![]() CBC.ca | How Facebook Has Changed Since Going Public 1 Year Ago - Mashable Mashable "Facebook was not originally created to be a company," CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in his SEC Registration letter a little more than three months before Facebook went public on May 18, 2012. "It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world ... Facebook IPO: a bittersweet one-year anniversary Facebook, a year after the IPO Leaning Down: Facebook's Stock At Its IPO Anniversary |
![]() The Westside Story | Consumer Sentiment Index in U.S. Rose to 83.7 in May from 76.4 Bloomberg Americans' confidence in the economy climbed in May to the highest level in almost six years as rising real estate values and record stock prices boosted household wealth. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer ... Consumer sentiment perks to post-recession peak Consumers Are the Happiest Since 2007 Consumer Sentiment Hits Nearly 6-Year High |
![]() Boston Globe | Senate Democrats Urge Delay in Student Loan Rate Increase Bloomberg U.S. Senate Democrats today called for a two-year postponement of a scheduled increase in the interest rate charged on education loans to millions of college students. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other top Democrats unveiled legislation that ... Republicans advance bill to tie US student loan rates to markets Schumer: Block hike in Stafford student loan rate Student loan loads block home, car purchases - USA Today |
![]() San Francisco Chronicle | Will American's New Boarding Process Work? It Failed at Virgin America. Forbes Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes ... American Airlines Doesn't Want Your Bags in the Cabin American: Fliers who carry on less can board earlier - USA Today US airline group sees pickup in summer air passengers |
![]() Business Today | Tumblr In Talks With Yahoo; Facebook And Microsoft Also Said To Be Circling Forbes According to multiple reports (the first coming from All Things D), the social blogging site is in serious talks with Yahoo Yahoo, which is looking to secure a strategic investment, partnership or even an outright acquisition. In the latter scenario, the price could ... Yahoo's Mayer Said to Be Preparing Updates for Flickr Photo Site After Small Acquisitions, Yahoo Goes Big With Tumblr Will Yahoo splurge on $1-billion acquisition of Tumblr? |
![]() AFP | Gains for a 4th Week in a Row, and Milestones, Too New York Times Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week in a row of gains as encouraging economic data prompted investors to buy shares of growth companies. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's ... Five Stocks That Made Big Gains this Week - NASDAQ.com Dow, S&P end at records, stocks mark fourth week of gains US Stocks In Broad Rally, Fueled By Strong Economic Data |
![]() San Francisco Chronicle | How JC Penney Can Stem The Tide Of Slumping Sales Forbes Yesterday, J.C. Penney announced a serious first quarter loss of $348 million, or $1.58 per share and a revenue slump of 16.4% to $2.635 billion as same store sales dropped 16.6%. Recently re-installed CEO Myron Ullman may be wondering exactly how ... Ullman Says Penney Turnaround Will Take Time Where Did All Those JC Penney Customers Go? J.C. Penney Investors Re-Elect Board That Oversaw Johnson Era |
![]() Livemint | Bernanke's advice for college grads CNN "During your working lives, you will have to reinvent yourselves many times," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told new graduates at Bard College at Simon's Rock on Saturday. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) ... Bernanke Tells Grads Innovation Is Key Bernanke Optimistic About Innovation So, a Fed Chairman Is Speaking at Your Graduation |