Category Archives: Stock market

Facebook Wall Street debut: stock price stumbles after high-end expectations

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Stefano

Almost a live update about the most expected Wall Street debut of all times: Facebook IPO. After really high expectations, Facebook’s stock price (Nasdaq: FB) is stumbling. Update: right now it’s 40.92 (up to +7,68 %) The inauspicious opening suggests … Continue reading →

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Facebook growth rate: quicker than a (social) ray of light – and almost a nation on itself

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Stefano

Following yesterday Facebook’s filing for IPO – and all the consequent hype about this, let’s look at what’s really behind the Facebook business. According to this infographic from Fusioncharts: every 8 seconds people from everywhere in the world sign in … Continue reading →

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Infographic: the whole social media world seen as a prism

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Stefano

ethority.de a German social media consultancy, comes this prism breaking out the social media world into sub-categories. I think it’s great and does a great job of sorting out all social players each by its business area. [Via ethority.de]

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2011 aftermath: Top Social Media Events of the year

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Stefano

SocialMediaWeek has compiled a list of the top 10 social media events that made this year a social year. Arab Spring and the Middle Eastern uprisings Japanese earthquake and tsunami Occupy Wall Street Death of Steve Jobs Rebecca Black’s Friday … Continue reading →

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Apple cash? More than 126 countries GDPs

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Stefano

theMacObserver started a pretty interesting analysis starting from an Apple cash news. As Wall Street Journal reported: Apple Inc. has built up a $76.2 billion cash hoard. Now the question is what the company intends to do with the money … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn: an IPO bubble that is popping or a robust stock?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Stefano

LinkedIn, the first major US social network to go public, saw its shares more than double as they debuted on the New York Stock Exchange to a bidding frenzy from investors. It makes Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn’s founder and largest shareholder, … Continue reading →

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