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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 ...
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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...
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Tech stocks claimed the high ground in early trading Friday, with Facebook Inc. among the advancers. Facebook shares rose 1.2%, to $26.46 on what was effectively the...
Intel Corp.'s (INTC) new chief executive vowed Thursday to rapidly grow the company's presence in the tablet and smartphone markets at a shareholder meeting that for...
Intel Corp.'s (INTC) new chief executive vowed Thursday to rapidly grow the company's presence in the tablet and smartphone markets at a shareholder meeting that for...
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