily Maynard is ready to find love. Emily Maynard first became a primetime sensation when she appeared on Season 16 of ABC's 'The Bachelor. Maynard, a stunning 26-year-old from North Carolina, stole America's heart when she discussed her sorrowful past on The Bachelor. Now she is ready to find her own Prince Charming.
The world's youngest billionaire has turned 28, and his birthday has come as a landmark moment for his company, as Facebook Inc is all set to start trading.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with S&P 500 futures down 1 percent and contracts for the Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.9 percent.
