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Facebook files $5bn IPO: Beware the hype!

Submitted by kieronb on Thu, 2012-02-02 14:19

Facebook's billion-dollar float: Beware the hype! "Facebook brings in only one 10th the revenues that Google does. So how can it possibly be worth half as much as Google?... This company is different. No matter what the price, investors will clamor to own a piece."

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