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  2. Meta Shares Surge As Facebook's Parent Company ... - AOL

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    M eta, the parent company of social media giant Facebook, is thriving financially, according to its 2023 fourth quarter earning results. The company will pay shareholders dividends of $0.50 per ...

  3. Meta surges with record $196 billion gain in stock market value

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    Meta's dividend plan means a hefty payout for CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who owns about 350 million Meta Class A and Class B shares. The Facebook co-founder could get about $175 million every quarter.

  4. Alphabet issues first ever dividend, $70 billion buyback - AOL

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    Google’s parent company had $108 billion in cash and marketable securities on hand as of March 31, 2024. Shares shot up 15% in after hours trading. The news was announced alongside better-than ...

  5. Meta Platforms - Wikipedia

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    The metaverse vision and the name change from Facebook, Inc. to Meta Platforms was introduced at Facebook Connect on October 28, 2021. [58] Based on Facebook's PR campaign, the name change reflects the company's shifting long term focus of building the metaverse, a digital extension of the physical world by social media , virtual reality and ...

  6. Dividend - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders, after which the stock exchange decreases the price of the stock by the dividend to remove volatility. The market has no control over the stock price on open on the ex-dividend date, though more often than not it may open higher. [1]

  7. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    The domain had belonged to AboutFace Corporation. In May 2005, Accel Partners invested $12.7 million ($19.8 million in 2023 dollars [ 20 ]) in Facebook, and Jim Breyer [ 36 ] added $1 million ($1.56 million in 2023 dollars [ 20 ]) of his own money. A high-school version of the site launched in September 2005. [ 37 ]

  8. Google parent Alphabet announces first-ever dividend ... - AOL

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    The Google parent is returning capital while spending billions of dollars on data centers to catch up with rivals on generative artificial intelligence. The dividend will be 20 cents per share.

  9. History of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    TheFacebook. [edit] A " facebook " is a student directory featuring photos and basic information. [ 9 ] In 2003, there were no universal online facebooks at Harvard, with only paper sheets distributed [ 10 ] and private online directories. [ 11 ][ 12 ] Zuckerberg told the Crimson that "Everyone's been talking a lot about a universal face book ...