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Suing Facebook? Best of Luck.

Ronald Barusch, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 25 at 1:44 pm PT

By Wednesday, after just three days of trading, several lawsuits had been filed against Facebook complaining about the adequacy of its prospectus disclosure. However, at least so far, there is no indication that anything is wrong with that prospectus.

After Strong Quarter, Groupon Starts Looking Like a Deal Again

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 15 at 1:29 pm PT

Even though Groupon continues to carry the warning that its financial processes are weak, a handful of analysts upgraded the company to a buy rating today, and investors sent the stock climbing.

$FB Is a Buy, Analysts Say

Mike Isaac in Social on May 7 at 6:01 pm PT

The guys who study Wall Street are bullish on the social giant.

News Byte

Analysts Give Yelp a Lukewarm Review

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 11 at 4:20 pm PT

Now that Yelp’s quiet period has expired, analysts have started to issue their first report cards. The results are unanimous: Out of four reports issued by Jefferies, Citi, Goldman Sachs and Oppenheimer, there are zero buy recommendations, Forbes writes. But that’s because the company’s stock price, which has soared 72 percent since last month’s IPO, hovers near or above all of the analysts’ price targets. Today, the stock fell 38 cents, or 1.5 percent, to close at $25.43 a share.