Investors

Facebook Gifts an idea to users and investors!

With Facebook Gifts, the social networking behemoth, "Facebook", has come up with a novel idea that gives everyone plenty of reasons to cheer about, especially its investors.

Yahoo set to reduce investment in Asian market

Internet giant Yahoo is all set to reduce its investment in the Asian market by selling its shares in Alibaba Group and SoftBank.

Twitter board shrinks: 2 members step down

Two major power players have left Twitter in the last 24 hours. The microblogging company confirmed Friday that its two board members are stepping down, bringing the size of its board to seven directors from nine.

BOA to pay $8.5 billion as mortgage claims

The announcement of the $8.5 billion settlement by the Bank of America is not good news for the home owners particularly those who are at a risk of facing a foreclosure for the deal includes a clause that the Bank will deploy extra ‘subservicers’ to hasten the foreclosure process.

Facebook IPO in Q1 of 2012

It’s getting bigger for Facebook. The largest social networking site is all set to come out with its initial public offering (IPO) in the first quarter of 2012.

Playboy to go private again

Hugh Hefner, who launched the legendary Playboy magazine in 1953 and converted it into a public venture in 1971, is going to buy back the Playboy Enterprises. The deal has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of the media company.

5 Essential Books for Tech Investors

New Year's is upon us, and with that comes goals and aspirations for the year ahead. So what's stopping you from becoming a better tech investor in 2011? Here are five suggested readings for the year ahead.

3 Biotech 2010 IPOs Worthy of a Look

The biotech IPO window finally opened fully in 2010, but investors weren't that interested in what companies had to offer. Many companies priced their IPOs below their proposed range, and the number of biotechs trading under their IPO price is rather astounding.

This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves

 Stupidity is contagious. It gets us all from time to time. Even respectable companies can catch it. As I do every week, let's take a look at five dumb financial events this week that may make your head spin.

 

How to Play Akamai in 2011

 Each year, we take a look back in order to look ahead. We do this by industry, by trend, and ultimately by stock. Here's a closer look at Akamai Technologies(Nasdaq: AKAM), Fool style.

This Behemoth Is Down, But Not Out

 

Running a 24-hour live chat for charity was a challenge of my endurance as well as my mind. Plenty of great companies were brought up in our discussion, especially a few that had somehow fallen off my radar.




The 10 Worst Networking and Electronics Stocks of 2010

 It's been a pretty kind year to stock investors, with the S&P showing a 12.8% gain in 2010. Of course, kindness might still feel relative after a lost decade of negative returns that included the nauseating depths and panic of the financial crisis.