Facebook announced on Thursday that it is offering 70,000,000 new shares of its Class A common stock, with 27,004,761 shares being offered by the company itself and 42,995,239 shares being offered by certain selling stockholders, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who…
Facebook Stock Rallies, Nearly Hits Its IPO Price
For the first time since the IPO, Facebook stock approached $38 a share today. It didn’t actually hit that significant number (that’s what the stock started out at back in May) – but it came close. Really close. Its high…
Facebook and Its IPO Made San Mateo County the Highest-Paid County in America
According to figures just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Facebook’s May 2012 IPO made San Mateo county, California the most well-paid area in the country. The average weekly worker wage in San Mateo County, California (home to Facebook’s…
New Facebook Lawsuit, Same Old Facebook IPO Gripe
A new lawsuit filed by a Facebook shareholder claims that the company knew about downward trends in revenue tied to increased user defection to mobile from desktop use. Gaye Jones says that such information was shared with key investors. “The…
Facebook Wants to Keep “FB” on the Nasdaq Exchange
As of yesterday, Facebook executives have decided it’s a good idea to keep their stock, ticker symbol “FB”, listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Previously the company had debated taking their shares over to the NYSE after Nasdaq experienced a…
Facebook Underwriters Unsure About Q2 Performance
Estimates of Facebook’s second quarter financial performance are starting to pour in, and not surprisingly, the social network’s lead underwriters are predicting some of the lowest numbers. The general estimation for Facebook revenue comes in at around $1.16 billion and…
SEC Investigates Nasdaq and NYSE After Facebook IPO Breakdown
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) isn’t buying that Nasdaq’s much publicized computer glitch on the opening day of Facebook’s IPO was the root cause for all the confusion. In fact, they have seen a couple other cases of so…
Nasdaq Glitch Blamed for Facebook’s Abysmal IPO Performance
As we reported on Friday, Nasdaq is getting the blame for Facebook’s botched IPO launch and the subsequent poor trading performance in the days that followed. The remarks come from a court filing by Facebook and Morgan Stanley who seek…
Why Facebook Isn’t a Bad Investment for Everyone
Back on the 12th of June, Harvard Business Review (HBR) published an article explaining how so many investors were enticed by Facebook’s public offering and why it wasn’t a good idea, according to their principals of investment, to jump on…
Facebook Blames Nasdaq and Wants to Consolidate IPO Investor Lawsuits
The one month anniversary of Facebook’s much anticipated initial public offering is close at hand, and the social networking giant has yet to address investor concern or the countless lawsuits which have been filed against the Nasdaq, Mark Zuckerberg, or…
UBS Lost $350 Million on Facebook IPO Trades
Earlier this week we reported that the Nasdaq stock exchange had set aside $40 million to compensate investors who were hurt financially by the computer glitch that plagued Facebook trading early on during the IPO launch. You might recall, the…
Facebook Stock Rises after ComScore Finds Ads Work
Yesterday, ComScore released details of their latest study on Facebook advertising and the news is pretty good. Despite many claims and self-report surveys declaring the ads simply don’t work, research suggests repeated exposure to branded messages, does in fact, impact…
Nasdaq Scrutinized for Facebook IPO Investor Compensation Plan
Yesterday, Nasdaq announced it was finally making some reparations to investors who were effected by the mysterious computer glitch that plagued Facebook trading the morning of the IPO launch. You might recall, they set aside over $40 million in order…
The Facebook IPO and the Silicon Valley Real Estate Market [INFOGRAPHIC]
While we’re all well aware that Facebook’s IPO has gone less-than-swimmingly for most everyone involved, there could be one metric where the Facebook’s foray into the public has had a upward trending effect. Online real-estate company Zillow looked at the…
Facebook Stock on the Rise as Nasdaq Sets Aside Millions to Compensate Investors
Good news all the way around for Facebook investors. Despite sluggish trading and constantly declining stock prices, today’s trading took a turn for the better. While trading started out at a record low $25.52, it actually jumped up to over…
Could Twitter be Acquired by Google in Light of Facebook IPO Fallout?
Could Twitter be acquired by Google? It seems like a rather outlandish idea, but thanks to the recent flop by Facebook in their efforts to go public, smaller internet companies like Twitter may find acquisition by an established giant like…
Facebook Stocks Finds New Low at $25.75
It seems like everyday marks a new low for the folks over at Facebook. Today, stock prices slipped below the $26 mark to $25.75. Considering shares started out at $38, I would say the IPO has lost almost all of…