On Thursday, Shares of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), lost -1.94% to $88.15.
Would-be migrants hoping to flee war in the Middle East are using Facebook as their compass for finding the people smugglers they hope will get them to a better life in Europe, according to Reuters.
The U.S.-based website and other social media that were once used to assist mobilise the “Arab Spring” uprisings now host information services for those escaping the Syrian civil war and other conflicts in the region. Reuters Reports
There refugees can find much of what they need to know, right down to the prices, fees, bribes they will have to pay on a journey fraught with dangers ranging from drowning at sea to suffocating in a lorry.
On top of this, messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Viber assist them en route to contact smugglers, friends, and families alike while Internet mapping ensures they don’t get lost.
In Facebook groups set up in Arabic, users post phone numbers of contacts they say can take refugees from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands or even further into Europe, a continent struggling to cope with the migration crisis. Reuters added.
Facebook, Inc. operates as a social networking company worldwide. It provides a set of development tools and application programming interfaces that enable developers to integrate with Facebook to create mobile and Web applications.
Shares of CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX), inclined 1.07% to $27.28, during its last trading session.
Fredrik Eliasson, CSX Corporation executive vice president and chief financial officer, will address the UBS Best of Americas Conference in London, England on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (4:30 p.m. British Summer Time).
CSX Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides rail-based transportation services in the United States and Canada. It offers traditional rail services, and transports intermodal containers and trailers.
Finally, Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE:HL), ended its last trade with -3.98% loss, and closed at $1.93.
Hecla Mining Company’s Vice President – Investor Relations, Mike Westerlund, will present at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 2:10 p.m. ET.
Mr. Phillips S. Baker, Jr., President and CEO, will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Annual Canada Mining Conference in Toronto on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Hecla Mining Company, together with its auxiliaries, discovers, acquires, develops, produces, and markets precious and base metal deposits worldwide. The company offers unrefined gold and silver bullion bars to precious metals traders; and lead, zinc, and bulk concentrates to custom smelters and brokers.
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