NEW YORK — He famously wears a hoodie, jeans and sneakers, and he was born the year Apple introduced the Macintosh. But Mark Zuckerberg is no boy-CEO. Facebook’s chief executive turned 28 on Monday, setting in motion the social network’s ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give people more clarity on how the company uses information they share. As part of the changes, Facebook is also signaling that it may start showing ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook will list its shares with Nasdaq, according to media reports. That would be a big win for the Nasdaq, which competes fiercely with NYSE Euronext Inc., especially for an initial public offering as large as Facebook’s, ...

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NEW YORK— Shares of Millennial Media nearly doubled in the mobile advertising company’s market debut Thursday, as the IPO market heats up this spring. Millennial’s quick ascent follows pasta maker Annie Inc.’s splash Wednesday. Shares jumped 89 percent in Annie’s ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook is unveiling new advertising offerings designed to help the world’s biggest brands spread their message on the world’s largest online social network. Facebook executives are outlining a vision to move from advertisements to stories. This means ...

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NEW YORK — The goody-two-shoes among us say it’s better to give than to receive. That’s not true for the average Facebook user, though. A new study out Friday found that the average user of the world’s biggest online social ...

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LOS ANGELES — Facebook could file regulatory papers as early as Wednesday for its highly anticipated initial public offering of stock, according to a newspaper report. Facebook’s expected launch as a publicly traded company is the most hotly anticipated tech ...

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An IPO splash by a Baltimore tech company and a look at the upcoming General Assembly legislative session are among the most-read business stories of the week. But news of the potential seizure of vehicles from a Baltimore city agency ...

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Mobile phone ad firm Millennial Media Inc. filed for an initial public offering on Thursday, valuing the Baltimore-based company’s stock at $75 million. Millennial did not indicate which stock exchange it planned to be listed on and did not give ...

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NEW YORK — Popular online reviews site Yelp is going public, the latest in a slew of Internet businesses to do so. Yelp Inc. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it plans to raise $100 million in an initial ...

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