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Facebook set to go on an IPO roadshow

May 2, 2012
In anticipation of its IPO, Facebook will be going on the road to pitch itself to mutual funds and investors. What happens in these presentations?

Facebook IPO date draws nearer

May 2, 2012
The social media company Facebook is expected to sell its stock publically sometime this month and would likely be valued by the stock market something like $100 billion. It could start officially selling stock on May 18th.

Splunk makes a splash

Apr 20, 2012
The data-analysis company has the strongest initial public stock offering of the year. It's all about Big Data.

Facebook friends 25 more banks

Mar 8, 2012
Facebook now has 31 banks involved in the company’s much-anticipated stock offering. Why does it want so many bankers?

Can tech IPOs save California's budget?

Mar 1, 2012
California is looking forward to both the Yelp and Facebook IPOs in the near future. One analyst estimated it could bring as much as $2.5 billion to the financially struggling state.

Online review site Yelp preps for IPO

Feb 29, 2012
Yelp, the website that offers up user reviews for everything from restaurants and bars to barbershops will soon get its own review of a different and perhaps much harsher kind.

Yelp readies for the stock market

Feb 28, 2012
The site that lets you reviews local restaurants and services is about to get its own review -- from investors.

For public good, not for profit.

Wanna buy the Empire State Building? Really.

Feb 14, 2012
The owners of the Empire State Building, among other office towers, register to sell shares to the public.
The Empire State Building towers over the Manhattan skyline in New York City. The owners of the Empire State Building have registered to sell shares to the public.
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Facebook users want their share

Feb 6, 2012
Last week's Facebook IPO has many users questioning why the social network can make so much money off of their user data.