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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Facebook to float $10 billion Initial Primary Offering (IPO)



Facebook is all set to  file papers for an Initial Primary Offering next week ,according to The Wall Street Journal .The Facebook will  float Shares worth $10 billion to the public . The Company's share is one of the biggest share sales on the Wall Street.

 The Social networking site Facebook is the internet's most successful  website. The enlistment will see the social networking  giant be worth $75 -$ 100 billion .

Facebook was established by Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow Harvard University  students in the year 2004 . It grew very quickly and is now  world's  most popular site with more than  800 million active users . 

Facebook makes most of the profits trough advertising . Microsoft is Facebook's exclusive partner for serving banner advertising. Facebook serves only advertisements that exist in Microsoft's advertisement inventory. It also gains revenue through referral marketing and casual games.

Facebook is  private owned and operated  by Facebook Inc. Mark Zuckerberg owns 24% of the Facebook Shares. Facebook does not have to publish its accounts as it is a private company.

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