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Facebook sees $60 billion in market value erased in just 2 days

Facebook sees $60 billion in market value erased in just 2 days as advertisers like Starbucks and PepsiCo halt social-media spending Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facebook  shares fell roughly 1% on Monday morning as more advertisers announced boycotts of its platform. The drop followed an 8.3% slide on Friday amid the first round of pulled  advertising . The two-day stock decline resulted in roughly $60 billion being erased from Facebook's market value. Starbucks, PepsiCo,  Coca-Cola , Unilever, and Verizon have all suspended their advertising on Facebook — and in some cases, on other social media platforms too. Daniel Salmon, a BMO Capital  Markets  analyst, said the  boycott  wouldn't significantly hurt Facebook's revenue, as it has more than 8 million advertisers.

Donald Trump retweets video of St Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters

Mark McCloskey said protesters broke into their private, gated neighborhood as he was eating dinner with his family. He asked the crowd to leave, when they refused he and his wife pulled out their guns for self-protection. He comes outside with AR15 to defend his family. Incredible.