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Meta Says Zuckerberg May Leave California Over 5% Billionaire Tax
A Meta filing says CEO Mark Zuckerberg is considering leaving California if voters approve a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. The development confirms earlier...
Meta's Ad Machine Is Humming, but Can a $135 Billion Spending Spree and a New Share Class Keep Investors on Board?
Shares rose 5.6% in after-hours trading as Wall Street looked past a nearly $10 billion legal bill and focused on a core advertising business that keeps...
🟢 Meta is trading 5.58% up in after-hours trading on October 21, 2026, as revenue beats estimates
Meta is trading 5.58% up at $736.46 in after-hours trading following its October 21 earnings release, with the revenue beat among the positive signals. -...
Meta's third quarter revenue beat expectations as the company established non-voting Class C shares
Meta reported a strong third quarter 2026 with revenue reaching $64.6 billion, though profitability was significantly impacted by a massive $9.89 billion legal...
Meta Revenue Jumps 26%, but $9.89B Legal Charge Hits Operating Income
Meta Platforms reported strong third-quarter 2026 results. Revenue rose 26% year over year to $64.6 billion. Analysts had expected about $63.3 billion. Daily...
Egerton Capital Initiates New $139.86M Position in Meta Platforms (META)
In a recent 13F filing with the SEC, John Armitage's Egerton Capital disclosed a new stake in Meta Platforms, Inc. (META). The filing, which reflects holdings...
Meta Says Longtime Policy Chief Joel Kaplan Will Leave in 2027
Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief global affairs officer and a top adviser to Mark Zuckerberg for more than 15 years, is set to leave the company in 2027. He played a...
Meta Gets $860 Raymond James Target Ahead of AI-Focused Earnings
Raymond James reiterated its Strong Buy rating on Meta Platforms and cited a price target of $860. The firm pointed to positive advertising trends and the...
🔴 Meta is trading 3.1% down as investors weigh AI spending ahead of earnings
Meta is trading 3.1% lower at $683.59 as investors focus on its October 21 earnings report and AI spending. - Reuters reports analysts expect sharply higher...
Meta Platforms Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Preview: What Analysts Expect on October 21, 2026
Meta Platforms is expected to report Q3 2026 revenue of $63.34 billion, representing 24% year-over-year growth, alongside a consensus EPS of $6.67 as the stock...
Meta's 29-Year-Old AI Chief Emerges as Potential Zuckerberg Successor, FT Reports
A Financial Times report identifies Alexandr Wang, the 29-year-old head of Meta's Superintelligence Labs, as a potential successor to CEO Mark Zuckerberg....
Meta Cuts Midterm Political Spending by $25 Million
Meta cut $25 million from its political spending plan for the 2026 midterm elections. The reduction brings its budget down from $65 million to $40...
🔴 Meta is trading 3.15% down today as AI debt concerns weigh on tech shares
Meta is trading 3.15% down at $713.49, amid renewed weakness in technology shares and concerns about debt-funded AI infrastructure. - Reuters reported...
Meta's Criminal Drug-Sales Probe Reportedly Sidelined After Legal Push
Senior Justice Department officials have reportedly sidelined a long-running criminal grand jury investigation into whether Meta Platforms' social media sites...
Meta Adds Right to Scrape Business Websites, Including for AI Training
Meta Platforms will update its commercial terms of service effective October 30, 2026, explicitly granting itself the right to scrape data from websites...
Meta Calls Muse Spark Open Its Most Capable U.S. Open-Weight Model
Meta says Muse Spark Open is the most capable U.S. open-weight AI model to date. [2, 12] The multimodal model has 816 billion total parameters. [2] It has 42...
Meta Faces Questions Over $6.6 Billion in Claimed AI Data-Center Tax Credits
Seven Democratic senators on the Senate Finance Committee have written to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg questioning the company’s use of the federal Research and...
Appeals Court Lets Florida Enforce Social Media Ban for Under-14s
A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a lower court injunction, allowing Florida to enforce a law barring children under 14 from having social...
Meta shares drop as analyst raises 2027 AI spending estimate to $225B
On October 14, 2026, Meta shares fell by as much as 3.66%. They reached $734.605 by early afternoon. Guggenheim analyst Michael Morris raised his 2027 capital...
WhatsApp Launches Guest Calling, Allowing Non-Users to Join Calls
WhatsApp has introduced a guest calling feature, enabling users to invite people without a WhatsApp account to join voice and video calls. Guests can join a...