Facebook files for IPO

By Jon Swartz, Scott Martin and Matt Krantz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook today filed to go public in a bid to raise $5 billion with a mammoth stock offering . Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Facebook's IPO has been eagerly

Facebook's pending IPO has sparked speculation Facebook IPO: Google soared, Pets.com bombed, Groupon wavered. How will Zuckerberg's Facebook fare when it goes from private to public? Is Facebook cashing in at the top of the market.

Facebook's IPO is one of the most hyped technology events of the year, and the company is expected to debut on the stock market in May. Its stock ticker symbol will be “FB.” No starting price has yet been named, but did

1 (Bloomberg) — David Rubenstein, co-founder of Carlyle Group, speaks about the private-equity industry and Facebook Inc.'s planned initial public offering. Rubenstein spoke with Bloomberg's Cristina Alesci at the Bloomberg Link China Conference in

It's widely reported that Facebook is going to file for an IPO today, and likely that the offering will be in the $5 billion range. Time to start digging up your backyard bullion stash, right? Wrong. For the average guy the Facebook