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Facebook shares climbed Wednesday in premarket trading after its long-awaited initial public offering was followed by a two-day slide in stock price. Donate via Tweets and Texts With Givey
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Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising
 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With two of its most distracting conflicts resolved in the past week and a half, Yahoo Inc hopes its new interim chief executive can focus on the biggest challenge of all: turning the company into an entertainment and information destination that wins back the advertising dollars flowing elsewhere. While ousted predecessors Scott Thompson and Carol Bartz were seen as technologists, Ross Levinsohn has managed Internet efforts at such mainstream media companies as CBS and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ...
Needham starts Facebook with buy, $40 price target
(Reuters) - Brokerage Needham & Co started coverage on Facebook Inc with a "buy" rating, a rare positive take on the shares of the social network after they lost nearly a fifth of their value since the company's stock started trading last Friday. Facebook should be valued based on the revenue potential from total minutes spent on the website, Needham analysts said, setting a $40 price target on the stock. Facebook shares were up 4 percent at $32.35 in early trade on the Nasdaq. ...
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