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Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) are trading within striking distance of its all-time highs and already higher by nearly 15 percent in 2017. Facebook's stock is also higher by nearly 250 percent since its initial public offering, as the social media platform solidified its dominance and...

TechCrunch hosted its 10th annual "Crunchies Award" ceremony on Monday. The event awards, recognizes and celebrates the hottest startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. Here is a list of the 10 winners. 1. Venture Capitalist Of The Year: Kirsten Green Kirsten Green is the founder...

Douglas Clinton co-launched a new venture capital firm called Loup Ventures with one of the Street's most notable Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) analyst Gene Munster. Clinton wrote an open letter to Snap's management team after the owner of the social media platform Snapchat made its initial public...

The IPO market, which turned in a lukewarm showing last year, is bracing for a buoyant year in 2017. The long-awaited IPO of Snap Inc., the parent of messaging app Snapchat, was confirmed, as it filed with the SEC the Form S-1 document last Thursday. Even as investors brace for the resurgence...

This weekend's Barron's cover story considers what's in store for a once-hot burrito chain. Other featured articles offer a peek at the outlook for a semiconductor maker and for a casual dining company. The prospects for a social media IPO and an independent power producer are...

After much anticipation, Snap, the parent company of the social media platform Snapchat, filed its initial public offering (IPO) registration form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. Although Snap's IPO is much anticipate, it isn't being universally cheered on by the Street....

Snap's upcoming initial public offering is drawing some comparisons to Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) — and not in a good way. Snap's user growth is cooling down while losses are raising. However, the company is doing a good job at demonstrating year-over-year revenue...

Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc has officially filed for its IPO expected to raise $3 billion. "Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to...

The social media landscape has certainly shifted over the years for the better, but it seems there are more and more scandals occurring these days. For instance, Benzinga's senior editor Rebecca Sheppard was among one of the hundreds of thousands of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) users whose account...

After a so-so 2016, will the IPO markets see redemption in 2017? According to a Ernst & Young report , the deal numbers and proceeds raised fell in 2016, with the deal number by 16 percent and proceeds by 33 percent. In the Americas, where the U.S. dominates, the global IPO market share...

The popularity of Snapchat — and the seeming preference of smartphone users to communicate with pictures and symbols above all else — shows we’re still writing on cave walls, Loup Ventures argued in a Thursday analysis. The difference? Today’s hieroglyphs and petroglyphs are...

The investment case for Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) couldn't have been made clearer to investors over the years: The rising popularity of the social media empire coupled with the decline of traditional media makes it a very appealing destination for advertisers. Facebook's dominance in social media...

A common complaint among heavy social media users is that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s platform is straightforward and easy to use while Snap Inc's social media platform Snapchat is complicated to use and at times confusing. According to a CNBC report, Snapchat likely took notice and made changes to...

Snap, the parent company of the wildly popular Snapchat social media platform, is lying about its growth rate — at least according to a former employee who is suing the company. According to Recode, Anthony Pompliano joined Snap in 2015 after leaving Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). He was tasked...

The social media space had a mixed year, with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares cooling off after a stellar 2015 amid the fake news and ad metrics scandals. Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) found itself in a mess, and Snap Inc., formerly Snapchat, is preparing to offer its shares to the public. Even amid...