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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) addressed an ongoing concern among many of its users and investors: the very real dangers the platform poses to society. Facebook said it will hire 3,000 people across the world who will be tasked with monitoring videos for violent and criminal acts. The company faced...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s stock was trading lower by more than 1 percent ahead of Thursday's market open in reaction to the company's first-quarter earnings report out Wednesday afternoon. JMP Securities' Ronald Josey maintains a Market Outperform rating on Facebook's with a price target boosted...

UBS raised its price target for Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) Thursday after the social media platform reported first-quarter results that analyst Eric J. Sheridan called "solid." Facebook reported a Q1 EPS of $1.04 after the close Wednesday, missing estimates by $0.08; sales of $8.032...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) reported first quarter earnings after the close on Wednesday. The stock has been on an absolute roll in the past year, up nearly 30 percent. Facebook reports Q1 EPS of $1.04, missing estimates by $0.08 Sales came in at $8.032 billion, beating estimates by $202...

The next two weeks will be big for social media stocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is set to report earnings Wednesday, while Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) will report its first earnings report as a public company on May 10 after the close. According to conversations with advertisers and marketing...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. That includes old-school stocks in the financial, consumer goods and industrial sectors. Some new school technology and internet stocks were also examined. As if the crush of earnings wasn't enough last week, there...

Brian Singerman, a general partner at Founders Fund, was ranked fifth on the Forbes annual Midas List, which is a ranking of the top venture capitalists. Among some of the fund's holdings include Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and privately held Spotify, Lyft, Airbnb, SpaceX and Palantir. Speaking...

Thursday's trading session was dominated by some of the biggest banks reporting their quarterly results. But according to

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) could certainly use some help when it comes to the public relations department. The company has received harsh public criticism for a pair of recent incidents involving airline passengers, and the company's PR department seems to have done more harm than...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) remains the king of social media with its multiple properties that boast at least 1 billion users. But hiding behind that is a trend that may be of some concern for social media investors: Teens would rather not be on Facebook. According to Statista, teens as a whole loved...

Are the days of fundamental hedge fund management coming to an end? According to a report from Preqin, a company that provides financial industry data, 40 percent of hedge funds created in 2016 were “systematic,” meaning that they rely on computer models and algorithms to make trading...

EBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced it is turning the dial up to 11 on advertising after announcing a “massive” nationwide ad campaign this spring aimed at bringing in new buyers to the once dominant e-commerce platform. EBay's Spring Fling With Social: What To Look For In May, the...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. That includes an iconic conglomerate that may be lacking in fundamentals and whether it is too late to board the iPhone makers train. The outlooks for a restructured aluminum company, a social media giant, a growing...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has been one of the most polarizing stocks among investors since its IPO at the beginning of the month. The sentiment among investors has ranged from very bearish to optimistically bullish. Wells Fargo has jumped on board the ratings train but takes a more neutral stance,...

While Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has more than 100 million daily users, it’s still an unproven startup, according to analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. The firm initiated Snap with an Underweight rating and $18 price target. Snap’s initial public offering on March 1 was priced at $17. “...