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Vornado Shares Jump 5.7% As Facebook Leases Space At New York Farley Building
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 1:43am | 321Read More...Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) shares jumped in the after-hours session Monday as the company announced Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has leased all the office space at the Farley Building in New York. What Happened The Mark Zuckerberg-led company is leasing 730,000 square feet at Vornado...
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Facebook Completes Deal With Three Major Music Labels To Stream Official Music Videos: Bloomberg
Friday, July 31, 2020 - 4:23am | 501Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has completed deals with three large music companies for the right to stream music videos on its social media platform, Bloomberg reported late Thursday. What Happened The Mark Zuckerberg-led company’s partnerships with Vivendi SA-owned (OTC: VIVEF) Universal...
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CEOs Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Defend Companies During Congressional Antitrust Testimony
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 5:05pm | 620Read More...CEOs from major U.S. tech companies, including Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) testified in Washington, D.C. -- albeit from remote locations -- in front of the House Antitrust...
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Facebook Reschedules Q2 Results To July 30
Monday, July 27, 2020 - 10:42am | 236Read More...Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) said Monday it has changed the date it will release the company's second-quarter 2020 financial results to Thursday, July 30 due to a scheduling conflict. The social media company was originally scheduled to report on Wednesday, July 29. Facebook CEO Mark...
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Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google CEOs To Testify Before House Antitrust Subcommittee Wednesday
Monday, July 27, 2020 - 1:11am | 438Read More...The chief executive officers of four of the largest technology companies in the United States will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as part of the legislators' ongoing antiturst probe, Politico reported. What Happened Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Tim...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says He Has No Secret Pact With Trump Administration
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 10:15pm | 462Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, who is facing a growing backlash over his stance on moderating hate content on the social media platform, in an interview with Axios Monday denied he had any secret pact with President Donald Trump. What Happened “...
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Disney Quietly Joined Facebook Advertising Boycott As Movement Against Hate Speech Picked Up: Report
Sunday, July 19, 2020 - 10:04pm | 441Read More...Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has become the latest major firm to cut advertising spending on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and subsidiary Instagram's platforms, as the momentum to boycott the platform in pursuit of civil rights for minorities picks up pace, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday...
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Facebook, Instagram Kick Out Trump Confidant Roger Stone, Other Linked Accounts, Pages
Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 5:00am | 409Read More...Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) on Wednesday announced it had removed a network of accounts and pages on its social media platform and on its subsidiary Instagram's in the United States, finding them in violation of its policy on "coordinated inauthentic behavior." What Happened...
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Advertising Boycott Likely To Continue As Civil Rights Groups And Facebook Fail To Make Progress At Talks
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 4:33am | 450Read More...Talks held Tuesday between civil rights groups and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) did not yield results, increasing the likelihood that the advertising boycott campaign targeting the social media giant will continue beyond July. What Happened The meeting between Facebook and the civil rights...
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Verizon's Decision To Halt Facebook Advertising Was Not Political, Says CEO
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 4:52am | 472Read More...Verizon Inc (NYSE: VZ) CEO Hans Vestberg said the company stopped advertising on Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) platforms after seeing ads appear next to inappropriate content. What Happened Talking to CNBC on Monday, Vestberg said that Verizon’s decision to suspend advertising on...
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Facebook Launching Courses In India Centered Around Jobs, Digital Safety, Augmented Reality
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 5:39am | 348Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is partnering with an Indian government-run school body, the Central Board of Secondary Education, to provide a curriculum designed for secondary school students. What Happened The social media giant will offer courses related to digital safety, online well-being, and...
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Zuckerberg Tells Facebook Employees He's Not Going To Change Policies In Response To Advertiser Boycott
Thursday, July 2, 2020 - 4:52am | 457Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg weighed in on the growing advertising boycott centered around the company and told employees that he was reluctant to bow to pressure and was not worried about the withdrawal of advertisers. What Happened The Facebook chief executive said, “We...
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Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google CEOs Agree To Jointly Testify Before Congress In Antitrust Case
Thursday, July 2, 2020 - 12:45am | 352Read More...The chief executive officers of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Google parent company Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) have all agreed to testify before the Congress in an ongoing antitrust investigation, CNBC reported Wednesday...
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Facebook Ready For An Audit On Hate Speech In An Effort To Address Advertiser Concern
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 2:38am | 398Read More...In a call with advertisers on Tuesday, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) said it is ready for an audit on how it tackles hate speech. What Happened In an effort to address the concern of advertisers, Facebook has agreed to collaborate with Media Rating Council, a non-profit that audits and...
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Starbucks Pauses All Social Media Advertising In Tandem With Growing Boycott
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 1:23am | 525Read More...Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is putting all social media advertising on hold as the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) advertising boycott supported by the #StopHateForProfit campaign picks up pace. What Happened Starbucks said on Sunday that it stands against hate speech, adding,...
