Facebook的首次公開募股

????Facebook首次公開上市發行的新股本來是人人爭搶的對象，不想最后卻成了燙手的山芋。就在Facebook宣布要首次公開募股后，它的股價幾乎立即開始下跌，從42美元每股跌至17.55美元，后來才回升至28美元。

????事后人們給這次失敗的首次公開募股總結了很多原因，其中包括：公司財務總監·大衛·艾伯斯曼一個勁兒地要求公司銷售盡可能多的股份；承銷商摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）暗中向某些投資人透露交易存在某些問題；納斯達克（Nasdaq）似乎沒有為這次IPO做好準備，等等。

????Facebook的首次公開募股塵埃落定后，已經有兩個惡果顯現出來，一是摩根士丹利向馬薩諸塞州繳納了一筆500萬美元的罰款，二是數不清的股東官司仍至今懸而未決。

Facebook IPO

????The must-have deal of the year turned out to be a dud. Shares of?Facebook?(FB)?began falling almost immediately after its IPO. The stock, which began trading at $42, sunk to as low as $17.55, before rebounding to $28.

????There has been plenty of finger pointing, including: Facebook's CFO David Ebersman pushed for the company to sell as many shares as possible; Morgan Stanley overpriced the offering and may have been involved with tipping off some investors to the fact that there were problems with the deal; Nasdaq seemed unprepared for the IPO.

????There have already been two settlements to come out of the Facebook IPO, including a $5 million fine that Morgan Stanley paid to the state of Massachusetts. Numerous other shareholder lawsuits are still pending.