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Facebook's IPO Day Is Here —and Nasdaq Braces Itself

Trading opens at 11am ET

(Newser) - Facebook shares will go on sale at long last today, in the biggest tech IPO in US history—and Nasdaq is desperate to make sure nothing goes wrong. Facebook has set an initial price of $38 per share, meaning it will make some $16 billion on the sale. Trading will...

Facebook Kicking Off IPO With All-Night Hackathon

All employees are invited, and Zuckerberg will probably attend

(Newser) - Facebook is holding an all-nighter tonight, in advance of tomorrow’s IPO and its first day as a public company. The company will hold a "hackathon," a long-standing tradition involving employees working quickly on whatever they want, which has produced products including Facebook chat. It will culminate tomorrow...

Brokerages Stop Taking Facebook IPO Orders

Buying, selling frenzy expected tomorrow

(Newser) - Several brokerages have told clients that it's now too late to order Facebook shares ahead of the expected stampede when the stock goes public tomorrow. Morgan Stanley—one of the 33 underwriters of the huge IPO—is among those that have stopped accepting new orders, sources tell Reuters . Its...

Facebook Expands IPO, Could Raise $16B

Stock offering may become third largest in US history

(Newser) - Facebook's behemoth of an IPO is getting even bigger. After raising its price range , the company has now decided to expand the size of the stock offering by 25% to 422 million shares, sources tell Reuters . The IPO could now raise as much as $16 billion—dwarfing Google's...

Poll: Users Don't Trust Facebook

And they don't click on sponsored content or ads

(Newser) - Investors are going wild for Facebook, but the site's actual users are less enthusiastic about its prospects, a new AP-CNBC poll reveals. Half of respondents said Facebook was overvalued at its presumed $100 billion valuation, and that shot up to 62% among active investors. Part of the reason they'...

Facebook Ups IPO Price
 Facebook Boosts IPO Price 
May 15, 2012 5:30 AM CDT

Facebook Boosts IPO Price

Price range to be $34 to $38 after roadshow meets strong demand

(Newser) - Looks like Facebook's IPO roadshow has done a pretty good job of drumming up investor interest. The company has raised its IPO price range up to $34 to $38 a share from $28 to $35 a share, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The new price range gives the...

Facebook's IPO Roadshow Off to a Frustrating Start

Things got off to a late start because Zuckerberg was ... in the bathroom?

(Newser) - Facebook kicked off its IPO roadshow yesterday, and while some elements of day one were perfectly predictable—Mark Zuckerberg showed up in a hoodie and sneakers—others were a little more frustrating. Things began an hour behind schedule, Zuckerberg showed up late to the Q&A ( CNBC's explanation:...

Zuckerberg to Pocket $1B in Facebook IPO

He's selling 30.2M shares, the second-most anyone is offloading

(Newser) - You know what's cool? A billion dollars. And that's about how much Mark Zuckerberg will be taking home when Facebook finally goes public. The CEO plans to sell off 30,200,000 of his own shares, grabbing somewhere between $845 million and $1.2 billion, according to a...

Facebook IPO Set for May 18
 Facebook IPO Set for May 18 
May 2, 2012 5:00 AM CDT

Facebook IPO Set for May 18

Insiders say roadshow to start Monday

(Newser) - Facebook plans to begin a roadshow to pitch its stock to investors on Monday, clearing the way for an initial public offering on May 18, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . Mark Zuckerberg plans to appear at some meetings but other top Facebook execs will be handling most of the...

Facebook Reports Lousy Q1 Ahead of IPO

Revenue and profit dip, scaring analysts

(Newser) - People planning on snapping up Facebook shares in its upcoming IPO got a nasty surprise as the company announced its first quarter-to-quarter revenue and profit slide in at least two years. Facebook blamed the drop on seasonal advertising trends, but "it was a much faster slowdown than we would...

Zuckerberg 'Hiding From Investors'

Facebook CEO sees little need to talk with bankers ahead of IPO

(Newser) - Investing millions in Facebook won't necessarily make Mark Zuckerberg friend you. Facebook's famous CEO skipped out on the company's first major meeting with analysts and bankers to discuss its IPO last week, and many of them aren't happy about it, Reuters reports. "We don't...

Is Facebook Really Worth $100B?
 Is Facebook 
 Really Worth 
 $100B? 
analysis
Feb 3, 2012 8:53 AM CST

Is Facebook Really Worth $100B?

Experts offer healthy dose of skepticism

(Newser) - After Facebook's IPO filing on Wednesday, analysts are abuzz over a suggested $75 billion to $100 billion valuation. If the social network is to live up to the hype, it'll have to be "the next Google—or better," experts tell MSNBC . Opinions from around the web:...

Secrets Spilled by the Facebook IPO

Mark Zuckerberg flies private, and other revelations

(Newser) - Facebook has officially filed its 150-page S-1 with the SEC, which means a boatload of new details about the company are officially out in the open. Some things you didn't know before, but do now, by way of the Los Angeles Times , Huffington Post , and New York Times :
  • Mark
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Zuckerberg Could Be Worth $28B

IPO filing shows that he is Facebook's biggest shareholder

(Newser) - So just how rich will Mark Zuckerberg be after Facebook's IPO? Very, very rich. Today's filing shows that he is the company's biggest shareholder with a 28% stake, reports the Wall Street Journal . If Facebook gets its high-end valuation of $100 billion when the stock debuts this...

Facebook May Not Be Ready for Its Closeup
Facebook May Not
Be Ready for Its Closeup
michael wolff
Feb 1, 2012 5:38 PM CST

Facebook May Not Be Ready for Its Closeup

Mark Zuckerberg and his company aren't used to 'primetime scrutiny'

(Newser) - Facebook is finally on its way to becoming a public company, but are Mark Zuckerberg and crew prepared for what that truly means? Guardian columnist (and Newser founder) Michael Wolff has his doubts. "I don't think that Facebook, with its messianic ambitions and squirrelly zeal, is actually ready...

It's Here: Facebook Files for $5B IPO

Company's ticker symbol will be FB

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg's little startup filed papers with the SEC today to become a publicly traded company. Some of the Facebook particulars:
  • The company says it plans to raise $5 billion, but that figure is expected to rise to perhaps $10 billion by the time the big day arrives in
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Facebook Launching IPO Today
 Facebook Launching IPO Today 
Feb 1, 2012 7:52 AM CST

Facebook Launching IPO Today

Filing 'an American milestone'

(Newser) - The company Mark Zuckerberg founded in his dorm room eight years ago is expected to file for Silicon Valley's biggest-ever initial public offering today. The Facebook IPO will aim to raise $5 billion, and will value the company at between $75 billion and $100 billion, insiders tell Reuters . The...

Facebook Could File IPO Papers Next Week: Insiders

Sources say Morgan Stanley is close to landing the deal

(Newser) - Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Facebook could file papers for its IPO as early as Wednesday, and that Morgan Stanley will likely be chosen as the lead underwriter. The company is looking at a valuation between $75 billion and $100 billion; people have said earlier that the IPO...

Facebook Going Public in May: Report

If sources are right, documents will be filed in matter of weeks

(Newser) - Facebook plans to hold its long-rumored, long-wished-for IPO the third week of May, sources tell Kara Swisher of All Things Digital . That would mean documents would have to be filed in a matter of weeks, since the SEC generally takes three to four months to evaluate them. Swisher is pretty...

What Facebookers Plan to Do With Their IPO Riches
What Facebookers Plan to
Do With Their IPO Riches
in case you missed it
Dec 11, 2011 8:28 AM CST

What Facebookers Plan to Do With Their IPO Riches

At least 1K new millionaires will likely be created

(Newser) - When it comes to Facebook, most of us ponder big questions like, "Is my profile picture cute enough?" But for a group of around a thousand people, the big Facebook-related question is more along the lines of, "Do I sail around the world in a hot air balloon...

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