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It was IPO Friday for the tech sector, as enthusiasm for the public debuts of Tableau Software Inc. and Marketo Inc. reached lofty levels, and Facebook Inc. managed to eke out a small gain on the one-year anniversary of its controversial IPO.Facebook (FB) ended th day up by 12 cents at $26.25, but the social-networking giant's shares are still down 30% since the company went public at $38 a share on May 18, 2012. Compared with other notable Internet IPOs of the past two years, Facebook's performance puts it in about the middle of the pack.Meanwhile, Tableau Software (DATA) shares rose $19.75, or more than 63%, to close at $50.75 as the business analytics software company made its public debut. Tableau ended up pricing more than 8 million shares in its IPO at $31 a share.And Marketo (MKTO) shares did even better, rising almost 78%, to $23.10 after the business marketing software company launched its IPO. The company priced 6.1 million shares at $13 each.Among tech-sector leaders, gains ...
Gains from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. stood out on a largely upbeat day for tech stocks Tuesday, but BlackBerry Inc. and Nokia Corp. failed to join ...
Tech stocks gained more ground by early Tuesday afternoon, despite notable drops at BlackBerry Inc. and Nokia Corp. after those companies announced new smartphone de...
Tech stocks were mostly higher in early trading Tuesday, with Yahoo Inc. among gainers as another Wall Street analyst raised his price target on the Internet company...
Tech stocks put in a mildly upbeat performance Monday, as the latest events in the saga involving the efforts to take Dell Inc. private gained attention among invest...
Tech stocks were mostly lower Monday, as the latest events in the saga involving the efforts to take Dell Inc. private gained attention among investors.Dell (DELL) s...
Dell Inc. picked up gains Friday following an alternative deal proposal backed by Carl Icahn, as strong post-earnings gains from Nvidia Corp. and Priceline.com Inc. ...
Technology stocks edged higher Friday morning, as shares of Nvidia Corp. and Priceline Inc. posted solid gains after reporting quarterly results. Nvidia was up more ...
Technology stocks were mostly lower Thursday, weighed down by declining shares of Rackspace Hosting Inc. and Microsoft Corp. even as the group got a lift from rising...
Shares of Groupon Inc. rose sharply Thursday after reporting better-than-expected results, but the tech sector was weighed down by plunging shares of Rackspace Hosti...
Technology stocks recovered from a shaky start Wednesday, getting a lift from shares of Facebook, Google, Apple and chip companies.Facebook (FB) rose 1% to close at ...
Technology stocks were struggling to stay afloat on Wednesday, as shares of AOL Inc. and Symantec Corp. fell sharply at the opening bell. AOL was down more than 6% a...
Apple Inc.'s shares rose on Monday as Barclays raised its price target for the stock, saying the iPhone maker was poised to "retake control of the narrative."Apple (...
Tech stocks mostly held on to gains in afternoon trading Friday, with Facebook Inc. edging upward on its one-year anniversary of going public and two other tech comp...
Tech stocks showed strength in Friday's trading session, with several bellwethers rising and Facebook Inc. gaining ground on its one-year anniversary of becoming a p...
Tech stocks failed to sustain an earlier rally by Thursday's closing bell, though Cisco Systems ended the day with its best session in nearly two years.The Nasdaq Co...
Cisco Systems Inc. led a rally across much of the tech sector on Thursday, after the network equipment giant beat earnings estimates and painted an upbeat picture of...
Shares of Google Inc. jumped Wednesday -- passing the $900 mark for the first time -- as the company kicked off its developers conference known as Google I/O.Google ...
Shares of Google Inc. jumped Wednesday -- passing the $900 mark for the first time -- as the company kicked off its developers conference known as Google I/O.Google ...
Shares of Google Inc. jumped Wednesday morning -- passing the $900 mark for the first time -- ahead of its developers conference known as Google I/O, leading the res...
