Nice try, Facebook; SEC calls for Prosper to shut down; Online shopping looking dismal Here's three top stories we covered on VatorNews this past week. Can you believe Twitter turned down Facebook's half a billion dollar offer? Twitter, which was recently valued at about $100 million dollars, is also known as the fastest growing micro-blogging site. Facebook, the fastest growing social network, which was valued at an inflated $15 billion dollars, offered all stock to Twitter. But Twitter's newsfeed would only take Facebook's newsfeed to new levels. So, it's plain to see why Twitter thumbed its nose at Facebook. At least you tried, Facebook. See: Twitter rejects Facebook's $500 mln offer Beware of matchmaking sites on the Web that bring together borrowers and lenders of money - Prosper, a P2P lending site, which received ... [ Read more ]