Nexon Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, one of the world’s largest online gaming companies, announced it has agreed to invest in SecretNewCo, a Baltimore-based game development studio led by 22-year industry veteran Brian Reynolds.

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NEW YORK — Mexico’s Carlos Slim remains the world’s richest man for the fourth year in a row, according to Forbes, while Warren Buffett dropped out of the top three for the first time since 2000. And Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ...

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NEW YORK — Troubled Zynga’s stock is trading near its lowest level ever Friday after the online game maker behind “FarmVille” forecast a third quarter loss amid weak demand. It’s also taking a hefty charge related to its March acquisition ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s stock plunged to a new low Thursday as some of the social networking leader’s early backers got their first chance to sell their shares since the company’s initial public offering went awry. Analysts interpreted the unusually ...

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MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook’s early investors and a handful of top executives become eligible on Thursday to sell stock they own in the social networking company. It marks the beginning of a time-honored process for public companies, one that ...

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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 made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University. That means anyone with the right amount of cash ...

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NEW YORK — Hoping to harvest some fresh cash, the online game company behind “FarmVille” said Friday that it plans to raise $1 billion in an initial public offering of up to 100 million shares. Zynga Inc. is the latest ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook might finally be laying down the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering, long expected to take place sometime after April 2012. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the world’s largest online social network ...

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NEW YORK — Caesars Entertainment Corp., one of the world’s biggest casino companies, is restarting its plans to go public a year after it canceled its initial public offering. The announcement comes as the IPO market is beginning to heat ...

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