A look at Facebook and its IPO

One year ago tomorrow, social networking phenomenon Facebook went public in one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings of the last decade. Leading up to the IPO, which valued the company at a whopping $104 billion — or 100 times earnings — the hype was intense. Facebook, market prognosticators predicted, would soar in the first day of trading, generating easy gains for the investors who rushed for a piece of the action.

One year ago tomorrow, social networking phenomenon Facebook went public in one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings of the last decade. Leading up to the IPO, which valued the company at a whopping $104 billion — or 100 times earnings — the hype was intense. Facebook, market prognosticators predicted, would soar in the first day of trading, generating easy gains for the investors who rushed for a piece of the action.

By Value in Stock Market:Facebook (FB) is scheduled for initial public offering in May, possibly delayed into June because of Instagram acquisiton. It will be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker "FB".

By Moby Waller:The social media behemoth Facebook (FB) is going public this week, with a new stock symbol of FB. This is pretty much the most anticipated Initial Public Offering (IPO) since Google (GOOG) in 2004. GOOG was offered in the IPO at around $85/share, started trading at about $100, and is now about $628 - hence why many people are interested in the Facebook IPO.

Facebook is preparing to file paperwork as early as Wednesday for an initial public offering of stock, according to The Wall Street Journal. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004.