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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Big Data Analytics Specialist Tableau Software Raises $254M In IPO, Shares Close 64% Up; Marketo's First Day Up 78%   —  One year to the day of the troubled Facebook IPO, the climate for tech IPOs in the public markets is significantly less stormy, especially for companies in the enterprise space.
May 17, 2013, 4:35 PMIn context
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
The Facebook IPO, One Year Later   —  The Company Is Getting Serious About Making Money; But the Stock Is Stuck  —  Two weeks ago, new posters began appearing at the headquarters of Facebook Inc. The posters proclaimed: “Advertisers are users too*.”  At the bottom of the page, in smaller font …
May 16, 2013, 9:25 PMIn context
Shara Tibken / CNET:
Nasdaq gets OK to pay out $62M for botched Facebook IPO   —  The Securities and Exchange Commission said the stock exchange operator can provide cash compensation to investors who lost money while attempting to trade Facebook shares during its IPO.  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission …
Mar 25, 2013, 12:35 PMIn context
Bernard Vaughan / Reuters:
Ex-Oregon governor candidate charged in Facebook IPO fraud   —  (Reuters) - A former Oregon gubernatorial candidate was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in defrauding investors who had hoped to buy shares of Facebook Inc before its initial public offering in May 2012, federal authorities said.
Mar 19, 2013, 4:15 PMIn context
David Hornik / VentureBlog:
Secondary Market Stupidity   —  I have heard of short term memory, but this borders on amnesia.  Were the buyers in this latest secondary transaction (Twitter at $10B) asleep during the Facebook IPO?  Did they miss the part where lots of well intentioned “investors” bought Facebook shares at $80B …
Feb 2, 2013, 2:00 AMIn context
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Start-Up Investors Grow Wary of Tech Ventures After Facebook's I.P.O.   —  SAN FRANCISCO — Call it the Facebook effect.  Until recently, investors had been all too eager to pour millions into any Web start-up with rapid growth, regardless of whether it made money or even had plans to do so down the road.
Jan 14, 2013, 6:45 AMIn context
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Massachusetts has fined Morgan Stanley $5 million over Facebook IPO improprieties   —  According to Bloomberg, the state of Massachusetts has fined Morgan Stanely $5 million over Facebook's initial public offering (IPO) earlier this year.  —  The offering was troubled, with trading errors leaving many confused.
Dec 17, 2012, 1:55 PMIn context
Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:
Checking In on Foursquare's Valuation   —  Facebook's IPO, Flattening Valuations Put Hurdles Before Social Media Startups  —  Some social media startups are finding investors a lot less friendly in the wake of Facebook Inc.'s messy initial public offering.  —  A few months before Facebook went public …
Nov 21, 2012, 1:05 PMIn context
Bloomberg:
Facebook Banks Spent $66 Million Buoying IPO, Fed Economists Say   —  Facebook Inc. (FB)'s underwriters may have spent an estimated $66 million supporting the stock's price in the first day of trading after the company's initial public offering, Federal Reserve Bank of New York economists said.
Oct 31, 2012, 6:05 PMIn context
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
Citigroup's Star Tech Analyst Mark Mahaney Fired After Leaks To TechCrunch   —  Mark Mahaney, a star tech analyst at Citigroup, was just fired.  —  He got canned because one of Mahaney's junior associates leaked information about the bank's views on the Facebook IPO to TechCrunch writers Josh Constine …
Oct 26, 2012, 1:30 PMIn context

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