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Yale Professor Grades Mark Zuckerberg's Record - A Very Generous B-minus

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would have earned a slightly improved grade this year for his leadership of the social media company, Yale School of Management Senior Associate Dean Jeffrey Sonnenfeld says.

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Beyond The Big Three: The Who's Who At Facebook

In the past few months several new names have come into the spotlight at Facebook. Here are a few of them...beyond the big three to watch.

No Pot Of Gold

Enterprise

Facebook's IPO Put Chill On VC Spending, Tech IPOs

Wall Street wasn't the only one who felt the pain when Facebook's IPO flopped last year.

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Facebook In Browser

Facebook Traffic May Have Plateaued But Profit Potential Is Looking Up

The memory of Facebook's painful stock market debut a year ago today is at last beginning to fade. Not for investors who bought at the opening price of $38 – their shares are still trading 70% below that – but by other measures the world's largest social network has made seemingly unstoppable progress.

Mark Zuckerberg

Enterprise

Mark Zuckerberg: Activist Backlash Mounts Against Political Advocacy Group

The backlash against Mark Zuckerberg's political advocacy group is gathering steam with a campaign to pick off many of its high-profile Silicon Valley backers.

Twitter On Screen

Conscious Computing: How To Take Control Of Your Life Online

Back in the summer of 2008 – a long time ago, in internet terms, two years before Instagram, and around the time of Twitter's second birthday – the US writer Nicholas Carr published a now famous essay in the Atlantic magazine entitled Is Google Making Us Stupid? The more time he spent online, Carr reported, the more he experienced the sensation that something was eating away at his brain. "I'm not thinking the way I used to think," he wrote. Increasingly, he'd sit down with a book, but then find himself unable to focus for more than two or three pages: "I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I'm always dragging my wayward brain back to the text." Reading, he recalled, used to feel like scuba diving in a sea of words. But now "I zip along the surface like a guy on a jetski."

Facebook In Browser

Enterprise

Facebook Revenue Beats, But Earnings Miss

Facebook posted revenue that surpassed Wall Street forecasts, but earnings were a penny light. Nonetheless, the stock jumped after-hours.

Departure

Facebook Deserted By Millions Of Users In biggest Markets

Facebook has lost millions of users per month in its biggest markets, independent data suggests, as alternative social networks attract the attention of those looking for fresh online playgrounds.

Facebook In Browser

Online Fraudsters 'Offered Services Through Facebook'

Online fraudsters have been found offering access to credit card details, networks of hacked computers, and other fraud "services" through Facebook, according to security researchers.

Facebook In Browser

Football

Ferguson on striker dilemma: ‘It's complicated’

Many a Facebook user will sympathize with Sir Alex’s non-committal on his relationship status with his Manchester United strikers.

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