Bed Bath & Beyond peeled back the curtain on Wednesday, but then the shower rod fell down. The home goods retailer posted disappointing quarterly results for its fiscal second quarter, despite net sales that climbed by a better than expected 12%.
Zynga's stock has shed more than two thirds of its value since the company went public at $10 just nine months ago, but now the online gamemaker is in the news for something that may actually be good.
Zynga, the company behind FarmVille, Words With Friends and Mafia Wars, has been having a hard time holding on to its stock value -- and its top employees. But are executives leaving because of the weak share price or is the share price weak because of the company's prospects?
Manchester United has an ardent fan base -- 75,000 cheering them on at every home game and millions more watching on TV. But apparently there aren't a lot of soccer fans on Wall Street. When the club kicked off its IPO Friday, the excitement was muted, to say the least.
Zynga has a problem keeping gamers around, and now the same thing may be happening with its executives. The social gaming giant revealed on Wednesday night that Chief Operating Officer John Schappert is leaving the company.
The worst thing about energy drinks is the letdown crash after the kick fades away. Well, Monster Beverage investors know the feeling. Shares of the energy drink company crashed after it posted disappointing quarterly results on Wednesday night.
Social gaming on Facebook was the Next Big Thing last year. This year? Not so much. Online gaming powerhouse Zynga saw its numbers stumble in the second quarter. Yet Amazon.com is entering the business anyway.
Need a lift? Hop in, I'm heading that way. Need a place to crash? Rent my spare bedroom. Need a wheelbarrow for a day. Rent mine, it's just sitting in my shed. Welcome to the new "collaborative consumer economy," where people share services and expenses with strangers, and everyone wins.
"It's complicated" is the only relationship status that fits the rocky romance between Wall Street and Facebook. Shares of the social-networking giant took a hit on Friday after it failed to post blowout quarterly results. But are investors being unfair to Facebook?
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.
Sony isn't about to give up on console and dedicated handheld gaming platforms, but it's willing to bet on a new horse. The Japanese giant is acquiring California-based Gaikai, a cloud based gaming firm, in a $380 million deal.
Social gaming giant Zynga tried to impress the market Tuesday by unveiling an arsenal of upcoming games. But the developer behind Mafia Wars 2 didn't make anyone an offer it couldn't refuse: The stock fell, and it's easy to see why.
After Facebook's belly flop of an IPO, the next major dot-com slated to go public -- popular travel website Kayak -- is slowing down. And its not just Kayak: Twitter, LivingSocial and several others are now in an IPO holding pattern too.
As Friday's Facebook IPO -- and its gory aftermath -- proves, even experts can run into trouble investing in social media. But if you're still looking to get in on the Facebook action, and want to mitigate your risks, this ETF might be the way to go.
Forget how Facebook is beating up its IPO investors: The social network is still giving many other publicly traded companies fits. And these five in particular are seeing their business models take a hit at Facebook's expense.