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Twitter Stock Has a Very Merry Christmas

Shares of Twitter jumped another 2.5 percent upon opening on Thursday morning, trading at $71.65 per share — yet another all-time high for the newly public company. In a little over a month of its trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the stock has soared to gains of more than 200 percent of its debut price of $26 per share.

Twitter Shares Down on Second Day Opening

A four percent drop on day two.

At Twitter HQ on IPO Day, Business Almost as Usual

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Earnings and Revenue Down — Yahoo Delivers on Expected Lackluster Third Quarter

No surprise, which should not be a surprise.

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U.S. Rethinks How to Release Sensitive Economic Data

Federal officials are discussing changes to how the government releases sensitive economic data, seeking to bring the system in line with fast-moving financial markets.

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Trading Platform Quantopian Raises $6.7 Million

Quantopian, a browser-based trading platform for quantitative analysts, announced on Wednesday that it raised $6.7 million in a series A financing round. Khosla Ventures and existing investor Spark Capital participated in the round, bringing the total amount of funds raised to $8.8 million.

Web Marketplace Listia Raises $9 Million

A fresh capital injection for the online trading startup.

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Facebook Shares Hit Record High

Shares of Facebook were trading at $45.05 on Wednesday morning, an all-time-high share price for the company’s stock since it debuted on the Nasdaq exchange nearly a year and a half ago. The stock is up nearly 70 percent over the past two months, rallying on the strength of the company’s last earnings report which included strong mobile advertising numbers.

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Trading Halted in Nasdaq Securities

The outage — due to an unexplained technical issue — saw a large chunk of the U.S. stock market effectively come to a standstill at midday, freezing prices in stocks, exchange-traded funds and options listed on Nasdaq and prompting other trading venues to stop trading those securities.

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Facebook Closes Above $38

For the first time since Facebook debuted on the Nasdaq last year, its shares closed above its IPO price, finishing at $38.05 on Friday. The company has traded far beneath that number since Day One, but recently rallied on the strength of a solid earnings report and particularly impressive gains in mobile advertising.