Morgan Stanley made big bet on Facebook

By Nadia Damouni and Olivia Oran | NEW YORK May 18 (Reuters) – Lead
Facebook Inc underwriter Morgan Stanley took a bet earlier this week when
it increased the size of the social networking firm’s $16 billion initial
public offering and it boosted the …

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With Lackluster Debut, Facebook Must Prove Itself to Investors

By PETER EAVIS On the first day of trading as a public company, Facebook
shares did not deliver the pop that many investors have come to expect from
Internet companies. The lackluster first-day performance may be an early
sign that the market is not …

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Should I Buy Facebook Stock? (Comic) – Voices – Voices – AllThingsD

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture,
Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices
section of this site.

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The Real Facebook Investing Story: How Advisers and Investors Are Using

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Some 5 million affluent investors use social media to research financial
decisions, according to a report by Cogent Research in partnership with
LinkedIn. Of those, 73% use LinkedIn, 53% use topic-specific discussion
boards and 26% use some combination …

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How To Buy Facebook Stock

dollars. Want to get a piece of that? It’s going to be very tricky for mere
mortals to get …

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The Facebook Offering: How It Compares – NYTimes.com

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Historic Facebook debut falls short of expectations | Reuters

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US STOCKS-Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street

Facebook shares eke out gain in trading debut * Sequenom weighs down
biotechs * Indexes off: Dow 0.6 pct, S&P 0.7 pct, Nasdaq 1.2 pct By Chuck
Mikolajczak NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) – US stocks fell on Friday after a
sloppy debut by Facebook Inc …

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Con: Facebook’s margins sure to invite competition

The banks helping take Facebook public want us to value this 8-year-old
upstart at as much as $104 billion, more than Disney or Kraft Foods, though
those companies earn three and four times more. That top valuation is also
more than 100 times …

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Beyond Facebook: Online social networks through the years

NEW YORK — Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural
phenomenon, but it wasn’t the first Internet company to connect people
online. And it won’t be the last. Here’s a look at how social networking
has evolved.

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Bono’s investment firm rocks Facebook IPO to the tune of $1.5 billion

Bono, U2′s lead singer and rocker-in-chief, has a reason
to break out in song today: his investment in Facebook could make him one
of the richest musicians on the planet, potentially eclipsing Paul
McCartney, depending on how the social network’s …

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Morgan Stanley made big bet on Facebook

LinkedIn , Groupon and Pandora Media all saw significant gains at their
public debuts. The debut also underscores Morgan Stanley’s go-it-alone
handling of the offering process. Though 32 other underwriters signed on to
the deal, Morgan Stanley retained …

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Zynga, LinkedIn Shares Tumble On Weak Facebook Debut

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, left, and CEO Jeff Weiner enjoyed their
firm’s NYSE IPO a year ago. View Enlarged Image Zynga makes online games
such as “FarmVille” and “Mafia Wars” that are mostly played on Facebook.
The games are free, but players can …

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Stocks in U.S. Slump Following Facebook IPO; Treasuries Retreat

May 18 (Bloomberg) — US stocks slid, extending the biggest weekly loss
since November, as Facebook Inc.’s record initial public offering failed to
boost confidence in a market rattled by Europe’s debt crisis. Treasuries
dropped while the Dollar Index …

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With Facebook IPO in Spotlight, Brazilian Co-Founder Told Not to Return to

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Facebook is making history –and waves. One of Facebook’s founders, Eduardo
Saverin, who previously helds dual US and Brazilian citizenship but who has
renounced his United States citizenship, finds himself the target of
proposed legislation that bans …

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Zynga Down 13%, LinkedIn Down 2% On Facebook IPO Day

LinkedIn (LNKD) traded up 3% before Facebook hit the market, but fell as
Facebook started trading. It was down 1.7% midday. Social review website
Yelp (YELP) also traded up before Facebook hit the market, but was down
6.4% midday.

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Bono’s Billion-Dollar Facebook IPO Haul: By The Numbers

By Gil Kaufman U2 singer Bono was already an obscenely wealthy man before
Friday’s (May 18) Facebook IPO . But thanks to the 2.3 percent stake in the
social networking site held by his Elevation Partners investment group (it
is unknown how much of the …

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On Facebook, Curt Schilling denies he paid himself back with RI money,

Boston.com
By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling took to
Facebook to make his first public comments since the news that his
Providence video game company, 38 Studios, would be unable to make payroll
this week.

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What Facebook May Mean For Your Portfolio, Even If You Didn’t Buy It

by Alan Greenblatt Don’t worry if you missed out on Facebook’s initial
public offering. Chances are, if you own shares in a broad-based index
fund, you’ll be holding onto some Facebook soon enough. Facebook is such a
huge offering -– with an initial …

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