Zynga

Among the social media players, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the May 15 and May 31 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise...

Among the social media players, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold...

This weekend in Barron's online: a profile of a Wall Street titan, a tribute to a former Barron's editor and columnist, and the prospects for Ryder System, Tencent and ING U.S. Cover Story "Cues from Cooperman" by Lawrence C. Strauss. This article says that Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of...

Among the social media players, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short...

Among the social media players, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) saw big swings in short interest between the March 28 and April 15 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise in...

Investors and social media junkies hope that Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) isn’t an example of the long-term viability of social media stocks. Since 2012, the stock is down 76 percent. On Wednesday, the company will report Q1 2013 earnings after the closing bell with a conference call set for 5:00 p.m....

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw big upswings in short interest between the March 15 and March 28 settlement dates Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short rise in the period include Angie's List (...

Nobody likes a naysayer, but when there’s real money involved, don’t follow the herd or the hype. On Wednesday, shares of Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) are up more than 14 percent after the company launched two real-money casino games in the U.K. That cute little farm animal company is entering “sin...

Short sellers piled on to Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) in the wake of the ouster of the company's chief executive officer. Short interest for these other social media companies based in the United States also rose between the February 28 and March 15 settlement dates: Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI),...

Debra Chrapaty, Zynga's (NASDAQ: ZNGA) Chief Information Officer, has left the company. Unlike others who have left the firm, Chrapaty has already secured her next gig: she will become the new CEO of Nirvanix, an enterprise-class cloud storage firm. Nirvanix's clients include Intel (NASDAQ: INTC...

Short sellers continued to pile on to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Pandora (NYSE: P) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) between the February 15 and February 28 settlement dates. But they shied away from other social media companies based in the United States during that period. The short...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is rumored to be interested in a bid for Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA). At least one analyst, Wunderlich's Blake Harper, believes that Zynga has officially become a possible takeover target for the firm, along with Yelp (NASDAQ: YELP) and OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN). As the owner of the...

Wall Street hasn’t been one of Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB), biggest fans—particularly when it comes to its inability to monetize mobile users, but that might be changing. Investors who stuck with the company are seeing the rewards in part because of improving mobile metrics. Facebook is finally...

While short sellers generally shied away from social media companies based in the United States in late January, they came rushing back to certain stocks in the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB...

Analysts are looking for solid top and bottom line performance when Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) reports earnings after the market closes on Thursday. The maker of customer management systems using the SaaS model (software-as-a-service) and cloud based technology has become a bellwether stock in the...