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Facebook's IPO
Facebook, the world's leading social networking site, has recently filed to raise capital by launching an initial public offering (IPO). During this process the company will sell equity shares in the form of stocks to interested investors. There has been much hype about Facebook's IPO and it has been a long awaited event. Facebook has had an interesting history and the company's CEO has publicly stated his intentions "not to hurry" the IPO on many occasions. One reason that Facebook has not been in a hurry to find additional capital is because the company has been rather well capitalized throughout most of its existence. However, the circumstances have change and Facebook has finally decided to utilize the IPO to raise additional capital and make the company a public traded corporation.
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