Analysts React as LinkedIn Remains the Adult in Social Media

David Benoit, Wall Street Journal, Aug 5, 2012

This comes a week after Facebook didn’t deliver any guidance and shares dropped steadily in the wake of its earnings, closing Thursday at a new low. The stock was up 9.5% to $21.95 Friday. Zynga and Groupon have followed the same trajectory downward. The concerns are myriad in the industry, as highlighted by Facebook’s and Zynga’s reports last week, and LinkedIn is by no means immune. The pace of revenue growth slumped heavily from last year’s second quarter. Expenses nearly doubled. But investors still continue to buy the stock and analysts are praising the company: ... http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/08/03/analysts-react-as-linkedin-remains...