Sheryl Sandberg

Stories get engrossing. That was what Facebook suggested Wednesday in its earnings call. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) said in the call that its Instagram Stories is outperforming its main flagship Facebook social networking platform, helping it to report forecast-beating earnings for the third...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Alley" on Tuesday to talk about the company's advertising initiatives. Sandberg said that video advertisements on the social media platform is "exploding." This is evident based on the fact that there...

United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) has stepped in and snatched up former American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL) president Scott Kirby. Luring talent from the workforce of competitors is known as “poaching,” and it’s certainly nothing new on Wall Street, especially...

Presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump invited Peter Thiel, a supporter of his campaign, to speak at the GOP convection. Thiel also happens to be an early investor in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and a member of its board of directors. Meanwhile, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg had some...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg gave the commencement speech at the University of California, Berkeley over the weekend, but she didn’t talk about Facebook or business or careers at all. Instead, she chose to focus on how the death of her husband impacted her life and how...

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer offered Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s CEO Mark Zuckerberg some advice during his TV segment on Thursday. Advice For The New Dad "Please take more paternity leave," Cramer said on Thursday's "Mad Money" segment. "One-third of the remarkable quarter Facebook reported last...

Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) were trading lower by 0.35 percent early Wednesday morning as reports of a class action suit against the company began surfacing on Tuesday. According to Fortune, a U.S. federal judge certified two shareholder class action suits against Facebook which allege...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares have been on a roll over the last month, up nearly 20 percent. So, is earnings expectations driving this move or there is something else spurring the numbers upward? Jason Calacanis, founder and CEO of Inside.com, was on CNBC Tuesday to discuss. Doing Mobile...

It seems Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has taken the opposite path of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) following its IPO. Where Facebook has moved from strength to strength, becoming the social media behemoth that it is today, Twitter is showing continued weakness since its IPO, which was again highlighted...

As Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to make new all-time highs on a daily basis, concerns regarding the company's valuations are growing. Will Danoff, Fidelity Contrafund portfolio manager, was on CNBC Tuesday to discuss if the valuations at which Facebook is currently trading are...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) isn’t the only entity involved in social media research. The Guardian revealed Tuesday that the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recorded and analyzed Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) activity as part of a program to understand the influence of...

U.S. stocks rose sharply after minutes from the Federal Reserve eased concerns over when the central bank would raise interest rates. The decision to let go of the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold for raising interest rates was finalized in early March. Additionally, the Fed's minutes...

CNBC's Julia Boorstin interviewed Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg during Tuesday's Squawk Box program, to discuss the company's future advertising plans and growth. “In the last quarter, we didn't just add lots of people to Facebook, but our engagement metrics are up; 62 percent of...