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Facebook valued its scrips at $38 on May 17at the high end of its projected price range, hardly a shocker given the all the interest showered on one of the most high-status IPO in record.

Twitter wishes to guide new hatchlings as they venture out of the virtual nest with its experimental tailored propositions of whom to accompany.

Moody’s Investor Service conducted a sweeping downgrade of 16 Spanish banking institutions on May 17, comprising Banco Santander, the euro zone's leading bank, citing a feeble financial system and the administration's reduced capacity to back up troubled lenders.

Linkedin Corp. stated that its first-quarter profit surged two folds, and the biz networking firm is getting hold of presentation sharing website SlideShare for around $118.8 million.

The scrip of RIM (Research in Motion Ltd.) touched an eight year low on May 03 and dropped over 15% during the last three days, after the firm revealed a prototype BlackBerry with novel software.

Yahoo stated that its board of directors will appraise a discrepancy in the curriculum vitae of its chief executive officer (CEO), Scott Thompson, and "make an suitable revelation" to its stockholders.

Hyundai has appended a third shift at its Montgomery unit that will mean an augmentation of 877 jobs, and area functionaries say that’s just for starters.

ConocoPhillips has decided to pay about $297 million, or 1.8 billion yuan to pay compensation for an oil spill in Bohai Bay China during the last year.

Lawyers for Oracle and Google gave their final arguments Monday in a jury trial between the Silicon Valley behemoths over the utilization of Java software code, which could have repercussions crosswise the broader technologically advanced industry.

Facebook chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg will be declaring particulars of a new technique “which has the power to save lives” in an exclusive discussion with ABC News’ Robin Roberts to be broadcast Tuesday morning.

Drugmaker Merck & Co. stated that its first-quarter profit soared 67% in spite of lower-than-projected sales, because of lower spending on production, marketing and research in addition to an arbitration charge a year back.

Workers at the Chinese plant Foxconn, where firms such as Apple and Microsoft make hardware, have threatened to commit suicide amid protestations over salaries.

Microsoft has rushed out a fix for a dangerous bug in its Hotmail webmail services. The bug permitted a hacker to rearrange the password for a Hotmail account, shutting out its possessor and providing the attacker access to the inbox.

In March, China’s mobile wireless market led the 1 billion subscriber mark for the first time.

Higher than projected demand for Finnish giant Nokia's Lumia 900 has forced the firm to force back its proposed UK release date for the mobile phone by over two weeks.

Flickr is making a pretty slick move today, refurbishing its native uploader with an HTML5 user interface, enhanced maximum file sizes and a speed boost.

Facebook Inc registered its initial quarter-to-quarter income slide in around two years period, a signal that the social network's sizzling growth may be cooling as it gears up to go public in the largest ever Internet initial public offering (IPO).

Royal Philips Electronics NV stated that its earnings during the first quarterly period surged sharply, largely because of Sara Lee Corp.’s acquisition of the “Senseo” brand of coffee manufacturer that the pair mutually developed.

Netflix Inc., the globe’s biggest video subscription service, reported first-quarter outcomes today, which will tell stockholders whether the firm can sustain a rebound in clients.

For computer users, a few mouse clicks could indicate the difference between staying on the web and losing web links this summer.

In an unusually low-key turn to a high-status case, George Zimmerman got released without incident around midnight Sunday from a Florida county prison on $150,000 bail as he waits for his second-degree murder check for lethally shooting Trayvon Martin.

China Mobile Ltd, the globe's largest carrier, is amplifying its footprint in next-gen 4G wireless technology, unveiling services in Hong Kong as it eyes high-end web users to enhance data revenue.

Baxter International will construct a manufacturing plant in Covington, Ga., as part of its attempts to swell its plasma-based treatments for immune troubles, trauma and other critical problems.

Nokia Corp. said that it reported a net loss of (EURO)929 million ($1.2 billion) during the first quarterly period as against with a profit of (EURO)344 million a year earlier, as it confronts tougher-than-projected rivalry.

With the Republican nomination under control but skeptics remaining on his right, Mitt Romney told a "tax-day summit" of tea-party activists at the Franklin Institute Monday night that he was determined to shrink the federal government and keep runaway regulation and taxes from killing jobs.

Tokyo's controversial governor wishes to utilize public funds to acquire islands disputed between Japan and China, a plan bound to enrage Beijing.
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United States stocks are going up after the administration reported a surprisingly sturdy increase in retail sales during the last month.

Google and Oracle go to court this week over legal rights to the programming language Java.

YouTube is appending monetization alternatives to its live streaming platform, comprising the capability for publishers to charge for live events.

George Lucas film production company abandoned proposals to construct a sprawling studio in a rural valley north of San Francisco, stating it has no wish to be witnessed as "an evil empire."

Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn unexpectedly stepped down on April 10 after the beleaguered consumer electronics chain set up an internal probe into his personal conduct.

Shares for Apple are continuing to go up as the computer behemoth past the $600 billion score on Tuesday which is another big milestone for the firm.

Google, possessor of the globe’s most popular search engine, will expend over $300 million building its biggest Asian data center in Taiwan to meet up the region’s demand for its Gmail as well as YouTube services.

Visa has dropped the card processor involved in a huge data violation from its registry of providers, which meet up data security criterions.

Stressed direct cosmetics seller Avon Products Inc. on April 02 discarded a $10 billion buyout plan from Coty Inc., a smaller beauty products manufacturer eyeing to make the most of Avon’s biz sufferings.

Dell has decided to get hold of Wyse Technology Inc., the newest move by the computer manufacturer to swell its offerings for biz clients.