It was just the kind of information that could make you a million. But you couldn’t find it on Facebook or, for that matter, anywhere else on the Internet. In mid-May, as the social-networking company prepared for a public sale of its stock, an analyst at Morgan Stanley began advising clients orally that Facebook profits would probably be lower than previously estimated. Read full article > >

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Investors sue Facebook, advisers as scrutiny of IPO hype intensifies

Facebook shares hovered around $32 Wednesday morning, its fourth day of trading, as several banks involved in the company’s initial public offering have come under scrutiny. Reuters reported Tuesday that the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth has issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for the social network’s market debut. The subpoena comes after it was reported that analysts working for Morgan Stanley — as well as analysts at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs — had all cut their revenue estimates for Facebook after seeing the company’s revised S-1 filing on May 9. In that document, Facebook expressed concern about its ability to respond to consumers’ shift to mobile devices. Read full article > >

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Facebook IPO: Questions about disclosure swirl as stock stabilizes

Facebook’s debut on Wall Street last week may have been so-so. But on Monday, it officially flopped. Shares dropped 11 percent from the original starting price. For the social networking company, which declares that its mission is to “make the world more open and connected,” the investors had a pointed response: Put up or shut up. Read full article > >

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Facebook shares drop 11 percent

Facebook has plunged in value to well below its offer price, two days after its shares were floated in New York. So what does this mean for the social networking site?

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There’s a whole dance of vulnerability and restraint that goes on when a concert performer walks out in front of an audience: the formal attire and hush of the hall on the one hand, the emotional revelations of performance on the other. Audiences are generally hungry for as much of the revelation part as they can get and are thus eager to look behind the scenes; today, blogs, Twitter and other social media are helping lift the curtain more and more, and making such access a part of the performer’s job. Read full article > >

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Pianist Jeremy Denk, a classicist for the 21st century, at Sixth and I Synagogue

On Saturday, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he had married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. The announcement was made, of course, on Facebook.

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Bits Blog: Mark Zuckerberg Ties the Knot

In the late 1990s, the craze for initial public offerings was hailed as the dawn of a new age. The Internet was replacing manufacturing. Who needed a factory floor when you could point and click? Facebook’s Friday IPO, which opened with a staggering $104 billion valuation for the company, hasn’t transported us back to the bubble years of the 1990s. But, like that time, today’s Facebook frenzy is about what our society values. When Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell on Friday, his company’s $38 share price wasn’t rooted solely in the economics of the social networking giant. What the financial analysts are selling isn’t just the initial public offering of a company that Zuckerberg started in his dorm room at Harvard eight years ago. They are selling an image of the United States. Read full article > >

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The $104 billion question: What does Facebook’s value say about ours?

Facebook, the social network that began eight years ago in a Harvard dorm room, will debut Friday on the stock markets having raised $16 billion, making it the third largest initial public offering in U.S. history. Read full article > >

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Facebook’s market debut draws criticism from lawmakers

Despite the overwhelming level of interest in its I.P.O., Facebook is facing fresh concerns over its ability to attract enough advertising revenue. Will the social network reach its advertising potential?

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DealBook: Ahead of Facebook I.P.O., a Skeptical Madison Ave.

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Sorkin Tapped for Steve Jobs Movie

The annual rankings of baby names have just been released by the Social Security Administration, and the results offer an interesting window into what does and doesn’t influence us. All parents think they are choosing a name for personal reasons, but the list reminds us that the decision may be more of group think than we realize. Read full article > >

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Sophia, Jacob and other popular baby names: What the choice says about you

Some Facebook users are getting the chance to pay a small fee to make some posts ‘more visible’ on the social network.

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Facebook tests ‘pay to post’ tool

Microsoft is revamping its Bing search engine to include advice from Facebook and other social media platforms.

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Bing brings Facebook to searches

The deal with yoga in Washington is getting kind of complicated. If it’s a bargain you’re after, that’s not hard to find, especially with DC Yoga Week starting Sunday. Now in its seventh year, the event is eight days of free and $5 classes at 24 studios across the area. (This year, Maryland and Virginia studios are taking part, too.) And any other week, there’s a good chance folks can snag a Groupon or Living Social deal or similar discount on their downward-facing dogs.  Read full article > >

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The struggles of D.C. area yoga studios

The Social Security Administration is now providing workers with online statements of the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, replacing the paper ones the agency used to mail out. Until last year, the agency mailed yearly statements that showed the benefits a worker would collect if he or she retired at age 62, age 66 or age 70. It stopped the mailings to save an estimated $70 million a year. Read full article > >

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Social Security benefits available online