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Facebook’s difficult shift from hot start-up to public company has left some investors questioning the social network’s long-term prospects.

From COMPANIES 11:47pm

Fab.com value tops $1bn

Latest fundraising round raises $150m

Inside Business from COMPANIES 7:49pm

GE has second chance to grab IT prize

The company sees itself as industrial version of Facebook

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Chief finance officer, information services, regulation and risk, analysis strategy, retail, cash management, finance functions

Ever-growing online outlets offer marketers more varied points of contact and fresh forms of doing business

From WORLD Jun 18, 2013

Google challenges US surveillance gag

Company claims right to disclose cases it is drawn into

From COMPANIES Jun 18, 2013

Web watchdog gets child abuse images role

ISPs to give Internet Watch Foundation an extra £1m

FT Series

For an industry increasingly turning to social media to expand its audience, Facebook proves a boon and a burden on business
Cottage industry of firms has sprung up on Facebook offering services that allow businesses to exploit full potential of its reach
From WORLD Jun 17, 2013

Apple reveals US government data requests

Disclosure follows releases by Facebook and Microsoft

From WORLD Jun 16, 2013

US spy agencies play down surveillance

Under 300 phone records probed, says memo

From COMPANIES Jun 16, 2013

Outsourced data centres face a tough sell

Distance from London and changing technology hamper two sites

From WORLD Jun 15, 2013

Facebook and Microsoft reveal US data requests

American web companies reveal extent of government demands

From LIFE & ARTS Jun 14, 2013

The Innovator: Here comes the taco drone

The same frenzied pace of innovation that characterises the internet is coming to the hardware market - but are regulators ready?

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 13, 2013

Technology: computers

Computerised information processes have become an essential part of a company’s operation, regardless of its size, creating a digitally savvy population of employees as well as customers, says Richard Waters

From COMPANIES Jun 12, 2013

Banks prepare credit lines for edge on Box IPO

Loan shows Wall Street keen to build relationships

From COMPANIES Jun 12, 2013

Investors vent fury at Facebook meeting

Zuckerberg expresses disappointment over depressed stock price

From WORLD Jun 11, 2013

EU official warns on US eavesdropping

Letter to US attorney-general hints at impact on trade talks

From WORLD Jun 11, 2013

Tech groups urge US to ease security gag

Google and Facebook want to show numbers of Prism data demands

From COMPANIES Jun 11, 2013

Google buys mapping app for $1bn

Waze acquisition seen as defensive move for role in online maps

From COMMENT Jun 11, 2013

Tech arms race pits state against citizen

Communications revolution empowers the people; big data protects authorities, says Ian Bremmer

Inside Business from COMPANIES Jun 11, 2013

Duck debate obscures China’s innovators

More inventions have a global impact and are recognised abroad

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 11, 2013

A global city with a gift for reinvention

London’s ability to adapt has kept it at the centre of international trade and finance for many centuries – and it is still changing

From UK Jun 10, 2013

Cameron rejects claims GCHQ broke law

PM insists intelligence agency acted properly over US Prism data

From UK Jun 10, 2013

Hague dismisses eavesdropping fears

GCHQ has not been circumventing privacy laws, foreign secretary says

From WORLD Jun 9, 2013

Web companies deny allowing free access

No data beyond those covered by federal court warrants, say groups

From WORLD Jun 9, 2013

Data scandal threatens EU-US trade talks

Companies fear tighter privacy rules

From COMPANIES Jun 9, 2013

Mobile groups target app ads at 17m users

Vodafone, EE and O2 to launch summer campaigns with pooled data

The Monday Interview from MANAGEMENT Jun 9, 2013

Keeper of the family paper

Washington Post Media’s Katharine Weymouth on why running the business is tough

From COMPANIES Jun 9, 2013

Apple designer to showcase new vision

Unveiling of first new products in over seven months

From WORLD Jun 8, 2013

US denies unilateral net data collection

Information only handed over by internet companies after court order

From COMPANIES Jun 7, 2013

Google and Facebook deflect data critics

World’s largest tech companies combat privacy fears

From UK Jun 7, 2013

Spy claims intensify UK internet debate

Woolwich attack prompts calls to resurrect communications bill

From LEX Jun 7, 2013

US spying scandal: reality checked

Corporate citizens balance obedience against damage to their brands

From COMPANIES Jun 7, 2013

Timing of essence for investors in IPOs

Potential buyers should ask why the company wants to sell

John Gapper from COMMENT Jun 7, 2013

US and China are in a web of warfare

America is exploiting domestic companies such as Apple to monitor foreign citizens

From WORLD Jun 7, 2013

US defends trawling calls and internet

Reports that NSA and FBI tapped into web servers

From WORLD Jun 7, 2013

Web groups hit back at data access claims

Big names deny reports of collaboration with National Security Agency

From COMPANIES Jun 6, 2013

Facebook hit by fears over long-term prospects

Shares hit in past month by a string of negative news

From COMPANIES Jun 6, 2013

WPP follows Twitter trend with ad move

Ad agency gains access to consumer data

From UK Jun 5, 2013

Groups pushed to act on web content

Culture secretary summons companies over extremist material

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 5, 2013

Transition: Technology puts power in the hands of the many

As traditional ways of working disappear, the young find value in contributing to changing the world, writes Sarah Murray

John Gapper from COMMENT Jun 5, 2013

Google is this era’s General Electric

Larry Page has boundless ambition and the capacity to deliver unexpected products

Mike Skapinker Michael Skapinker from MANAGEMENT Jun 5, 2013

Workplace English as she (or he) is spoke

Many now opt for the plural pronoun at work, so they can avoid any reference to gender

From COMPANIES Jun 4, 2013

Amazon set to sell $800m in ads

Data and ecommerce offerings woo clients from Google and Facebook