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Facebook's Growth Since IPO In 12 Big Numbers
— $FB is still stuck at $26.25, way down from its $38 IPO price, but it's made important progress since going public a year ago. Daily users up 26%, mobile monthly users up 56%, and revenue up 38% are some highlights.
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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.
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Pace Picks Up on Tech IPOs
— Large Group of Maturing Silicon Valley Startups Will Test Post-Facebook Waters — A year after Facebook Inc.'s botched initial public offering, Silicon Valley's IPO pipeline is starting to fill up again. — Following a slowdown in technology IPOs …
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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 …
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Facebook and banks ask U.S. judge to throw out IPO lawsuit
— (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, its Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of banks asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing the social media company of misleading investors about its financial condition before its $16 billion initial public offering a year ago.
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Facebook Leans In
— Ever since Facebook's ballyhooed, bungled I.P.O., its share price has languished, with Wall Street asking when the social-media giant is going to grow up and make money. From confidential reports, visits to the company's sprawling campus, and interviews with its press-shy founder …
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Facebook Starts Selling Retargeted News Feed Ads Via FBX
— A year ago, in the run-up to its IPO Facebook told the ad world it had a new plan: “Sponsored stories” — ads that looked like “real” content, that would show up on users' screens based on the way they and they their friends behaved on Facebook.
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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 …
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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.
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