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Groupon Earnings Report Delights Investors

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 4:36 pm

Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) reported first quarter 2013 earnings after markets closed today. For the quarter, the daily deals company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.03 on ...
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Short Interest Against Social Media Players (FB, SVVC, GRPN, LNKD, RENN, SOCL, ZNGA)

Posted: December 12, 2012 at 7:48 am

The Nasdaq and NYSE short interest for the end of November is out and it shows some serious changes in the social media sector. While Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) saw ...
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Facebook Gets More Love

Posted: November 26, 2012 at 2:06 pm

Last week Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) announced some changes to its policies on how the social network will use all the data it collects about its 1 billion users. In ...
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Facebook Shares Rise as More Shares Hit Market

Posted: November 14, 2012 at 2:26 pm

In a counter-intuitive development today, shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) are up more than 11% as roughly 800 million newly tradable shares of the company’s stock hit the market. ...
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Groupon Recovering from Yesterday’s Smackdown

Posted: November 8, 2012 at 11:31 am

Shares of Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) fell more than 3.5% yesterday, the day before the company is scheduled to report third quarter results. Today’s earnings report will mark the fourth ...
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Groupon — Today’s Not-Zynga

Posted: October 5, 2012 at 3:14 pm

Today’s collapse in Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) shares was predictable given last night’s downward revision for quarterly earnings expectations. What was not predictable was today’s rise in shares of Groupon ...
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Facebook, Twitter Finding a Home in China?

Posted: September 28, 2012 at 10:35 am

The conventional wisdom says that China has no (or very few) users of social media sites like Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter. But that wisdom may be off the ...
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Facebook Advertising Works Better than You Think

Posted: July 18, 2012 at 11:47 am

According to the latest data from advertising research firm TBG Digital, advertising is doing just fine for Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The rates advertisers are paying for impressions, as measured ...
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US Facebook User Numbers Fall, So Do Share Prices at FB and Zynga

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 2:40 pm

A report today from an analyst at Capstone that Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) US user numbers have fallen by 1.1% over the past six months pushed the stock down by ...
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Groupon, Zynga at Post-IPO Lows

Posted: July 12, 2012 at 11:49 am

Recently public companies Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) rose sharply following their IPOs, but have taken a turn south that has taken shares off post-IPO highs ...
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Social Media a “Must-have” for Companies (FB, LNKD, GOOG)

Posted: June 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm

New research from consulting firm InSites Consulting reveals a high level of social media usage in the US, much higher than in Europe. Some 80% of US companies use Facebook ...
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Salesforce Places Big Bet on Social Networks (CRM, FB, GM, LNKD, GOOG, ORCL)

Posted: June 4, 2012 at 7:39 am

Customer relationship management firm Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Buddy Media for approximately $689 million in cash and stock. The transaction is ...
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AT&T Considering Data-only Subscriber Plan (T, VZ, VOD, MSFT, S, AAPL, LEAP, FB)

Posted: June 1, 2012 at 2:46 pm

At an investor conference today, the CEO of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said that data-only subscription plans for wireless networks are “inevitable” as wireless revenues shift more heavily to data ...
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Renren Shares Hit by Facebook IPO

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 1:15 pm

Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN), the Chinese company usually referred to as China’s Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), is down sharply this morning on very heavy volume. There’s no news, except the ...
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