*VKontakte is Europe's largest home-grown network. MOSCOW, May 24- Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pressure on the company as President Vladimir Putin consolidates his power.
MOSCOW, May 24- Russia's top online social network was banned on Friday from distributing content across the country, raising concerns of a clampdown on a forum used by President Vladimir Putin's opponents to organise protests.
May 21- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an optimist about economic growth in the coming decades, rejecting "depressing" views about a slowdown to put his faith in collaborative innovation driven by a jackpot culture for inventors. Bernanke, speaking last weekend to graduates at Bard College at Simon's Rock, in Massachusetts, was having nothing of it.
VISA BATTLE: Wrangling over efforts to increase the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers has strained a bipartisan deal in the Senate on immigration reform, showcased the power of big labor and splintered a once-chummy group of elite tech leaders hoping to make inroads in Washington.
*Advertising tactics turn some groups against Facebook. *Musk and David Sacks removed from donor list on website.
May 1- Facebook Inc's mobile advertising revenue growth gained momentum in the first three months of the year as the social network sold more ads to users on smartphones and tablets, partially offsetting higher spending which weighed on profits.
May 1- Facebook Inc's mobile advertising revenue growth gained momentum in the first three months of the year as the social network sold more ads to users on smartphones and tablets, partially offsetting higher spending which weighed on profits.
May 1- Facebook Inc's mobile advertising revenue growth gained momentum in the first three months of the year as the social network sold more ads to users on smartphones and tablets, partially offsetting higher spending which weighed on profits.
*Facebook shares remain below IPO price. May 1- Facebook Inc, its Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of banks asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing the social media company of misleading investors about its financial condition before its $16 billion initial public offering a year ago.