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Morgan Stanley Sees Potential In Instagram eCommerce Future, Raises Facebook Target
Facebook // April 09, 2019

Analysts at Morgan Stanley see a bright eCommerce future for Instagram and have raised the price target on Facebook stock, according to reports. Facebook shares rose 2.06 percent early Tuesday (April 9) to $178.54. The shares are up 29 percent year-to-date. Morgan Stanley has set...

Zuckerberg To Hold ‘Future Of Tech’ Talks
Facebook // January 09, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed this year to host public discussions on the future of technology in society. “I’m an engineer, and I used to just build out my ideas and hope they’d mostly speak for themselves,” Zuckerberg wrote in his annual New Year’s post. “But given...

Expanded Federal Probe Sinks Facebook Shares
Facebook // July 04, 2018

Following news that the U.S. government probe into the Facebook data breach connected with Cambridge Analytica has widened, shares of the company dropped 2 percent in early trading on Tuesday (July 3). The fall took approximately $12 billion off Facebook’s market valuation, Reuters reported. While...

Facebook Data Scandal To Have Little Effect On Revenue
Facebook // April 13, 2018

Facebook might be dealing with the fallout from its data scandal, but the company doesn’t seem too worried about how all of the negative press will affect ad sales. The social media site’s users largely haven’t changed their privacy settings in the weeks since the...

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Facebook Nominates Alford To Board As Two Other Execs Step Down

April 15, 2019
Facebook has nominated PayPal executive Peggy Alford to its board, just as longtime directors Reed Hastings and Erskine Bowles prepare to step down. Bloomberg reported that before joining PayPal in March as senior vice president of core markets, Alford served as chief financial officer and head of operations for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the nonprofit […]

Morgan Stanley Sees Potential In Instagram eCommerce Future, Raises Facebook Target

April 09, 2019
Analysts at Morgan Stanley see a bright eCommerce future for Instagram and have raised the price target on Facebook stock, according to reports. Facebook shares rose 2.06 percent early Tuesday...

Zuckerberg To Hold ‘Future Of Tech’ Talks

January 09, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed this year to host public discussions on the future of technology in society. “I’m an engineer, and I used to just build out my ideas and hope...

Expanded Federal Probe Sinks Facebook Shares

July 04, 2018
Following news that the U.S. government probe into the Facebook data breach connected with Cambridge Analytica has widened, shares of the company dropped 2 percent in early trading on Tuesday...