Social News: Facebook Inc (FB)’s Advertising, LinkedIn Corp (LNKD)’s Performance & Yelp Inc (YELP)

Will LinkedIn’s earnings top Wall St. views again? (CNBC)
LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)’s unblemished record of exceeding analysts’ financial projections will be put to the test Thursday when the online professional networking service is scheduled to release its second-quarter earnings. WHAT TO WATCH FOR: It’s getting tougher for LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) to deliver pleasant surprises because the bar keeps getting higher with each passing quarter. For instance, analysts surveyed by FactSet are calling for the Mountain View, Calif., company to deliver revenue $7 million above the high end of LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)’s own forecasts. …LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) has been richly rewarded for its performance. The company’s stock is not far from its peak of $209.39, which is nearly five times above its initial public offering price of $45.

Yelp Earnings: Can It Maintain the Momentum? (InvestorPlace)
2013 has been a tremendous year for local-business review site Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), which has recorded a doubler and then some for the year-to-date. But have investors been a little too trigger-happy with the “buy” button? Well, we might find out Wednesday when the company reports second-quarter earnings after the close. The consensus estimate for Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) revenues is $53.29 million, a significant leap from last year’s $32.65 million, but analysts still expect the company to report a loss of 4 cents per share.

How Much Will Investors Gain from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)? (BasicsMedia)
It is often considered beneficial to investors to find out what their investments are bound to bring to them both in the long and short term. All investors love returns hence the need to explain to them if their decision to invest in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is one that is supported or is based on their whims without hard evidence to give them the proof they need as to whether it was good or not. This article seeks to examine Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s latest returns, stock figures and financial data as a whole to examine whether it is the right company to invest with or not. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) operates within the technology sector, and is part of the companies which work inside the Information Technology Providers industry.