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  2. Initial public offering of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Ultimately underwriters settled on a price of $38 per share, at the top of its target range. [23] This price valued the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly public company. [24] On May 16, two days before the IPO, Facebook announced that it would sell 25% more shares than originally planned due to high demand. [25]

  3. Meta Platforms - Wikipedia

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    Meta Platforms, Inc. Meta Platforms, Inc., [10] doing business as Meta, [11] and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., [12][13] is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services. [14]

  4. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Facebook's initial public offering came on May 17, 2012, at a share price of US$38 ($50.00 in 2023 dollars [20]). The company was valued at $104 billion ($138 billion in 2023 dollars [ 20 ] ), the largest valuation to that date.

  5. List of mergers and acquisitions by Meta Platforms - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp. The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform. Meta also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired intellectual property formerly ...

  6. History of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Facebook releases its 2016 Q1 earnings report, showing an increase in earnings to 77 cents per share up from 42 cents per share a year ago. The earnings beat analyst expectations, and cause Facebook share prices to soar, leading its market cap to exceed that of Johnson & Johnson. Facebook also reports an increase of 57% in advertising revenue ...

  7. Facebook real-name policy controversy - Wikipedia

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    In August 2012, Facebook estimated that more than 83 million Facebook accounts are fake accounts. [5] As a result of this revelation, the share price of Facebook dropped below $20. [6] Facebook has asserted that "authentic identity is important to the Facebook experience, and our goal is that every account on Facebook should represent a real ...

  8. Dow Jones Industrial Average - Wikipedia

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    Chevron was previously a Dow component from July 18, 1930, to November 1, 1999. During Chevron's absence, its split-adjusted price per share went from $44 to $85, while the price of petroleum rose from $24 to $100 per barrel. [13] On September 22, 2008, Kraft Foods Inc. replaced American International Group (AIG) in the index. [14] [15]

  9. Share price - Wikipedia

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    Share Prices in a Korean Newspaper. A share price is the price of a single share of a number of saleable equity shares of a company. In layman's terms, the stock price is the highest amount someone is willing to pay for the stock, or the lowest amount that it can be bought for.