Today, it seems like big banks and corporations are constantly in the news. With the recent financial crisis, there have been massive government takeovers as well as buy outs from other banks. This banking crisis was caused by loans that were not paid and was also one of the direct results of the housing crisis. Unfortunately because of the global connectivity of the world today, the events that occurred on Wall Street and in other cities aside from New York escaladed across the ocean to Europe and other places abroad.
Banks Are In Trouble… Again
Turning Back the Clock on the Eternal September: What the Brouhaha over Mark Zuckerberg’s Hoodie Tells Us about Social Media
So, a large number of the cognoscenti have gone downright apoplectic about Mark Zuckerberg daring to wear a hoodie to all-so-serious meeting of business bigwigs. The scandal. What’s next? White after labor day? Red shoes on a Thursday? How can our society survive without our sumptuary laws? Perhaps the Mayans were right: the end is nigh!
Facebook Goes Public – How This Decision will affect Facebook and the Overall Stock Market?
The world’s number one social media website, Facebook, filed for its initial public offering (IPO) earlier in February 2012. It didn’t come as a surprise for many in the industry, as any private company in the US with more than 10 million US dollars in assets and 500-plus stakeholders is required to file for detailed financials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
What makes the whole affair extremely interesting is Facebook’s financial value (somewhere between 75 to 100 billion US dollars), makes it the most anticipated IPO debutant for an internet company since Google’s IPO filing in 2004. And once Facebook’s market shares are out in the stock market, it will be interesting to see how it affects the Facebook culture to develop and ship features without any external interference or security.







