Ex-Facebookers: About Ideas, Not Wealth Facebook’s stock market debut seems to be creating a frenzy everywhere but Facebook. Shares have been fluctuating between $40 and $42, as of 2 p.m. ET since opening Friday morning, amid reports that Nasdaq was experiencing some technical hiccups. Gizmodo reported shares were trading at...
  Former Yahoo CEO steps down from Splunk board Scott Thompson, the former CEO of Yahoo, has also resigned from the board of software maker Splunk Inc. Where are Facebook friends? Stock sinks on 2nd day Facebook's stock is sinking nearly 7 percent, falling below the $38 IPO price, in the social network's second day of trading as a public company Monday. Water World: New 'Super-Earth' Found Scientists report they have found an exoplanet -- a world orbiting a distant star, 22 light-years away -- that they call the best candidate yet to be the right temperature for liquid water and, perhaps, life. It is labeled GJ 667Cc, and it is located in the constellation Scorpio.
  Google says disagrees with EU antitrust opinion BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google said on Monday that it disagreed with the opinion of EU antitrust regulators who said it may have abused its dominant position, but said it was willing to discuss issues further to resolve the matter. Earlier on Monday, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia offered Google, which provides the world's most popular search engine, the chance to offer concessions to settle an antitrust investigation. "We disagree with the conclusions but we're happy to discuss any concerns they might have," Google spokesman Al Verney said in a statement. ... Ahead of the Bell: Facebook below IPO price Facebook Inc. stock has dropped below the initial public stock offering price in premarket trading Monday, an inauspicious start to the company's first full week of trading after its market debut Friday suffered some hiccups.
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