Job posting may hint at Facebook IPO down the road
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Blog: Tech gossip blog Valleywag points to a posting on Facebook's Web site seeking someone with a strong background in managing stocks logistics at a public company.
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Facebook wants to make its members' profiles portable, get a handle on software developers, launch ad platform.
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The Wall Street Journal says Microsoft has proposed an investment that would give it a stake of up to 5 percent in Facebook.
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TechWeb - Company founders point to the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook's wave of popularity.
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Microsoft Corp  is talking to Facebook about an investment in the company that could value the fast-growing social network at $10 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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BREAKING NEWS - This afternoon, Microsoft won the apparent battle for an equity stake in social networking applications provider Facebook, making a $240 million equity investment in the company. In exchange, Microsoft will become the exclusive third-party supplier of Facebook's advertising platform.
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Microsoft Corp  is talking to  Facebook about an investment in the company that could value  the fast-growing social network at $10 billion or more, the  Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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By CONSTANCE LOIZOS  Facebook, the social-networking start-up popular with high school and college students, is on the verge of being purchased by Yahoo, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal.
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In the wake of Microsoft's pricey investment, analysts are remarkably sunny about the future of Facebook's new advertising initiative--even though it hasn't even launched or been fully explained yet.
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Social-networking site Facebook is in   serious talks to sell itself to Yahoo YHOO.O for an amount   that could approach $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal   reported on Thursday.
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Social-networking site Facebook is in  serious talks to sell itself to Yahoo for an amount that could  approach $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on  Thursday.
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People who sign in to the newest social network won't be looking for dates or posting a list of their favorite movies. They will be searching for companies to invest in and listing their interests in areas like clean energy or enterprise software.
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Microsoft is mulling an investment of up to 5.0 percent in the social networking site Facebook, a move that could set the stage for confrontation with rival Google, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Initial public offerings of stock are starting to look like an attractive exit strategy for startups, after a lull of three years. In an echo of the dot-com bubble, some companies are even going public before becoming profitable.
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The Motley Fool - Will "do you Yahoo" replace "what's your major" as the ultimate coed pickup line? Today's Wall Street Journal had a front page story on a quiet buyout battle brewing for the college-friendly social networking site Facebook.
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Many Web developers these days feel a sleep-depriving mix of unbridled enthusiasm and nagging concern over Facebook's social-network platform.
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Setting the stage for a possible bidding battle, Microsoft Corp. is mulling an investment in Facebook Inc. that would value the rapidly growing online hangout at $10 billion or more, according to a report published Monday