Social Stocks: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP)

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), for the first time, has joined a number of technology companies releasing their diversity figures publicly. The Menlo Park, California social media giant revealed its figures Wednesday even as tech titans like Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) have begun seeking public input on how to close the huge gender gap present throughout the technology…

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Investor’s Alert: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET), Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN)

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is the most important social media for news everywhere in the world: 35% of those surveyed use Facebook to get their news. In the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom, Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is widely used. Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google+ and Facebook’s WhatsApp are becoming more important sources for…

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Social Stocks on the move: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is taking another stab at ephemeral mobile messaging with an app called Slingshot. The app is designed to appeal to fans of Snapchat and other messaging apps that let people send self-destructing messages to friends. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 1.86% in last session and finished the day at $65.60. Traded…

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Watch List: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp (NYSE:AP), Industrial Services of America (NASDAQ:IDSA), The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSEMKT:GRC), Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN)

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) needs to have more data to back that they do provide value as an advertising platform, Kara Swisher said in a recent discussion on CNBC. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) stock finished the day at $38.02. Traded volume was 30.32million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 23.31million…

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Hot Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), GNC Holdings (NYSE:GNC), Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE:CCE)

Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), whose valuation is partially pinned on its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., declined after China’s largest e-commerce company reported slower quarterly revenue growth. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) stock performance was -5.77% in last session and finished the day at $34.81. Traded volume was 930.00million shares in the last session and the average…

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Tech Movers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) CTO Michael Todd Schroepfer sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.53, for a total value of $1,270,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer now directly owns 182,485…

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