Facebook ipo

• Facebooks initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.
(msnbc.com)
• Apple Inc. has 1 Infinite Loop and Genentech Inc. has 1 DNA Way. But Facebook Inc. now lays claim to Silicon Valleys premier vanity address: 1 Hacker Way.
(Los Angeles Times)
• On August 19, 2004, Google went public, selling $1.9 billion of stock, which placed the value of the company at $23 billion when trading started. (Its $187B currently.
(CNET News)
• Such sky-high expectations will make the challenges for Facebook's CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg, that much harder.
(Washington Post)
• NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Facebooks imminent stock sale risks putting public stock markets to shame. Investors will surely clamor for a piece of the social network.
(Facebook IPO will put public markets to shame - Reuters India)
• At long last, Facebook is expected to announce this week that its going public.
(CNET News)
• SAN FRANCISCO — Is speculation that Facebook could be worth a stratospheric $100 billion when it goes public grounded in reality? The social-networking giant is poised to file for an initial public offering as early as this week.
(Asbury Park Press)
• With the filing for its initial public offering expected any day now, Facebook Inc. is extending its lead in online display advertising, which makes up the bulk of its revenue. The social networking giant's share of the U.S.
(Los Angeles Times)
• LOS ANGELES — When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonalds, Amazon.
(KING-5)