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12 Mar 2015

LinkedIn Corporation LNKD: NYSE; Technology/IT Services & Consulting

LinkedIn Corporation

LNKD: NYSE; Technology/IT Services & Consulting
PRIMARY EXCHANGE: NYSE   OTHER EXCHANGES: Mexico, SIX Swiss Exchange, More »
 
LASTCHANGEVOLUME
At close 03/12/2015$266.42+1.47 +0.55%944.1K
AFTER HOURS 5:27 PM ET$266.420.00 0.00%
 
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News about LinkedIn Corporation, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Company Information

LinkedIn Corporation (LinkedIn), is a professional network on the Internet with approximately 277 million members in over 200 countries and territories. Its Free Solutions includes ability to manage professional identity, ability to build and engage with professional networks, access to knowledge, insights and opportunities and ubiquitous access. 
 
 
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The Company generates revenue across three product lines: Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, and Premium Subscriptions. All three product lines are sold through two channels, an offline field sales organization, which engages with both large and small enterprise customers, as well as an online, self-serve channel where it generates revenue from both enterprise customers and individual members purchasing subscriptions. On February 28, 2014, it acquired the entire share capital of Bright Media Corporation (Bright). In July 2014, it acquired Newsle Inc. In August 2014, LinkedIn Corp. acquired Bizo, Inc.
 
LinkedIn Corporation
2029 Stierlin Ct MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043-4655
Phone: +1 (650) 687-3600
Fax: +1 (302) 636-5454

Price Chart

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Stock Snapshot

Today's open$265.70
Wednesday's close$264.95
52-week range
 
52-week high$276.18
52-week low$136.02
Market capitalization33.4B
Avg. volume (10-day)1.1M
Shares outstanding125.1M
LNKD does not pay dividends

Key Fundamentals

P/E ration.a.
Earnings per share–$0.13
Revenue$2.2B
Profit margin–0.69%
Return on equity–0.53%
Fundamentals are for the trailing 12 months

Quarterly Earnings

Linkedin Corporation

Analyst Ratings

Buy13
 
Outperform17
 
Hold11
 
Underperform0
 
Sell0
 
Consensus Outperform
(As of 03/07/2015)

Executive Officers

ExecutiveTitle
Reid G. HoffmanChmn. since 2003
Jeffrey WeinerCEO since 2009
Steven J. SordelloCFO since 2007
Michael GamsonSr.VP
J. Kevin ScottSr.VP since 2012

Latest Insider Trades

03/02/2015
SZE DAVID
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
Shares sold:300
Share price:$266.30
Trans. value:$79,890
03/02/2015
SZE DAVID
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
Shares sold:513
Share price:$267.46
Trans. value:$137,207
03/02/2015
SZE DAVID
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
Shares sold:587
Share price:$268.37
Trans. value:$157,533

Company Events

  • On February 5, 2015, LNKD announced quarterly earnings of $0.61 per share for 2014Q4, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53.

Filings

10-K
Annual Financials
February 12, 2015
10-Q
Quarterly Financials
October 30, 2014
10-Q
Quarterly Financials
July 31, 2014


Ownership Submissions

FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Gamson Michael
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LINKEDIN CORP [LNKD]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Global Solutions
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O LINKEDIN CORPORATION, 2029 STIERLIN COURT
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/27/2015
(Street)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 02/27/2015   A   17,521(1) A $ 0 51,061 D  
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. SEC 1474 (9-02)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $267.2 02/27/2015   A   15,018     (2) 03/01/2025 Class A Common Stock 15,018 $ 0 15,018 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Gamson Michael
C/O LINKEDIN CORPORATION
2029 STIERLIN COURT
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043
      SVP, Global Solutions  

Signatures


 /s/ Lora D. Blum, as Attorney-In-Fact
  03/03/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The reported shares are represented by restricted stock units ("RSUs"). The RSUs vest six and one-quarter percent (6.25%) on May 15, 2015, and six and one-quarter percent (6.25%) of the RSUs will vest on each subsequent Company Vest Date until all of the grant is vested. "Company Vest Dates" are defined as February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year (to the extent that any of the Company Vest Dates fall on a weekend or Company holiday, that Company Vest Date will be the first business day following the relevant Company Vest Date).
(2) Shares subject to the option vest in 48 equal monthly installments beginning on March 1, 2015.
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10 Feb 2014

European Monthly Market Commentary - November

Despite lingering concerns over the Eurozone and a two-speed recovery, Spain and Ireland revealed plans to exit their bailout programmes, says Anthony Belcher, director of EMEA Pricing and Reference Data at Interactive Data.

In November, financial market sentiment was cautiously positive. Stock indices continued the upward trend from recent months and were generally higher as indicated by global indices. The S&P Global® rose 33 points to 1522. In Europe, the German DAX® went up from 9033 to 9405 points on the month. The UK’s FTSE 100, heavily loaded with commodity companies, was down 81 points to 6,650, also on the month. The credit indices continued their downward move from previous months with the iTraxx™ Crossover 5yr index hitting 284bp, the lowest level this year.

In Europe, after low inflation of 0.8% published by Eurostat at the end of October, markets entered November speculating on a possible interest rate cut. The ECB did not disappoint and lowered interest rates on November 7 to a historical low of 0.25%. Further macro data posted later in November confirmed the downbeat economic backdrop. Eurostat revealed that August Eurozone industrial production index fell 0.5% to just over 100 points and is still below post-crisis peak of 104 points in September 2011. This was followed by disappointing 0.1% Q3 GDP growth from the Eurozone with French, Italian and Spanish Q3 GDP decreasing by 0.1%, quarter on quarter.

France was also downgraded one notch by S&P to AA. ECB board members began to talk of further action to support the fragile Eurozone recovery; negative interest rates as well as a new long-term liquidity operation (LTRO), were mentioned by media as possible tools.

Despite November’s inflation being slightly higher at 0.9% and unemployment in the whole Eurozone being lower, recovery in Europe is still being hampered by weak domestic demand and high unemployment in peripheral Eurozone countries where businesses are struggling with a strong Euro.

Recent positive signs from the UK and Germany further highlight Europe’s two-speed economy. UK’s services PMI for October rose to 62.5 from 60.3 in September and the OECD increased the country’s GDP growth forecast for 2013 from 0.6% to 1.4%. The steady increase of house prices in the UK prompted the Bank of England to announce plans to start scaling down its Funding for Lending Scheme. This will now be refocused on lending to businesses from January 2014. The UK 10yr benchmark yield jumped 15 basis points, from 2.62% to 2.77%.

In the same vein, German October manufacturing PMI was higher at 51.7 compared to 51.1 in September and the official German Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices rose to 1.6% from 1.2% in October; both are supportive of the EU inflation backdrop.

Germany’s record €18.8bn trade surplus in September, however, has been a lightning rod for criticism as such a big trade surplus in the long run will hamstring recovery in other Eurozone trade partners. The German 10yr benchmark yield was generally unchanged at 1.69%, but the shorter end was slightly lower, in line with other European government yield curves.

Despite the two-speed Eurozone, Spain and Ireland revealed plans to exit their bailout programmes. Ireland said it would exit its three year €85bn programme in December while Spain, would leave its €41bn bailout as of January 2014; both countries achieving exits without precautionary funding. Spanish 10yr benchmark bond yield was up over 7bp to 4.13% on the month and the Irish 10yr benchmark was up 3bp 3.52% on the month. The Italian 10yr benchmark bond yield dropped 11bp to 3.90% and the French 10yr benchmark bond yield was lower on the month by 2bp to 2.23%. European sovereign curves steepened, suggesting investors expect the recovery to continue and future interest rates to rise.

Emerging Markets

After significant gains in October, emerging market debt started November well, but yields subsequently rose on fears that the US Federal Reserve may begin tapering their stimulus program. The yield on the South African rand 10yr benchmark increased from 7.6% to 8.01% and the yield on Indian rupee 10yr benchmark rose from 8.47% to 8.67% on the month, also pushed up by uncertainty over Indian inflation.

The Ukrainian parliament, under political pressure from Russia, voted against an association and free trade agreement with the EU. The Ukrainian opposition led by Vitaly Klitschko, staged protests in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, demanding the resignation of the prime minister. The 10yr government dollar denominated benchmark yield rose 33bp on the month, to 10.01%.

Overall, emerging markets new issuance has continued strongly from last month with 2013 turning into a remarkable year with last year's supply of around USD169.7bn poised to be broken. Croatia sold $1.75bn of 10yr bonds at a yield of 6.2%, below initial price indications of 6.5%. Serbia issued $1bn 5yr at a yield of 6.125%, significantly more expensive than a similar deal sold in February at a yield of 5.15%, indicating some push-back on risk appetite towards the end of this year.

Corporates

European corporate bonds spreads ground tighter and credit indices dropped throughout November, though at a slower pace than in October. Data provided by Interactive Data’s CDS Evaluations Service shows the iTraxx™ Senior Financials 5yr index fell 19bp to 86bp and the iTraxx Sub Financials 5yr were down 28bp to 132bp. The iTraxx HiVol 5yr index adjusted down 18bp to 99bp and iTraxx Crossover 5yr index slipped 15bp to 284bp.

21 Jan 2014

Revealed: The world’s richest Arabs list 2013

Revealed: The world’s richest Arabs list 2013

Welcome to the tenth edition of the Arabian Business Rich List, our annual countdown of the world’s richest Arabs.
 
 

Photos

The world's richest Arabs 2013
The world's richest Arabs 2013
Prince Alwaleed grew his wealth by just over 20 percent in the course of 2013 — proving yet again why he is the world’s richest Arab.
World's richest Arabs in construction
World's richest Arabs in construction
The Binladin Group won deals to construct Prince Alwaleed’s Kingdom Tower and the expansion of the King Abdulaziz International Airport.
World's richest Arabs in investment
World's richest Arabs in investment
Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Company is among the world’s largest and most diverse investors.
World's richest Arabs in retail
World's richest Arabs in retail
Kuwaiti family conglomerate the Kharafi Group is looking to Asia as its next target for investment.

Interviews

HRH Prince Alwaleed interview
Banking & Finance»

HRH Prince Alwaleed interview

In a candid interview at his offices in Riyadh, the prince explains why he has been vindicated with the investments...
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A man for all seasons
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A man for all seasons

MBI founder Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber talks court battles, comebacks and the future for his $12bn global empire...
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Kuwait's Al Kharafi on plans for the family empire
Banking & Finance»

Kuwait's Al Kharafi on plans for the family empire

In his most wide-ranging interview since he took a more prominent role in the family business, Bader Nasser Al Kharafi...
Shehab Gargash interview
Banking & Finance»

Shehab Gargash interview

Legendary Dubai investor Shehab Gargash explains why - despite pushing his own firm’s IPO back to 2015 - sentiment in...
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Features & Analysis

Rich List 2013: How we did it

Rich List 2013: How we did it

Welcome to the tenth edition of the Arabian Business Rich List, our annual countdown...
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Opinion

Cash rich
Banking & Finance»

Cash rich

Prince Alwaleed grew his wealth by just over 20 percent in the course of 2013 — proving...

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PHILOSOPHY OR RATIONALE


PHILOSOPHY OR RATIONALE
SEPTEMBER 2010- Part 1.

There are 3 premises on which the technical approach is based.

1. Market actions discount everything.

2. Prices move in trends.

3. History repeats itself.



As a rule, chartists to not concern themselves with the reasons why prices rise or fall.
Very often, in the early stages of a price trend, or at critical turning points, no one seems to know why a market is acting in a particular way. While the thechnical support may sometimes seem over simplistic, in its claims, the logic behind this first premise-that markets
discount everything-becomes more compelling the more market experience one gains.
It follows then that if everything that effects the market price is ultimately reflectes in market price, then the study of that market price is all that is necessary. By studying price charts and
a host of supporting technical indicators, the chartist in effect lets the market tell him or her which it is most likely to go.
The chartist does not necessarily try to outsmart or outguess the market. All of the thechnical
tools discussed in some later sections are simply techniquesused to aid the chartist during the process of studying market action. The chartist knows there are plenty of reasons why markets go UP or DOWN. He or she just doesn`t beleive that knowing what thjose reasons are is necessary in the forecasting process.