News articles for Finance

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  Facebook results show first ever drop in revenue

  24th April 2012

  Just a few weeks before it is to offer shares in itself for sale, Facebook has seen its revenue and profits fall for the first time.
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  Tumblr founder changes tune as site prepares to take ads

  20th April 2012

  Blogging website Tumblr will start displaying advertising early next month.
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  Facebook flotation likely in next month

  20th April 2012

  Analysts are tipping the long-anticipated public offering of shares in Facebook to happen by the middle of May, with some even citing a date – Thursday 17th – for when shares will begin trading in New York.
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  Boss lays out plans to revive Yahoo

  18th April 2012

  Yahoo has had its finger in too many pies, and in future will focus on the best-performing areas of its business, according to its chief executive.
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  Google profits soar but mobile ad revenue falls

  16th April 2012

  Google has reported a big jump in revenue for the first quarter of the year, but has revealed that the cost per click of its paid advertising has dropped by 12 per cent.
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  Google quadruples spending on ads about its products

  2nd April 2012

  Google spent $213milion (£133million) advertising itself and its products in America alone in 2011.
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  Lax staff cause third of businesses' data losses

  21st March 2012

  Shoddy staff and careless contractors were the commonest cause of data loss by businesses last year, according to a survey by an online security firm.
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  E-businesses make bigger contribution to UK economy than any other country

  19th March 2012

  Internet-related businesses in Britain are making a bigger contribution to the country's overall fortunes than those of any other country in the world, a group of analysts has suggested.
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  Car dealer group puts improved profits partly down to social media efforts

  22nd February 2012

  Raising its social media profile and investing in mobile phone apps have paid dividends for one of the UK's biggest car dealership networks.
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  Facebook announces £3bn share sale

  2nd February 2012

  Social media pioneer Mark Zuckerberg stands to make a personal fortune of nearly £14.5billion as a result of plans just announced to offer shares in part of his Facebook company.