Facebook roundup: stock price slips, Chill raises $8M, new currency API and more

Facebook shares back down to $31 – Facebook stock is down 5 percent from last Friday, closing at $31.09 today. The stock slipped after a number of analysts suggested that the company might report underwhelming earnings this quarter. Six of Facebook’s 11 IPO underwriters initiated coverage with a Hold rating or the equivalent. Lead underwriter, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan all have the equivalent of a Buy recommendation. Facebook announced today that it will hold its Q2 earnings call on July 26.

Chill raises $8M – Social video site Chill, which integrates Facebook Open Graph, announced that it raised a $8-million round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and William Morris Endeavor.

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