Internet Most active Stocks: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), LiveDeal(NASDAQ:LIVE), Groupon(NASDAQ:GRPN)


Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) third-quarter earnings soared as the Internet company collected a huge windfall from Alibaba’s recent IPO. Revenue also rose slightly from the previous year, a welcome change for a company that has been posting quarterly declines for most of the past five years. The Sunnyvale, California, company earned $6.8 billion, or $6.70 per share, in the third quarter. That compares with income of $297 million, or 28 cents per share, last year. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) in last trading activity moved up 2.29% to close at $40.18. Company weekly performance is 5.82% while its quarterly performance stands at 15.76%. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is -8.70% away from its 52 week high.

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is suing several law firms that represented a man who claimed he owned half of the social network and was entitled to billions of dollars from the company and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. On last trading day Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) moved up 2.26% to close at $78.69. Its volatility for the week is 3.25% while volatility for the month is 2.69%. FB’s sales growth for past 5 years was 96.00% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 85.60%. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) monthly performance is 2.46%.

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) on 17 October has launched an in-app audio streaming service that will allow users to play music or podcasts directly from their timelines, in the hope that users will spend more time on its service. On last trading day Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) fell -0.14% to close at $50.63. Its volatility for the week is 5.16% while volatility for the month is 4.38%. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) monthly performance is -2.52%.

Jon Isaac, CEO of LiveDeal Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE) a publicly traded company that operates livedeal.com, a geo-location based mobile marketing platform that enables restaurants to publish “real-time” and “instant offers” to nearby consumers, may purchase up to 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in open-market transactions. The purchases may commence as early as Thursday, October 23 and may continue thereafter for an indeterminate period of time. Once complete, Mr. Isaac may consider the purchase of additional shares in subsequent open-market transactions. LiveDeal, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE) has 72.08% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 2.80%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $3.10.

Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) CEO Eric P. Lefkofsky unloaded 227,083 shares of Groupon stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.84, for a total transaction of $1,326,164.72. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 431,455 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,519,697. On Tuesday shares of Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) closed at $6.22. Company’s EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 27.33%.


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