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Facebook's 'Botched' IPO: What Went Wrong and Why?

Clip: 5/23/2012 | 8m 41s

Facebook's 'Botched' IPO: What Went Wrong and Why?

Just four days after it went public on the stock market, Facebook became the center of intense attention Wednesday -- both on Wall Street and in Washington -- as shares hit $32, well below the initial offering price. Jeffrey Brown, Dartmouth's Anant Sundaram and Rob Cox of Reuters Breakingviews discuss what went wrong.

05/23/2012

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