Facebook road show could be a tough sell for world's biggest tech IPO

In the year-and-a-half since Steve Jobs died, Apple has undergone a remarkable transformation. Shares of the world’s most celebrated tech company have declined by 40% over the past eight months, wiping out hundreds of billions in shareholder value and costing the company the title of the world’s largest firm by market capitalization, a distinction that once again belongs to energy giant Exxon Mobil. Last week, Apple shares fell below $400 for the first time since December 2011 after one of its key suppliers delivered a downbeat forecast.

Marissa Mayer is buying companies like it’s 1999. The Yahoo! Inc. chief executive officer yesterday announced the company will acquire blogging network Tumblr Inc., part of a plan to restore the Web portal to its heyday as an Internet darling. With US$13-million in sales last year, Tumblr’s US$1.1-billion price tag represents the richest valuation for a dot-com company since 2000, according to data compiled by Bloomberg on deals for which revenue figures are available.

Two weeks ago, I continued my irradiation of common sense, math over magic/mysticism and simple truth drawing attention to the single fact that ALL of Wall Street seems to have over looked.

Two weeks ago, I continued my irradiation of common sense, math over magic and mysticism and simple truth drawing attention the single fact that ALL of Wall Street seems to have over looked.

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From political uprisings to billion-dollar acquisitions, social media packed a bigger punch in 2012 than ever before.

By Shmulik Karpf:We are living in an era of social media which completely changed our means of communicating with one another.It was only a matter of time before these companies began communicating with the stock market via IPOs and share issuance.