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Tag Archives: Facebook
LAO's Target Price for Facebook: $45 per Share
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Speaking of the Big Facebook Bang, the California Legislative Analyst's Office upped the estimate of the amount California will reap from the company going public. The LAO puts the figure at $2.1 billion over the next 13 months if Governor … Continue reading
Video: Zuckerberg The Musical
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Believe it or not, there's going to come a time when you would rather read "The Wit and Wisdom of the Octomom" than hear another word about Facebook. However, that moment (this Friday about 9:31 a.m. EDT) has not yet … Continue reading
Facebook Sets IPO Price at $28 - $35 Per Share
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NEW YORK (AP) Facebook has set a price range of $28 to $35 for its initial public offering of stock. At the high end, this could raise as much as $11.8 billion. That's much higher than any other Internet IPO … Continue reading
Facebook Income Falls, Revenue Rises
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NEW YORK (AP) Facebook is reporting, ahead of its initial public offering, expected in May, that its first-quarter net income fell as its revenue rose by comparison with a year earlier. Facebook Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Monday … Continue reading
Facebook to Buy San Francisco-Based Instagram (13 Employees) For $1 Billion
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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is spending $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing company Instagram. Instagram lets people apply filters to photos they snap with their mobile devices and share them with friends and strangers. Some of the filters make … Continue reading
Video Replay: Interview With Israeli President Shimon Peres at Facebook
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Israeli President Shimon Peres was at Facebook today as part of a four-day visit to Silicon Valley. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg interviewed the 88-year-old former Prime Minister. Among the topics: Israel as a technology leader. Watch a video replay: Watch … Continue reading
Facebook Graffiti Artist David Choe Gets His 15 Minutes and $200 Million Worth of Fame
By now you've heard that graffiti artist David Choe is going to be richer than you'll ever be, thanks to his amazingly shrewd decision to accept stock in lieu of cash when he did his thing at Facebook HQ in … Continue reading
Menlo Park’s Facebook Wish List
Menlo Park officials are making up a list of improvements and public benefits Facebook could provide in exchange for the city lifting the employment cap of 3,600 people at the social networking company's new campus near the Dumbarton Bridge. Facebook … Continue reading
Facebook Files IPO; Read the SEC Filing
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The eagle has landed… From the Merc: In a milestone for one of Silicon Valley's hottest companies, Facebook on Wednesday filed papers announcing a $5 billion initial public offering of stock in the world's biggest social networking business. The stated … Continue reading
The Year in Social Media
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Some might call the Bay Area the very hub of social media….Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+. And some other sites you haven't yet heard of but will make you feel bad next year because everyone will be using them except … Continue reading
