Sunday share tips: Compass, Facebook, EKF Diagnostics
Reminiscent of the dot-com boom 12 years ago, there were claims that Facebook's shares would rise 40%, 50% or even double on its first day of dealings. This did not come to pass. The shares rose just 0.6%. The IPO was certainly popular, with more than …
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Police embracing social media to fight crime
“What's happening is, we have gotten a lot more information. … Tips we didn't have before, (because) people see it as soon as we put it up there. Twitter goes right to Facebook and to our website. That's quick.” Reed mentioned one example of social …
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IOC 'slow to use power of social media'
“We might have been a little bit late to the [social media] party,” says Timo Lumme, the IOC's head of marketing and television. The IOC launched its Facebook page before the 2010 Vancouver winter games and has about 2m followers, compared to Coke's …
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