5 Big Winners and Losers of the Week in Business
From an eco-friendly move that should drum up coffee sales to pulling the plug on some popular diversions, here are this week's smartest moves and biggest blunders from the business world.
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Zynga Scores in DefectionVille Again: CFO David Wehner Exits
Here's a free game idea for Zynga. It's called DefectionVille, and you're running a company while trying to stop its executives from leaving. Unfortunately for the social gaming giant, it's losing: The exec exodus continued Tuesday as Zynga CFO David Wehner left the company for Facebook.
Why Zynga Investors Are Losing Their Shirts
Social gaming giant Zynga has a new game for investors: DudsVille. The company behind Words With Friends and FarmVille opened 40% lower on Thursday after posting very disappointing quarterly results.
Why Zynga Will Never Be Great Again
Zynga is the undisputed king of social gaming for Facebook and smartphones, and its stock price gives it a market cap nearly as big as video game leader Activision Blizzard. But at less than 5 years old, has the bulldog already jumped the shark?
Google Woos Zynga as War with Facebook Looms
Google views Web games as a key part of its strategy to take on Facebook. Instead of confronting its rival head on, Google is assembling building blocks -- such as email, music and games -- now and hoping to connect them later.
