Only a day old, it didn't take long for imposters to attempt to scam shares of the social network's stock. According to The Northwestern, a woman from Oshkosh, Wis., was caught selling fake Facebook shares the same day the company officially filed its IPO.
Assuming the $100 billion initial public offering by Facebook proceeds as planned, investors will likely clamor for shares and snap them up, just as in earlier Web frenzies for Netscape Communications, Yahoo and Google. But there are dangers.
Nick Carter's 25-year-old sister, Leslie Carter, died of an apparent overdose from anti-depressant drug, according to a Police Report released ahead of official toxicology test results.
Facebook filed for its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, a monumental step in the short history of the company that has helped change the face of the Internet in just eight years. With 845 million users, Facebook is a global phenomenon. But which countries use it most?
Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.
As soon as news broke that Facebook was filing for its IPO, rumors spread that the public offering would create 1,000 overnight millionaires.
Facebook filed a $5 billion IPO on Wednesday, meaning that the social media giant will become a publically traded company, and anyone will be able to buy shares of Facebook starting this spring. But what is an IPO?
Spirit Airlines added a $2 unintended consequences fee to all tickets this week in response to the Department of Transportation's (DOT) new set of passenger protections.
Photos of Sheryl Sandberg's $8 million home in Atherton, Calif.
As word spread about the birth control recall of at least one million pill packets in the U.S. from Pfizer on Tuesday, panic ensued amongst women nationwide about their risk of becoming pregnant. But how do you know if the birth control pills you are taking are part of the recall?
Zynga shares jumped as much as 22 percent on Thursday in the first trading session after Facebook revealed it made 12 percent of its revenue last year from the video game publisher.
We all know that social media allows one to share their words on the Web in a matter of seconds. Networking giants Facebook and Twitter are known to be frontrunners in that field, but a relatively new Internet craze may be a worthy competitor.
Poor Charles G. Hogg-aka Staten Island Chuck-doesn't get nearly as much attention as his Pennsylvania rival, Punxsutawney Phil. But Chuck didn't see his shadow on Thursday, while Phil did.
California lawmakers are already drawing up plans for spending revenue generated from wealth tied to selling shares in Facebook, which took its first step toward its highly anticipated initial public offering on Wednesday.
Two of Facebook’s three biggest existing markets (by number of users) are India and Indonesia.
Investors jumped on Facebook's regulatory filings on Wednesday for a glimpse into the company's inner workings ahead of one of the hottest initial public offerings in recent history. But there are also potential downsides.
AT&T, America's second largest provider of mobile telephony, is expected to release an array of new 4G LTE phones this year of which Nokia Lumia, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD, HTC Titan II and Sony Xperia Ion are the most promising ones.
As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over.
Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.
Facebook filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, for the first time doing a public financial strip tease.
Facebook's 27-year-old founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared some insights into his philosophy and approach to business in an open letter to the company's potential shareholders.
Stock index futures were little changed on Thursday as investors looked ahead to weekly jobless claims data, one last clue about the state of the labor market before Friday's key non-farm payrolls report.