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9 Times Executives Were Poached
Saturday, September 3, 2016 - 10:49am | 537United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) has stepped in and snatched up former American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL) president Scott Kirby. Luring talent from the workforce of competitors is known as “poaching,” and it’s certainly nothing new on Wall Street, especially...
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Facebook Says Board Member Peter Thiel's Support Of Trump Does Not 'Represent Our Views'
Friday, July 15, 2016 - 2:09pm | 382Presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump invited Peter Thiel, a supporter of his campaign, to speak at the GOP convection. Thiel also happens to be an early investor in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and a member of its board of directors. Meanwhile, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg had some...
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5 Things Recode's Walt Mossberg Learned From Jeff Bezos
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 3:26pm | 720Walter Mossberg, Recode’s Editor-at-Large recently interviewed Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) President, CEO and Chairman of the Board Jeff Bezos at the Code Conference. Following the event, Mossberg appeared on CNBC on Wednesday, to talk about this dialogue. Below is a look into five things...
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Gratitude: The Most Important Advice Sheryl Sandberg Shared At UC Berkeley's Commencement
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 11:14am | 518Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg gave the commencement speech at the University of California, Berkeley over the weekend, but she didn’t talk about Facebook or business or careers at all. Instead, she chose to focus on how the death of her husband impacted her life and how...
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Jim Cramer Offers Plenty Of Reasons To Love Facebook
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 4:34pm | 349"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer offered Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s CEO Mark Zuckerberg some advice during his TV segment on Thursday. Advice For The New Dad "Please take more paternity leave," Cramer said on Thursday's "Mad Money" segment. "One-third of the remarkable quarter Facebook reported last...
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Nike CEO Joins Disney Board Of Directors: Do Investors Care?
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 1:07pm | 275Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) announced on Monday its Board of Directors has elected Mark Parker as a director, effective immediately. Parker is also the current CEO of Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE), a role he has held since January 2006 after joining the company nearly 40 years ago. His appointment to...
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Class Action Suit Against Facebook Accuses Company Of Hiding Concerns About Growth Forecasts
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 9:32am | 224Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) were trading lower by 0.35 percent early Wednesday morning as reports of a class action suit against the company began surfacing on Tuesday. According to Fortune, a U.S. federal judge certified two shareholder class action suits against Facebook which allege...
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Is Facebook The Best-Run Company In Silicon Valley?
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 2:24pm | 394Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares have been on a roll over the last month, up nearly 20 percent. So, is earnings expectations driving this move or there is something else spurring the numbers upward? Jason Calacanis, founder and CEO of Inside.com, was on CNBC Tuesday to discuss. Doing Mobile...
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What Twitter Has Failed To Learn From Facebook
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 11:55am | 395It seems Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has taken the opposite path of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) following its IPO. Where Facebook has moved from strength to strength, becoming the social media behemoth that it is today, Twitter is showing continued weakness since its IPO, which was again highlighted...
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Why Facebook Isn't Overvalued
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 3:02pm | 397As Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to make new all-time highs on a daily basis, concerns regarding the company's valuations are growing. Will Danoff, Fidelity Contrafund portfolio manager, was on CNBC Tuesday to discuss if the valuations at which Facebook is currently trading are...
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Sheryl Sandberg On Facebook's Biggest Moment Of 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 3:30pm | 385Times have changed. To gauge the impact created by events is easy -- find out is what's trending on social media. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) released its biggest moments of 2014 on Tuesday morning, which is a list of top 10 moments across the globe and the most-talked about things and people...
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Revealed: Pentagon Spent Millions Conducting Social Media Research
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 9:47am | 674Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) isn’t the only entity involved in social media research. The Guardian revealed Tuesday that the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recorded and analyzed Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) activity as part of a program to understand the influence of...
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Market Wrap For April 9: Investors Breathe Sigh Of Relief Over Rate Worries
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 4:35pm | 2359U.S. stocks rose sharply after minutes from the Federal Reserve eased concerns over when the central bank would raise interest rates. The decision to let go of the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold for raising interest rates was finalized in early March. Additionally, the Fed's minutes...
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Talking Apps, Ads And Growth With Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 5:25pm | 445CNBC's Julia Boorstin interviewed Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg during Tuesday's Squawk Box program, to discuss the company's future advertising plans and growth. “In the last quarter, we didn't just add lots of people to Facebook, but our engagement metrics are up; 62 percent of...
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Facebook Proves It Can Offer What Advertisers Need
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 4:12pm | 369Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) did not become a leader in the online advertising space overnight. It took years of research and significant investments to attract high-profile clients like Coca-Cola and Toyota Motor When shares of Facebook began trading for the first time, many investors were turned off by...