{"id":48308,"date":"2012-05-18T15:28:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T20:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrogeek.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/18\/facebook-ipo-live-the-social-network-goes-public\/"},"modified":"2012-05-18T15:28:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T20:28:04","slug":"facebook-ipo-live-the-social-network-goes-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrogeek.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/18\/facebook-ipo-live-the-social-network-goes-public\/","title":{"rendered":"FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/l3.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/6qTQdOXgP.1ywKIKWMqipg--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/ap_webfeeds\/3a9c5152fda3fb0d0f0f6a706700dafa.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"86\" alt=\"Electronic screens inside the Nasdaq stock market announce the listing of Facebook shares before the start of trading, Friday, May 18, 2012 in New York. The world's definitive online social network raised $  16 billion in an initial public offering that values the company at $  104 billion. (AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan)\" align=\"left\" title=\"Electronic screens inside the Nasdaq stock market announce the listing of Facebook shares before the start of trading, Friday, May 18, 2012 in New York. The world's definitive online social network raised $  16 billion in an initial public offering that values the company at $  104 billion. (AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan)\" border=\"0\" \/>It&#8217;s Facebook&#8217;s big day.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Full Story Via <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/facebook-ipo-live-social-network-goes-public-123137118--finance.html\">Tech News Headlines &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Facebook&#8217;s big day. Full Story Via Tech News Headlines &#8211; Yahoo! 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