BUSINESS BRIEFING / INTERNET

Facebook says its finance chief, Gideon Yu, is leaving the fast-growing social networking site.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook confirmed that it is looking for a new chief financial officer with “public company experience.” It’s the latest sign that the site may be looking to go public in the not-so-distant future.

Yu became Facebook’s CFO in July 2007 after stints with Yahoo Inc., Google’s YouTube and a venture capital firm.