美媒評出2012年科技領域十大敗筆

IP-(Uh)-O Award: Facebook

Although Facebook’s IPO initially set a record for technology companies by raising more than $16 billion, it quickly became the decade’s worst initial public offering. When the social networking giant went public in May, its initial offering price was set at $38, while the company was valued at $104 billion. However, a little more than two weeks later, Facebook shares had dropped dramatically to $26.90 per share.

5.“IPO失敗”獎：Facebook

盡管Facebook的IPO（首次公開募股）融資超過160億美元，創下科技類公司的最高紀錄，但卻迅速成為這個十年中最糟糕的IPO。今年5月，這家社交網絡巨頭以每股38美元的發行價上市，公司市值達到1040億美元。但僅在兩周后，Facebook股價就開始急劇下跌，至每股26.9美元。