Facebook raised a $500 million investment from investment bank Goldman Sachs Group (GS) and an unnamed Russian investor, according to The New York Times.
The deal values the social-networking site at $50 billion, more than companies including Yahoo I…
Facebook’s value soars to $50 billion as Goldman Sachs and Russian Digital Sky Technologies invest $500 million in the social network.
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