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NASDAQ considers compensation for Facebook glitch
David Gura Jun 6, 2012
Published reports today suggest NASDAQ is working on a plan to compensate brokerages that lost perhaps $100 million when software fouled up the start of trading in Facebook's IPO last month.
E3: Video game consoles aren’t just for video games
John Moe Jun 5, 2012
As a new generation of consoles looms, current models are being packaged up for movies and socializing.
Giant video gaming conference E3 gets going in L.A.
Queena Kim Jun 5, 2012
And it's all about the game consoles. How will Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony stave off mobile and social games?
Nasdaq to compensate Facebook investors
Kai Ryssdal Jun 5, 2012
It says there was a 30-minute glitch at the Facebook open a few weeks ago. Losses are estimated to be near $100 million.
How young is too young to be on Facebook?
David Brancaccio Jun 4, 2012
In order to increase its reach, Facebook is now developing a system that would allow children under the age of 13 to play games and use the social network.
Companies delay IPO due to Facebook, Euro crisis
Christopher Werth Jun 1, 2012
Yesterday discount travel website Kayak announced it’s putting off going public. In the UK, luxury jeweler Graff Diamonds has made a similar move, and today Formula One announced it’s shelving its IPO.
Investors beware: IPOs are a big boy's game
Bob Moon Jun 1, 2012
In the wake of Facebook's IPO, senior business correspondent Bob Moon explains why individual investors are at a sharp disadvantage.
Facebook set to expand headquarters in Menlo Park
Stacey Vanek Smith May 31, 2012
For the past week and a half Mark Zuckerberg has been losing face a bit in the stock market, but this week his company is booking ahead with plans for a major expansion to their headquarters in the Silicon Valley suburb of Menlo Park.
Movement seeks better living through math
John Moe May 29, 2012
Devotees of “The Quantified Self” seek knowledge by measuring, measuring, measuring.
Low U.S. employment growth and the tech sector slows
David Brancaccio May 25, 2012
Some point to the Facebook stock flop as sign of a slowing tech sector. Meanwhile, employment growth for unskilled workers in the U.S. remains stalled.
