The social media juggernaut's financial filing reveals some uncomfortable truths about Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
By Allan Sloan, senior editor-at-large
FORTUNE -- There's something to be said for being a fossil when it's time to look at a phenomenon like Facebook's pending stock offering. The medium is new, the numbers are high, the buzz is huge, but it's the same old story I've seen a million times in four decades of MORE
Feb 10, 2012 5:00 AM ET
Instead of cutting its losses on ABC by exploring a spinoff of the dragging network, Disney is reportedly doubling down in a deal with Univision. None of it makes sense.
By Cyrus Sanati, contributor
FORTUNE -- Is it time for Disney to finally banish ABC from the Magic Kingdom? The media conglomerate's broadcast division was yet again the only real bruise in what would have been a relatively blemish-free quarter. ABC's anemic growth rate, coupled MORE
Feb 8, 2012 10:51 AM ET
In the week prior to Facebook's IPO announcement, Renren's stock leapt by more than 60%, which comes as welcome relief to Joseph Chen, the social networking site's CEO. Here's how he plans to keep things rosy. By Bill Powell
Feb 7, 2012 1:54 PM ET
The major film studios think they've found a way to sell and deliver movies online. Will consumers buy it?
By Robert Levine, contributor
FORTUNE -- Consumers who recently purchased Warner Brothers' final Harry Potter film on DVD or Blu-ray found a surprise in the package: a digital copy of the movie in the new UltraViolet format. Although the name is not yet familiar, UltraViolet represents Hollywood's first step into the cloud MORE
Feb 3, 2012 5:00 AM ET
Southern Co. is building the foundations for its two new nuclear reactors in Georgia.
FORTUNE -- The disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant last March set off a global reassessment of the technology. Germany and Switzerland plan to mothball their reactors, while China and India will push ahead. Meanwhile, the NRC just approved a new reactor design, a crucial step in Southern Co.'s bid to build the first reactor MORE
Jan 26, 2012 5:00 AM ET
If there is a guru of networking, it is Reid Hoffman. Here he explains how to do it right -- and wrong -- in an excerpt from his new book with Ben Casnocha, The Start-Up of You.
Reid Hoffman travels with several devices so that he can constantly stay in touch.
FORTUNE -- Forget Dale Carnegie. He understood how important connections were, but missed out on the authenticity part -- which, say Reid MORE
Jan 24, 2012 5:00 AM ET
Marc Benioff has the mind of a fox and the body of a bear. He's also a super salesman who's built a Bay Area giant that employees love for being prosperous and good.
By David A. Kaplan, contributor
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff
FORTUNE -- It took a Reuben sandwich and Dr. Brown's Cream Soda to close the deal.
Nobody's as good at salesmanship in the world of high tech as Marc Benioff, MORE
Jan 19, 2012 7:00 AM ET
When Salesforce employees fall ill, the company provides more than insurance. Marc Benioff calls, tweets -- and picks up thousands in extra costs.
By David A. Kaplan, contributor
A healthy John Greene at Salesforce headquarters
FORTUNE -- John Greene thought he worked for a pretty good company. Then, at 40, he got cancer -- and found out for sure.
In November 2010, after he'd been in Salesforce (CRM) engineering R&D for barely a MORE
Jan 19, 2012 7:00 AM ET
FORTUNE -- Newt Gingrich's idea for a massive federal program to mine the moon may not be totally insane after all. Billionaire Naveen Jain also agrees opportunity exists 238,855 miles away. One of the first Microsoft (MSFT) developers and founder of the web content provider InfoSpace (INSP), Jain wants to dig up the helium-3 and platinum deposited in moon craters by metal-rich asteroids. His startup, Moon Express, is building a MORE
Jan 18, 2012 5:00 AM ET
The Athenahealth CEO explains how to make physicians more efficient.
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush
FORTUNE -- Despite all the talk in Washington about trimming health care costs, the reality is that only a tiny fraction of doctors today use money-saving infotech. Most still hand-scribble their notes, which can lead to costly mistakes. There is hope. New data systems that link patient records, testing labs, pharmacies, and insurers are hitting the market. MORE
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| Bank of America Corp... | 7.95 | -0.16 | -1.97% |
| Microsoft Corp | 31.27 | -0.17 | -0.54% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.28 | -0.25 | -2.00% |
| General Electric Co | 19.39 | 0.17 | 0.88% |
| Citigroup Inc | 32.36 | -1.00 | -3.00% |
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| Dow | 12,938.67 | -27.02 | -0.21% |
| Nasdaq | 2,933.17 | -15.40 | -0.52% |
| S&P 500 | 1,357.66 | -4.55 | -0.33% |
| Treasuries | 2.00 | -0.04 | -1.96% |
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