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REPORT: Options Traders Lukewarm On Effects Of Facebook’s 1Q Earnings Call

David Cohen — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:25:08 +0000

Options traders are lukewarm about the potential impact of Facebook’s first-quarter earnings call Wednesday afternoon, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal’s MoneyBeat blog.

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Facebook CAO David Spillane Sells More Than Half Of His Stock

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:39:26 +0000

The big names at the top of Facebook’s corporate ladder are starting to cash in their shares. TechCrunch reported Friday that Chief Accounting Officer David Spillane sold 256,000 of his 416,000 shares. Spillane made a profit of roughly $5.376 million. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and General Counsel Theodore Ullyot also sold some of their Facebook shares.

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Facebook Executives Sitting On A Fortune Of Stock Value

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:54:10 +0000

Several top Facebook executives, including Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, are sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of their company’s stock, but they have no plans to sell. As 234 million shares of Facebook stock became unlocked and eligible to sell Monday, Business Insider discovered just how much key Facebook executives are sitting on.

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Uncle Sam, California Benefit From Facebook Employees’ Stock Windfall

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:07:22 +0000

On Monday, rank-and-file Facebook employees will be able to sell their stock, which officially came to fruition Thursday. Collectively, the roughly 225 million shares are worth about $5.2 billion, based on Wednesday’s closing price of $23.23 apiece. But it’s not just Facebook employees who are excited for a potential sell-off — the federal and California governments stand to profit from this, as well.

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Google Stock Drops With 3Q Report, Takes Facebook Down With It

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:45:52 +0000

The stock value of Google plummeted after its preliminary third-quarter report showed that income dipped 20 percent while costs rose. This news sent a ripple effect throughout other Web giants on Wall Street, as the share prices of Facebook and Yahoo fell Thursday, as well.

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Man Cops To $11 Million Scam Involving Fake Facebook, Groupon Stock

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:27:19 +0000

Before several key investors were dumping their Facebook stock, one Florida man made millions of dollars off his shares. Too bad they didn’t really exist. John Mattera, 50, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of fraud and conspiracy after running an $11 million scam involving nonexistent shares of Facebook and Groupon.

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Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Mobile, IPO, Search, And Facebook’s Future

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:33:15 +0000

Facebook is the world’s most social platform, but the man who started it all hasn’t spoken much recently. At TechCrunch’s Disrupt SF event in San Francisco Tuesday, Facebook CEO and Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg — dressed in a grey shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes — kept a happy tone as he discussed his company’s focus on mobile, the brain drain, its initial public offering, search, and his vision for the future. This was Zuckerberg’s first public address since Facebook’s IPO in May.

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Mark Zuckerberg Keeping His Facebook Shares For At Least A Year

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:04:48 +0000

Early major investor Peter Thiel has dumped much of his Facebook stock, as have Co-Founder Dustin Moskovitz, Accel Partners, and Microsoft. Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has the ability to unload some of his roughly 500 million shares in October, but according to recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings, he won’t do that for at least 12 months.

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Analysts From Facebook Underwriters Drop Their Price Targets

David Cohen — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:58:46 +0000

The bad news related to Facebook stock continues to roll in, with analysts for two of the social network’s largest underwriters, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, lowering their price targets, according to reports.

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Facebook Stock Dips To Below Half Of IPO Value

Julie D. Andrews — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:20:14 +0000

Just when it seemed as if news could not get any worse for Facebook’s Wall Street standing, the value of the company’s shares dipped Friday to less than half of its $38 opening price. The company’s stock opened at a slipped-down price today from pre-market trading and has continued its downward slope to a share price of just over $18.

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Does Sentiment About Facebook On Twitter Have An Effect On Stock Price?

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:54:41 +0000

Facebook is getting lampooned all over the Web for its tumbling stock price. DCM Capital, which tracks social media sentiment, wanted to find out if there was any sort of link between the way people are dismissing Facebook on Twitter and the decline of the social network’s stock price. While there is a correlation, it’s a stretch to say that tweets drowned the stock.

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Microsoft And Facebook Director Peter Thiel Unload Stock

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:09:30 +0000

It was rumored that Facebook Director Peter Thiel was going to sell some of his stock in the social network when it was possible. The rumor is now fact. CNBC reported Monday that Thiel offloaded nearly all of his shares — about 22 million of them (2 million of which were distributed to his limited partners). Microsoft also sold 20 percent of its Facebook stock, which dipped below $19 per share Monday before rallying to $20.01 at closing time. The fallen stock price has an effect on the social network’s pending Instagram acquisition, as well.

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Is Mark Zuckerberg In Over His Head?

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:49:48 +0000

As Facebook’s value on Wall Street continues to fall, critics have wondered if the problems facing the social network are too big for Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to solve. The Los Angeles Times published a story Friday, asking if Zuckerberg should step aside to let someone more experienced run Facebook. NBC notes that several other critics feel similar sentiments.

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As Investors Unload Facebook Shares, Stock Tumbles Below $20

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:38:43 +0000

Thursday was the first day that major investors in Facebook could sell their shares — and one company did just that. Accel Partners, one of the earliest investors in the social network, reportedly sold 50 million shares of Facebook (total worth: roughly $1 billion). Others could follow suit soon. Facebook’s stock, which closed Wednesday at $21.20 per share, fell to $19.87 when the closing bell rang Thursday.

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Netflix CEO And Microsoft Support Facebook Stock

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:59:08 +0000

Not everyone is dumping Facebook stock like dirty laundry. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings purchased roughly $1 million in shares of the social network, and Microsoft is reportedly holding onto its stake in the company.

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