News tagged with security market

Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO

(AP) -- Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative ...

Technology / Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sudden wealth part of Silicon Valley's everyday

(AP) -- In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt.

Technology / Business

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Nasdaq glitch confuses investors of Facebook IPO

(AP) -- Some investors who thought they had bought Facebook shares at the opening of trading were left without knowing for hours whether they had received the shares.

Technology / Business

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HP plans workplace tablet by year's end: Whitman

Hewlett-Packard will take another shot at Apple's iPad with the release late this year of a tablet computer geared for work instead of play, chief executive Meg Whitman said Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Austrian student takes on Facebook over privacy

Max Schrems wasn't sure what he would get when he asked Facebook to send him a record of his personal data from three years of using the site.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Groupon IPO expected in October-November: report

Bargaining website Groupon's planned IPO is back on track after a run-in with regulators and it hopes to go public in late October or early November, the New York Times reported Thursday.

Technology / Business

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Report: Groupon may delay IPO

Groupon Inc. may delay its plans to go public due to concerns about the stock market's stability, according to a report.

Technology / Business

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US imposes new rules on high-speed traders

US regulators on Tuesday announced new rules aimed at shedding light on the secretive industry of computerized high-speed trading, which has been blamed for destabilizing financial markets.

Technology / Other

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 36

Zillow raises IPO expected price range

(AP) -- Real estate listing and information service Zillow Inc. said Friday it now hopes to raise up to $71.6 million through an initial public offering, up from its original expectation of as much as $51.8 million.

Technology / Business

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'FarmVille' creator Zynga to go public

(AP) -- Zynga, the online game maker behind "FarmVille" and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Internet IPOs expected after LinkedIn Corp. showed that the ...

Technology / Business

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Sony, Epsilon execs to testify

(AP) -- Executives from Sony and online marketing firm Epsilon will go before lawmakers on Thursday to try to explain recent data breaches at their companies that have exposed email addresses, credit card numbers and other ...

Technology / Business

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Nasdaq OMX to rebalance index; Apple weighting cut

(AP) -- Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. on Tuesday announced a rebalancing of the Nasdaq-100 Index next month that will significantly reduce Apple Inc.'s weighting in the index.

Technology / Business

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google purges tainted apps from Android phones

Google has remotely purged Android smartphones of applications tainted with a malicious code that could take control of the handsets and steal information.

Technology / Software

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Financial security of Chinese American households depends on education, researcher finds

As the financial crisis continues, researchers have been focusing more attention on how individuals handle finances at home. Rui Yao, personal financial planning professor in the University of Missouri School of Human Environmental ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Europe launches trillion-euro energy revamp

European leaders launched Friday a trillion-euro bid to slash dependency on Middle East oil and Russian gas, clearing the way to place nuclear power at the centre of 21st century needs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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