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Blinkx breaks slide despite profit fall
Shares in the video search engine bounce after the group’s reassurance that the integration of two US advertising companies it acquired is on track
Alibaba nears buyback deal with Yahoo
The deal under discussion would involve the US group selling about $7bn of its stake in the Chinese ecommerce group, valuing Alibaba at $35bn
Faltering start for the new Facebook
Glitches delayed the opening of trading and underwriters had to intervene to prevent the group’s shares falling below the $38 price set on Thursday
Italian court upholds Apple fine
iPad maker found to have misled consumers into paying for extended warranty plans for products that were already covered
Facebook knuckles down after brief party
The changes that have come with the group’s transition to becoming a public company will be hard to ignore, as will the distraction of a share price that is likely to be highly volatile
Windfall boosts PV Crystalox Solar stock
Shares in the solar panel wafer manufacturer more than doubled after it received a €90m windfall from the termination of a long-term supply contract
Facebook: Zucker-punch
A nine-figure valuation on a company that made less than $4bn in sales last year implies stratospheric growth for years
Weddings and divorces expected after IPO
Lawyers and wedding planners wait for the influx of wealth in Silicon Valley after hundreds of Facebook employees become millionaires
Proxy fight averted with Yahoo reshuffle
The departure of Scott Thompson accelerated a board-level reshuffle that brought to an end the looming proxy fight threatened by Third Point
The Facebook rich list
As the social media innovator unveils its initial public offering, one of the big questions is how rich the float will make its earliest investors
Facebook trading likely to be volatile
Some experts predict that the strong initial pricing of the social networking group’s shares will limit their first day “pop”
Facebook valued at $104bn in IPO
Social media website will vault into the ranks of top 25 most valuable public companies in the US after pricing its offering at the top of the range
Investors bet on Facebook as gatekeeper
AOL and Yahoo both once vied for the role of acting as the first stop online for accessing information and communicating with friends and family
Universities that offer the elite to all
Two Stanford professors hope to unlock profit as well as classes with a groundbreaking online learning system, writes Eric Katz
Rakuten leads $100m Pinterest investment
Japanese ecommerce group leads $100m investment round in the social scrapbooking site that has been rapidly gaining users in the US
Early Facebook backers add to share sale
Social networking group to sell more shares than originally planned, highlighting huge demand and ranking it near the largest flotations
Social Networking and the Future of Business
Facebook’s IPO demonstrates the power of networks for innovation, growth and jobs, says Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP’s co-chief executive
Time for Sony to face the music
If ever the electronics-to-music-to-film group wanted to unlock the value in its entertainment assets, this looks a good year to do so
Google to unveil search results overhaul
Its detailed ‘Knowledge Graph’ display – the internet giant’s biggest online shake-up in five years – is likely to again draw fire from rivals
Retail demand for Facebook risks inflating IPO
Heavy interest from individual investors is threatening to push the social network’s shares to unsustainable levels at its initial public offering