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LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) has adopted the acquisition for growth strategy. The company recently agreed to acquire a news reading and mobile content distribution company, Pulse. Pulse is a well-known platform for content gathering from the Internet. This platform has more than 30 million users across 190 countries, accessible through iOS and Android-based newsreader applications. Available in [...]

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn't necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock. During earnings season, BullMarket.com publishes a comprehensive 25- to 40-page Earnings Preview report for the week ahead each [...]

Fifteen years ago, we could hardly gauge the benefits of professional/social networking platforms, though the Internet and e-mail already existed. People’s understanding and usage of technology and the Internet have evolved over the years. And although it looks like we have come a long way, the rate of development indicates that innovations in social networking [...]

Fifteen years ago, we could hardly gauge the benefits of professional/social networking platforms, though the Internet and e-mail already existed. People’s understanding and usage of technology and the Internet have evolved over the years. And although it looks like we have come a long way, the rate of development indicates that innovations in social networking [...]

I looked at these two stocks some time ago and while I loved LinkedIn and had acknowledged that I might regret it at some point. Why? Because I thought LinkedIn was a terrific company that was simply a bit too expensive for me. Social Stocks/Companies Are Not Dead Many of you know that I'm long Facebook (FB) [...]

I had announced that no new trades would be added as part of my long & short tech stock picks for the rest of the year. That being said, I still had 7 live trades and I will be closing out 2 of those this morning on the open. Long LinkedIn (LNKD) & Short Pandora (P) [...]

Research firm Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated a “hold” rating on Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) stock, with a $120 per share price target. In a note to investors, the research firm’s analysts cited the company is becoming one of the most effective online recruiting platforms worldwide. Analysts also noted that Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) has been experiencing fast growth [...]

Shares of Facebook (FB) were having a nice day for a change on Wednesday. But another social network stock more accustomed to being a darling of Wall Street was also gaining ground. LinkedIn (LNKD) was up more than 6% after an analyst at Jefferies resumed coverage on the stock with a "buy" rating. Shares [...]

You can do everything on Twitter that you do on Facebook, plus stuff that’s actually useful.

It's wise to be very suspicious of richly-valued IPOs. History has shown us time and again that many will end up stumbling badly once they must prove themselves on a quarterly basis. Yet in the early days of trading, these stocks are often accorded valuations that lead you to think they may be the next [...]

Cybercrime is a global epidemic that is costing individuals and companies billions of dollars. Cyber-attacks are causing "the greatest transfer of wealth in history," according to Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. In the past year alone, industry-leading companies like Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) [...]

•    LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) posted second quarter earnings per share of $0.04, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.05 by a penny •    The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) reported fourth quarter earnings per share of $0.82, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.77 •    Shares of EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) surged 11.1% after it posted second [...]

Yesterday we reported that LinkedIn, a social networking site, which competes with Google+ and Facebook, and links professionals to companies in need of their talents, reported a nice gain on their earnings report. While Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)'s stock has continued in a downward death spiral, ever since the company's failed IPO earlier this year, LinkedIn stock [...]

Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD), Google+ and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)'s latest competitor in the social network market, released their 2nd Q earnings statement today. The earnings report included the following information: Revenue was up 89%, at $228.2 million, versus last years 2nd Q amount of $121 million. The net income for this quarter was reported at $2.8 million, which [...]

Chase Coleman's tech-oriented hedge fund Tiger Global Management has filed an amended 13D with the SEC regarding its stake in LinkedIn (LNKD).  Per the filing, Tiger Global has reported a 3.3% ownership stake in LNKD with 2,421,981 shares. This marks a decrease in their position size and the footnotes reveal that Tiger disposed beneficial ownership of 1,620,947 class A shares. Tiger sold shares on June 18th & 19th, as well as on various dates between July 20th and 27th.  The bulk of their...

After a bumpy last few months, Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) announced a new home page redesign on Monday. It will be rolled out to users in the next few weeks and it comes after a June 29 announcement by the company that it would discontinue sharing the stream of Tweets from members' profiles. According to TNW.com's Drew Olanoff, LinkedIn said its [...]

It will be a very busy morning as I will be closing off 2 trades following a week that was positive overall. I am closing one winning and one losing trade. Long TripAdvisor (TRIP) & Short Blue Nile (NILE) +20,04% Long Travelzoo (TZOO) & Short Yahoo (YHOO)  -28,51% After a fairly good week, I am back with a [...]

  Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has agreed to bolster its security practices in response to demands from Irish regulators today. Facebook, like many tech company's including Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), have European bases in Ireland becuase of friendly tax and regulatory regimes. Facebook's office in Dublin, which employs over 400 people, handles the companies services [...]

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) says that it plans on providing 17,000 financial advisors at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney branches access to social media sites such as Twitter and LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD).  This move comes after the investment bank said that it had tested out a yearlong trial with a small group of 600 financial advisors.  The [...]

Ah well, when things are not going your way, it can get tough. Just one day after closing my trade on Zynga ($ZNGA), I saw the trade gain over 10% on Friday in what would have been a big turnaround. Hopefully that moment comes sooner than later. What has helped has been the fact that [...]

Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) has been relatively quiet since the site confirmed of a security breach that showed millions of passwords and other sensitive data.  Some say this silence has really hurt Linkedin’s reputation, especially among business professionals. The bad news is that even after a few days we still do not know the full extent of [...]

Professional networking major LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) and online dating service eHarmony recently made public announcements that some of their online user passwords were stolen. Naturally, this resulted in growing concern among users, since personal and professional identities could be at stake. Although the professional networking major did not provide the exact figure, the rough estimate of [...]

  Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) officially confirmed on its blog that "some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts." The social media site continues to investigate the situation and here is what the company is pursuing as far as next steps for the compromised accounts: Members that have accounts associated with the compromised passwords will notice that [...]

Now that 6.5 million of passwords have been compromised on LinkedIn, it definitely makes sense to change your password right now. These passwords were stolen by a Russian hacker who also posted them online. This news comes as a second blow when it was revealed that company’s application for iOS copies meeting notes and calendar [...]

LinkedIn tweeted this afternoon that the firm had yet to confirm that any breach occurred in its security. Earlier today we reported that the company's social network had been infiltrated and 6.5 million passwords had been compromised. The tweet was posted by the company under 30 minutes ago. The firm tweeted about two hours ago that its [...]

Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) is facing turmoil this morning as it was reported that 6.5 million of it users passwords had been compromised. The passwords showed up on a Russian hacker site this morning. The news was reported by a Norwegian news website Dagens IT. LinkedIn has yet to respond to the news. The news comes as [...]

Emails need not to be simple looking. These days, we're stuck with social media more compared to mails. It definitely makes a good sense to integrate some of your social media elements to email, be it for branding purpose or for getting more exposure. BrandMyMail is a web app which allows users to customize Gmail messages [...]

Wow, another brutal week as my average trade return is profitable this year but not by much and not anywhere close to last year's very solid results. Today, I'm opening a trade that I opened just a few months ago with success.  This one comes as no surprise for the IntelligentSpeculator Tech Mailing List members (free [...]

There is a lot riding on LinkedIn's (NYSE: LNKD) first-quarter earnings report due out today (Thursday). LinkedIn is expected to report earnings of 9 cents per share on revenue of $179 million. In the same period a year ago, the company broke even with revenue of $94 million. The question is if the ever-growing and hugely successful professional networking service can sustain the brisk growth that has not only had job seekers and industry experts flocking to the site, but also...

Over time, this blog has been a great place for me to voice my thoughts on investing, on tech stock trading and dividend investing and so many other things. We have also gone from receiving a few readers per day to what is now over a thousand every day and for that I'm very thankful. [...]

On Wednesday, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) upgraded LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD)and attached a very bullish price target.  Goldman Sachs put the stock at a “buy” from its previous “neutral” on the basis that the social networking company has growth in the hiring tools on the site.  The investment bank gave the company a new price target [...]

It continues to be a very interesting trading year so far and last week was a first "slow" week in some time with most of my trades barely moving at all. I'm not complaining at all and in fact am thrilled to open a 5th trade today! This one comes as no surprise for the [...]

More than 66% of adults are connected to one or more social media platforms, but who exactly are these people? This is a question every business must answer before embracing social media and our infographic*below provides a look at the statistics*behin...

Introduction: LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) was incorporated in 2002 and operates as an online professional network. Based in Mountain View, California the company offers its members to create, manage and share their professional expertise online. The company offers its application over a wide range of platforms like Android, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone and palm mobile devices. The company [...]

LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) reported earnings today (Thursday) that beat expectations, further distancing it from struggling Groupon Inc. (Nasdaq: GRPN) and raising the bar for competitors. LinkedIn's revenue for the fourth quarter was $167.7 million, an 105% increase compared to $81.7 million for the same period the year [...]

A number of notable companies released their quarterly earnings results after the closing bell on Thursday and are active in the after hours session. Among the big movers are True Religion (NASDAQ: TRLG), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF), Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), and Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN). Below, Benzinga details these companies quarterly earnings reports and how they are performing in the after hours. True Religion (TRLG) - The apparel company...

LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) reported earnings today (Thursday) that beat expectations, further distancing it from struggling Groupon Inc. (Nasdaq: GRPN) and raising the bar for competitors. LinkedIn's revenue for the fourth quarter was $167.7 million, an 105% increase compared to $81.7 million for the same period the year before. That beat The Street estimate of $159.7 million. Net income rose 30% to 6 cents per share or $6.9 million, up from $5.3 million a year ago,...

I'm sure you've heard such things before: "Look for companies that you know and do business, look at how well they are doing and then make stock purchases on that basis" It's Insane To Think In Such A Simple Manner Investing is NOT easy, it really isn't. If you are looking for a clear method to make good [...]

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To quote Seinfeld, "this can't be good for anyone!" This morning I had commented on U.S. intentions to "negotiate" peace with the Taliban, and then I found this video of Marines apparently urinating on dead Taliban soldiers through Theo Spark. Become a fan of The Political Commentator on Facebook here ! Follow The Political Commentator on Twitter here ! Friend The Political Commentator and Michael Haltman on Facebook here ! Connect with Michael...

LinkedIn is best known as a social networking hub, where people can locate and research just about anyone. But for an Illinois-based investment adviser, regulators say, LinkedIn became a platform for promoting bogus investments. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an enforcement action on Wednesday against Anthony Fields of Lyons, Ill., accusing him of making “fraudulent offers” of more than [...]

Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal has taken a staggering $300 million stake in Twitter. If you would like to be alerted to Twitter updates as they come out in real-time, signup for a free trial of Benzinga Pro's premium news service. Even for a member of a royal family in the Middle East, $300 million on a social network site is not to be sniffed at, with the Prince looking to expand holdings in the U.S. According to the New York Times, “The investment by Prince Walid and the Kingdom...

A healthy amount of fear is slowly creeping back into the markets today. Stocks are firmly in the red for the first time since the post-Thanksgiving rally began. The indexes aren’t off by much- but it’s enough to slow the torrid rally that has lifted equities for the past two weeks. Pullbacks like this one can [...]

Not that I want to rejoice for the losses of many or that I want to say "I told you so" or how smart I am (or not!!)... but except for Yandex (YNDX), every single one of these IPO's that have have taken place in the past few months have been commented on this blog [...]

By EconMatters Roughly 14 million people were unemployed in October, yet the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2% over the summer, and overall hiring was weak, according to a Federal Reserve survey--Beige Book--released on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The trend of slow to moderate pace of the economy is barely enough to keep the unemployment rate, [...]

Words are simply not required: The mainstream media (MSM) describes the differences between the Tea Party and #OWS, and what the 10 Commandments of liberalism would be! Source Subscribe to The Political Commentator here! Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner Subscribe in a reader Follow Michael on Twitter Friend Michael on Facebook Connect with Michael on LinkedIn Related articles Occupy Wall St. has to become more...

Insiders and directors of LinkedIn (Nasdaq: LNKD) have to be pleased with how their stock has performed since going public in May. A solid 64% gain in the past six months (while the Nasdaq has shed 7%) makes it one of the best performing initial public offerings (IPOs) of 2011. But when the board of [...]

The abomination known as the Penn State children sexual abuse scandal is dealt with on South Park in the only way they know how! Source Subscribe to The Political Commentator here! Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner Subscribe in a reader Follow Michael on Twitter Friend Michael on Facebook Connect with Michael on LinkedIn Related articles 'South Park' Takes on Penn State Scandal Through a Social Worker's Bad Jokes...