Netflix U.S. Subscribers Can Now Sync Netflix Accounts with Facebook (NFLX, FB)

Movie streaming and DVD rental company, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced on Wednesday that it will add new features in its video services which would allow its U.S. subscribers to link their Netflix accounts with Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). As a result, Netflix users will now be able to track viewing history of their Netflix-watching friends on Facebook. Besides, the new feature will also allow Netflix users to share what they have viewed with their Facebook Friends.

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Cooperman’s Omega Advisors Buys Facebook Shares (FB, AAPL, LVS, SD, SIRI, NYX)

A recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing (SEC) showed that Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors bought shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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Facebook’s Q4 Results Beat Street Estimates, Shares Tumble Amid Concerns over Rising Expenses (FB)

Social network Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) after-market close on Wednesday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. However, shares tumbled in pre-market trading as investors were spooked by a sharp rise in expenses compared to the same period in the previous year.

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Facebook Shares Gain on Rating Upgrade from Raymond James; All Eyes on Q4 Results (FB)

Shares of social networking giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have risen sharply in trading today following a rating upgrade from Raymond James.

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Facebook Unveils Its Third “Pillar”—Graph Search (FB)

For eight years social networking giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) enabled its users to share information, photos, status updates with their friends. As the number of users grew during the course of time, so did the data. Now, having vast pool of data, Facebook has come up with new tool, the Graph Search, which will help its 1 billion plus user base spread across the world to find and filter all those information which the user and  his/her friends have shared on the Facebook.

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LinkedIn Hit 200 Million Members Mark (LNKD)

Professional networking site, LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:  LNDK) reported on Wednesday that it now has 200 million registered users worldwide (200 countries and territories), underscoring Company’s consistently growing user base even as number of other social websites grapple with slowing growth.

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Major Movers on January 9; AA, CLWR, DISH, S, APOL, FB, NUVA, STX

Shares of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) gained on Tuesday. The aluminum giant, whose results are considered as an economic bellwether, swung into profit in the fiscal fourth quarter. Earnings after excluding onetime gains were in line with analysts’ expectation. The Company also boosted its outlook on global aluminum demand for 2013. Alcoa now expects global aluminum demand will grow by 7 percent in 2013, up from its previous projection of 6.5 percent growth.

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