LinkedIn shares tumble 10% after decent Q1 earnings, poor guidance

Business social network LinkedIn just posted its Q1 2013 earnings, and while the results trumped expectations, investors seem a bit spooked because it issued weak guidance.

Social media skills can boost your company’s share price

Your company's social media strategy isn't just for publicity or customer service -- it can actually help boost your share price, a new study suggests.

Apple finally passes $700 a share in after-hours trading

Apple's stock hit $700 a share today in after hours trading, proving to all of us that all you really need to have a successful business is a new iPhone. Good luck to everyone else.

Palo Alto Networks closer to IPO, sets price range at $34-$37 a share

Firewall security company Palo Alto Networks priced the shares for its initial public offering today, setting the range at $34 to $37 a share.

Palo Alto filed to go public in April this year, with expectations of raising $175 million …

Backfire: Dropping U.S. citizenship could cost Facebook co-founder Saverin $43M

Talk about a backfire. Controversial Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who recently renounced his U.S. citizenship and came under fire for supposedly skipping out on U.S. taxes, might actually end up owing more money — an estimated $43 million.

Back in …

Apple hits $600B market cap, still the world’s most valuable company

Remember that time in the 1990′s when Apple was almost bankrupt and in disrepair? Take note, Yahoo, Apple just hit a $600 billion market cap today, the second company in the world to reach the milestone.

Apple reached a high …

Apple to announce plan for $98B cash balance Monday morning

Apple is holding a conference call bright and early Monday morning to announce plans for its large cash balance. The company is sitting on around $98 billion in cash, and investors are getting increasingly antsy and clamoring for a dividend …

Zynga stock pummeled in second day of trading (updated)

Social games company Zynga’s stock ended its second day of trading on the Nasdaq exchange down nearly 5 percent, a signal of turbulent times ahead for the value of the company.

Zynga’s stock closed on Friday at $9.50 a share, …

LinkedIn CEO: Google+ has reshaped social, but there’s little room left

As Google+ grows at an incredible rate, it’s going to start crowding other social networks.

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner warned that the new service has altered the social landscape and that users don’t have much time left for additional social …