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Facebook troubles take the steam out of bid to loosen IPO rules
WASHINGTON — There was so much support in Washington two months ago for loosening rules on initial public offerings that Republicans and Democrats effortlessly passed a bill making it easier for smaller companies to raise money on Wall Street....Tags: Media Industry, Financial Markets, Mary Schapiro, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Facebook tanks to post-IPO low below $30 as other stocks rise
Wall Street returned from Memorial Day weekend without any more love for Facebook Inc., sending the newly public company’s stock down nearly 8% to a new post-IPO low. The social networking company was trading down 7.9% at $29.40 midday Tuesday in...
Tags: NASDAQ, Stock Market, Memorial Day, Initial Public Offerings, Media Industry
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Bears punish Facebook stock as options trading begins
The bears are out on Facebook Inc. The social networking giant's stock price closed down $3.07, or nearly 10%, to $28.84 on Tuesday. The precipitous drop began when Facebook went public May 18; since then shares have fallen 24%. Since the IPO, Chief...
Tags: Stock Market, NASDAQ, Initial Public Offerings, Social Media, Media Industry
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Small investors are at the mercy of big bankers' greedy antics
While a horde of lobbyists representing big banks and financiers fights every modest effort of the Obama administration to set limits on their clients’ buccaneering ways, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have shown, once again, how these pirates of...
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Facebook's stumble may cool IPOs in Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — Outside Facebook's Silicon Valley campus is a giant sign with a hand giving a thumbs up.
It may be the only place on the planet where Facebook is getting one of those.
The company's initial public stock offering was supposed to...Tags: NASDAQ, Stock Market, Media Industry, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Letters: Questions about Facebook's IPO
Re "Facebook, banks under fire for IPO," Business, May 24 Why is it that our members of Congress get their knickers in an instant knot when already obscenely wealthy investors (perhaps) get cheated a bit, while silently accepting the news that more...Tags: Initial Public Offerings, Media Industry, Social Media, Financing and Stock Offerings
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Facebook's stock debut shows not all investors are equal
NEW YORK —Facebook Inc.'s bungled stock-market debut made it clear that big money still rules Wall Street. But this time, the small money got a look at how Wall Street really works — and that could spell trouble for the financial industry....
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Facebook, Wall Street banks under fire from lawmakers and lawyers
WASHINGTON — Already grappling with regulatory reviews of its troubled initial public offering, Facebook Inc. and the Wall Street banks that shepherded the deal are now under fire from lawmakers and lawyers.
Two congressional committees said...Tags: Laws, Media Industry, Financial Markets, Tim Johnson, Mary Schapiro
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Facebook's lucky friends?
Facebook has made a habit of advancing its interests at the expense of its customers, whether by weakening its privacy policy, tracking users' movements around the Web or radically reconfiguring the way information is displayed on the site's pages. So...
Tags: Initial Public Offerings, Banking, Social Media, Companies and Corporations, Media Industry
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Stocks mixed in early trading on Wall Street
NEW YORK — Stocks were mixed in early trading on Wall Street but turned positive following government data showing strong bank profits. An hour after the opening bell on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 31 points, or 0.3%, to...Tags: Initial Public Offerings, Financing and Stock Offerings
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Chipotle federal immigration probe: 'We didn't do anything wrong'
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. continues to get heat for its hiring practices, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and now federal prosecutors looking into the company. Earlier this week, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia told the...
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Congressional committees looking into Facebook IPO problems
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Two congressional committees are looking into the troubled initial public offering of Facebook Inc., aides said Wednesday. The Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee are both conducting preliminary inquiries, though...Tags: Media Industry, Mary Schapiro, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Judges
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