Topic: Facebook IPO

Facebook's IPO Has Given Henry Blodget the Chance to Say Sorry

Business INsider

Henry Blodget, the Business Insider mogul, is the perfect man to cover Facebook's IPO drama. In fact, there may never be another story better suited for Blodget to cover. 

By Rebecca Greenfield

9:59 AM ET

The Small Investors Who Lost Big on Facebook's IPO

A Big Guy v. Little Guy narrative has emerged from this post-Facebook IPO fallout. We already know about the Big Guy -- Facebook and its underwriters -- but now we're starting to hear what those little guys have to say.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 24, 2012

Meet the Facebook Conscientious Objectors

Now that Facebook's a big nasty corporation, it's not only attracted a lot of bad press, it's inspired more direct action.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

May 24, 2012

Facebook's IPO Warning Was Only for Big Investors

Sorry if you invested in that Facebook stock. We should have warned you. Or Facebook should have warned you, you know, the way it did with some of its large investors.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

May 24, 2012

Cartoon

Here's Your Facebook Status Update

Cartoonist Tom Toles on the vaunted Facebook IPO.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 23, 2012

We Should Have Known About Facebook's Shady IPO

After days of stock-market failure, we find out the real deal behind Facebook's IPO preparations, which show a disconnect between institutional investors on the inside and the rest of the world on the outside.

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By Dashiell Bennett

May 22, 2012

Morgan Stanley Facing Investigation Over Pre-IPO Downgrade of Facebook

Federal regulators are very interested in this morning's report that Morgan Stanley and other underwriting banks shared negative info on Facebook before last week's IPO.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 22, 2012

The Big Reason for Facebook's Fizzled IPO: Advertising Pains

As Facebook's stock continues its slump, now trading even lower than yesterday's low, the Internet has reached a consensus on why the IPO of the year isn't performing: Advertising.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 21, 2012

Facebook Droops and a Bubble Bursts

As the stock market pounds Facebook's freshly issued shares, the social network's second day on the market hasn't eased our fears that we're in a social media bubble. In fact, it only suggests the bubble is coming to its end.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

May 21, 2012

Facebook Plunges in Second Day of Trading

Do you hear that? That's the sound of the vaunted Facebook stock falling around $5 or 13 percent in the stock market this morning.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 21, 2012

Who's to Blame for Facebook's Messy IPO Debut?

With a weekend to figure things out, we've got a few suspects to blame for the mess that was Facebook's IPO debut on Friday.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 18, 2012

Everything You Need to Know About Facebook's IPO

Now that Facebook's finished its first day on the market, it's time to figure out what it all means. Here is the best commentary from the big day.

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By Dashiell Bennett

May 18, 2012

Facebook for Sale!

Facebook's big IPO day was a wild ride, but ultimately ended with the stock price almost exactly where it began.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 18, 2012

The Best Previews to Facebook IPO Day

Before we watch Facebook be its public self at 11:00 a.m this morning, when its starts trading on the stock market, it's time to get caught up on what this all means. Before that bell rings in a few hours, here's everything you need to know.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 17, 2012

Silicon Valley Sure Is Spending Like There's a Bubble

If all the Facebook, Pinterest and Spotify over-valuation talk this week hasn't signaled a tech bubble, the spending happening in and around Silicon Valley should do the trick.

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By Eric Randall

May 17, 2012

Can Spotify Really Be Worth $4 Billion?

Dealbook's Evelyn M. Rusli reports that the music-sharing company Spotify is raising money as part of a deal that values it at $4 billion, and fresh off this morning's enormous $1.5 billion valuation for Pinterest, we can't help but fear this is more evidence of a social media bubble.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

May 17, 2012

Facebook's Price Range Is Final

There won't be any more surprises (we think) with the Facebook IPO. In a week that saw Facebook raise the number of shares it was selling by 25 percent  (some 85 million) and raise its price range, sources tell CNBC that the current $34-$38 range for shares will be its final price range. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 17, 2012

Pinterest's Scary Big $1.5 Billion Valuation

After receiving a $100 million investment from Japanese e-commerce site Rakuten, the "next Facebook," got a valuation 50 percent bigger than the already unbelievable price of Instagram.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

May 16, 2012

Eduardo Saverin Sold His U.S. Citizenship for $67 Million

Are you done feeling sorry for shafted Facebook founder-turned-Singaporean resident Eduardo Saverin?  By renouncing his U.S. citizenship, the new non-American will save at least $67 million in taxes from Facebook's IPO

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By Eric Randall

May 16, 2012

Today's Best

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Margaret Carlson on Rob Portman, Tom Frost on big banks, Ruth Marcus on John Edwards, Holman W. Jenkins Jr. on Facebook's IPO, and George Packer on Biden and LBJ

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