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Who Knew What, When About Facebook?

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:20 am

The debate over whether some large investors were warned about a revenue downgrade of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) continues. Several media have carried stories about Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman ...
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A Look Back At Largest IPOs

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:18 am

A quick review of the 25 largest US IPOs ever shows how badly Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has done in early trading. Most of the company's on the list have tremendous revenue, ...
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Facebook Deathwatch: Morgan Stanley to Pay Up

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 1:46 pm

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has sent a letter 17,200 brokers at its Morgan Stanley Smith Barney brokerage houses telling the brokers that the bank is reviewing customer orders for the ...
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Facebook Deathwatch: Shares Rise on Lawsuits, Investigations, Short Sellers

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 11:52 am

After tumbling about -26% in its first three days of trading, stock in Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is up more than 3% just before noon today even as shareholder lawsuits ...
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Facebook Deathwatch: Another Day, Another Drop

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 4:11 pm

Investors can’t seem to part with shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) fast enough. Nearly 90 million shares traded hands today, and the buyers had to be optimists. Shares opened ...
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Facebook Deathwatch: Who Knew What, and When? (FB, MS, JPM, GS)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 11:48 am

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares are ticking back up as we approach noon today. Nearly 56 million shares have traded hands so far this morning, making it today’s second most ...
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Facebook Deathwatch: Who Gets Blame

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 9:53 am

Shares of Facebook Inc. (NYSE: FB) traded down nearly -7.5% in pre-market action this morning and opened down at $32.59 after closing at $34.03 last night. The stock is down ...
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Zynga’s 15% Stock Loss — Lemmings over the Cliff

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:16 am

Zynga’s (NASDAQ: ZNGA) shares are down 15% over the past two days, a little more than those of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) after its initial public offering. There are several critical difference ...
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Top Jamaican Bank Coming Public on NYSE (NCJ)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 5:27 pm

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited has filed for an initial public offering of its American depositary shares, or ADSs. The bank and some selling shareholders are both filing to sell ...
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Facebook Already Trades As Busted IPO

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 8:21 am

Facebook, Inc. (NYSE: FB) has already broken its $38.00 IPO price in the pre-market trading.  Barron's highlighted the risk of this trading under the IPO price over the weekend and ...
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How Far Could Facebook’s Shares Fall? To $28

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:39 am

At some point during the past two weeks, Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) expert bankers raised the price range of its initial public offering from between $28 and $35 to between $34 and ...
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Shareholders Shouldn’t ‘Like’ Zuckerberg’s Wedding (FB)

Posted: May 20, 2012 at 7:05 pm

Here is a recipe for you to consider: The biggest Internet IPO of all time, and making it a flop. Huge insider selling. Increase the price range and increase the ...
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Facebook Ruins Nasdaq, Naz Admits Blunder

Posted: May 19, 2012 at 10:56 am

Blame was passed from Facebook's bankers to Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) as the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO faltered and opening bids and offers failed to be properly matched and there was some evidence this ...
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Facebook Flirts With Busted IPO Status (FB)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 3:31 pm

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has been a significant debut, and it has had some surprises even if we are about as sick of hearing this name as one could imagine.  ...
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Intelsat Files For IPO

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Intelsat Global Holdings S.A. has just filed for an initial public offering in a form F-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. No financial terms were set but the ...
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