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CNBC Live Blog
Published:
Tuesday, 12 Jun 2012 | 9:26 AM ET
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Facebook IPO
Live coverage of the first day of trading for the social media giant.
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FACEBOOK: BY THE NUMBERS
As of 12:43pm - Nearly 300m shares have traded today. Over half (55%, 162m shares) of those shares have been traded on the Nasdaq platform. Nearly 31m shares or 10% of FB’s volume today has been on NYSE Arca.-- per CNBC's Robert Hum. -
$FB passes 300M shares traded @CNBC @PowerLunchby BobPisani via twitter 5/18/2012 4:49:34 PM -
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi just tweeted … With Facebook's rock star CFO, David Ebersmen, on the NASDAQ floor this AM. What an incredible day! You can see the photo here. -
This is the t-shirt #Facebook employees got at their "hackathon". (Made by American Apparel) $FB p.twimg.com
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FACEBOOK: I REMEMBER WHEN …
Chris Hughes – the impossibly good looking, former Harvard roommate, a founder of Facebook and yes, he’s also fabulously wealthy, just posted on his Facebook page “Eight years later . . . an incredible day for Facebook and everyone who has been a part of it. — with Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz” – and YES there’s a great photo of the gang way back in the day. -
Have you checked out Zuckergberg's digs during the #FAcebookIPO www.cnbc.com
nice tubby awastler via twitter 5/18/2012 5:00:26 PM -
Tune in to @CNBC @PowerLunch for everything you need to know about #FacebookIPOby JBoorstin via twitter 5/18/2012 5:03:24 PM -
Greylock's David Sze live on @CNBC: Great companies don't worry about the stock market. #FacebookIPOby cnbc via twitter 5/18/2012 5:10:54 PM -
BREAKING: Nasdaq says still working to deliver pending trade execution status messages and plans report to brokers on $FB trade status - DJby cnbc via twitter 5/18/2012 5:12:47 PM
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INSIDER’S DAY AT FACEBOOK
Greylock's David Sze -an early believer and investor in Facebook - says, “Great companies don't worry about the stock market” was in Hacker Square this morning when Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell and is posting his photos on his Twitter page. He says the best part of this morning’s festivities was “seeing the passion and focus” of the employees who just went back to work like it was a typical day at Facebook. -
OMG. EVEN SCHOOLCHILDREN WEIGH IN ON #FACEBOOKIPO !! video.cnbc.comby janewells via twitter 5/18/2012 5:22:52 PM -
Glamour of TV: $FB investor David Zee does intvw on sidewalk near co HQ. #FacebookIPO @CNBC p.twimg.comby carlquintanilla via twitter 5/18/2012 5:29:44 PM
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Glamour of TV: $FB investor David Zee does intvw on sidewalk near co HQ. #FacebookIPO @CNBC p.twimg.com
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GOVERNOR MOONBEAM MESSES UP
In an appearance Friday morning on "CBS This Morning," California Gov. Jerry Brown said his state is still the land of innovation and even where Facebook was invented. D’OH! -
Yes! RT: “@DanSWright: Facebook? RT @carney Get ready: will be on @powerlunch soon talking about today's most underreported story”by carney via twitter 5/18/2012 5:38:59 PM -
*#%*^ PEOPLE SAY ON FACEBOOK
If you’ve ever wondered what about a billion of us share with our “friends” on Facebook – this LOL video explains it all.
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The set down here at NYSE. $FB @powerlunch instagr.am
by carney via twitter 5/18/2012 5:50:40 PM -
ZUCKERBERG’S FATHER: “Dr. PAINLESS”
You’ve got to “like” Zuckerberg’s dad - A dentist in Dobbs Ferry, NY who is known around town as “Painless Dr. Z.” His posts on Facebook are full of dentist humor – including this gem: “What Does Dentist of the Year Get? Answer “A Little Plaque.” By the way, Dad was gifted a stake in FB in 2009 – that’s now probably worth about $80million. -
Chills and thrills with #facebookipo and the rationale about the lack of a huge price pop: www.cnbc.comby KateKellyCNBC via twitter 5/18/2012 6:04:15 PM -
BREAKING: Nasdaq says systems operating normally, Facebook execution messages now delivered. #FacebookIPOby cnbc via twitter 5/18/2012 6:08:55 PM
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Cupcakes for #facebookipo - thumbs up or down? instagr.am
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WE’RE THE NEW RICH AND THIS IS HOW WE ROLL
In Menlo Park money is everywhere – but you gotta know where to look for it. The NYT reports in this Silicon Valley town – “the tech elite display an ambivalent, sometimes contradictory approach to wealth.” In other words geek chic ain’t about the bling. -
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Wanna short Facebook? Ya gotta find shares first www.cnbc.com #FacebookIPOby awastler via twitter 5/18/2012 6:27:21 PM
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FACEBOOK TRADING MAY LEAD TO DRINKING
And thankfully CNBC’s Jane Wells says there’s plenty of Zberg-inspired cocktails including: “The Zuckerpunch”, “The Social Life Saver,” and “The Silicon Crush.” I want mine straight-up with extra limes. -
I'm still getting plenty of tweets from people who say they have received no confirm on their $FB orders..even ones placed at 9:35amby DavidFaberCNBC via twitter 5/18/2012 6:45:49 PM -
A hats-off edition of #FollowFriday: Our amazing #FacebookIPO team @JBergmanCNBC @KateKellyCNBC @mcatwellons @JBoorstinby kaylatausche via twitter 5/18/2012 6:49:42 PM -
BONO: THIS BOY IS NOT A BILLIONAIRE
The Irish rocker owns a reported 2.3% of Facebook now worth more than a billion dollars making him the RICHEST ROCK STAR ON THE PLANET. But Bono says blimey – that’s not true. The shaded one talks with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell about what really makes him feel rich –his interest in technology and how Warren Buffett helped him decide to invest in Facebook. -
RT @gkellycnbc: #facebook tops the 10 Biggest Internet IPOs $FB via @JBergmanCNBC & @gkellycnbc www.cnbc.comby JBergmanCNBC via twitter 5/18/2012 6:56:47 PM -
Trading Facebook today may lead you to drink. Here are suggested cocktails. #FacebookIPO www.cnbc.comby janewells via twitter 5/18/2012 7:05:01 PM
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At Twitter HQ today, they're thinking, "Hmmm, maybe not." #FacebookIPOby janewells via twitter 5/18/2012 7:06:49 PM
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#FacebookIPO just set trading volume record, surpassing $GM's 458M shares in the last couple minutesby kaylatausche via twitter 5/18/2012 7:07:54 PM
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Facebook sets first day volume record; exceeds GM's record 458m shares for first trading day. #FacebookIPOby cnbc via twitter 5/18/2012 7:08:05 PM
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$FB shares drifting lower, nearing break even offer price of $38/shareby BobPisani via twitter 5/18/2012 7:08:13 PM
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I know someone who was supposed to get 5k shares at the open of $FB. Still no confirmation. "Should I sell?" "Do you own?" #facebookipoby janewells via twitter 5/18/2012 7:10:48 PM
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RT @PattyEdwards: @janewells took me over 2 hours to get confirmations of FB trades clients had requested on the open.by janewells via twitter 5/18/2012 7:11:50 PM
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RT @tomrotunno: Facebook has set a 1st day volume record
w/ 458m shares (and counting) traded so far today.by NickDunnCNBC via twitter 5/18/2012 7:13:27 PM -
If I'd created a Facebook drinking game (I didn't), 2 words I wouldn't have thought to include are "glitch" and "confusion". #FacebookIPOby janewells via twitter 5/18/2012 7:13:50 PM
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$FB posts the most boring volume record in Wall Street historyby JeffCoxCNBCcom via twitter 5/18/2012 7:22:18 PM -
THE POP THAT WASN’T
LA Times: “Buyers did not rush into the market to snap up shares of the social networker. And the big Wall Street banks that brought Facebook public scrambled to prevent the stock from collapsing into declines.” - More here in “Facebook underwriters prop up stock as it nears break-even mark" -
on the bright side, you'd certainly have to say it was well-priced #FacebookIPOby JeffCoxCNBCcom via twitter 5/18/2012 7:25:24 PM
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Facebook NOT ISSUING STOCK CERTIFICATES after all, according to company that buys/sells single shares. #FacebookIPO giveashare.comby janewells via twitter 5/18/2012 7:25:41 PM
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13 cents from the red #FacebookIPOby JeffCoxCNBCcom via twitter 5/18/2012 7:26:46 PM
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