Facebook stock faces a permanent change due to third-party data being a significant source of revenue. Facebook’s business model is fairly complex in how the company collects data, which is why ...

Facebook, as you said, is a profit maximizer in continuing to do this. And you like to see — you would hope that this is a point where regulators step in to change things. But that takes time.

Facebook is getting a LOT of attention. As well it should. An IPO that is down 17% in the first three days of trading will generate a lot of focus. Everybody loves Facebook. Reconnecting with old ...

"The business model for your platforms is quite simple: keep users engaged. The more time people spend on social media, the more data harvested and targeted ads sold.

Facebook ignores these pushes for cleaning up its business at its peril. And as it does, the need to impose accountability on Facebook grows.

Seen as first highly visible crack in Facebook strategy GM to keep pages on social networking site GM spent $1.1 bln on US ads last year -research firm Facebook stock to debut Friday; IPO offering ...