Facebook's user base is nearly as large as the U.S. population and, for the first time, the site has turned a profit. That was the double-barreled announcement Tuesday from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who thanked the site's users for helping its online community cross the 300 million threshold....
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Internet giant Facebook said a Russian firm, Digital Sky Technologies, has purchased 1.96 percent of the company for $200 million.