As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly 1 billion faithful Facebook users around the world, it's no surprise to anyone who read the initial public offering (IPO) prospectus.
对于全球近10亿忠实的Facebook用户来说，这个彻底失败可能令人震惊，但对于看过首次公开募股（IPO）招股说明书的人来说，这没有什么可惊讶的。
"Every week, people pitch pre-IPO [initial public offering] deals to us," says Mr Shan.
“每周都有人向我们兜售首次公开上市(IPO)之前的交易，”单伟建表示。
Xstrata, one of the world's biggest mining firms, was born out of the initial public offering (IPO) of Glencore's coal mines in 2002.
斯特拉塔是世界上最大的矿业公司之一，它成立于2002年嘉能可煤矿公开募股之日。
THE initial public offering of Agricultural Bank of China, the country's third-largest bank, looks set to become the biggest IPO on record.
中国第三大银行中国农业银行首次公开发行股票，似乎注定要成为有史以来最大的首次公开募股。
Mr Barnett has discovered that firms which are set up shortly after a successful IPO (initial public offering of shares) by another firm that does roughly the same thing tend to do very badly.
巴聂特教授发现，那些由同行业的一家公司在首次公开上市后创立的新公司变现得极为糟糕。
United has a huge following in Asia and analysts say there would an enormous appetite for the shares in the event of an initial public offering (IPO).
曼联在亚洲有庞大的跟风者，分析家认为亚洲将会是曼联首次上市巨大胃口的所在。
Global initial public offering (IPO) volumes reached $280.2bn, the second highest annual volume on record after 2007 – again driven by an extraordinary fourth quarter, up 133% on the third quarter.
全球初始发行股票数量达到了2802亿，创下自2007年第二次年度最高，第四季度再一次由于一个特别的驱动，比第三季度上升了133％。
To fund this growth, it hopes to raise nearly $350m by selling a 21.6% stake in an initial public offering (IPO) which got under way this week.
为了支持增长目标，它计划在本周的公开招股（IPO）约占总资产21.6%的股份，以筹集到三亿五千万美元资金。
They were toasting the successful initial public offering (IPO) of Arezzo, Brazil’s largest shoe retailer.
他们为Arezzo（巴西最大的鞋业零售商）首次公开募股（IPO）的成功而举杯庆祝。
On May 7th HCA, a health-care operator owned by Bain Capital and KKR, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with plans to sell $4 billion of shares.
五月七日，由贝恩资本（Bain Capital）和KKR共同出资的医疗服务运营商HCA，申请首次公开上市，计划发行价值40亿美元的股份。
On October 4th it opened the largest initial public offering (IPO) in Bangladesh’s history, aiming to raise 4.86 billion taka ($70m) from Bangladeshis at home and abroad.
10月4日，该公司的首次公开发行(IPO)计划从国内外筹集48.6亿塔卡(7千万美元)，这也是孟加拉国历史上最大的一单IPO。
Zynga is expected to file soon for an initial public offering (IPO).
据估计，Zynga很快将提交IPO（首次公开募股）的申请。
On Monday February 25th Visa said that it would soon go ahead with an initial public offering (IPO) of around half of its shares, which might raise as much as $18.8 billion.
2月25日周一，Visa称将于近期首次公开发行约占其股本总额的50%的股票，最多将募集188亿美元的资金。
In June the initial public offering (IPO) of Visanet, a Brazilian credit-card firm, raised almost $5 billion, and there are several other big local offerings in the pipeline.
六月，Visanet（一家巴西的信用卡公司）股票首发(IPO),筹集了几乎五十亿美金，而且还有其他一些大的当地的报盘在进行中。
The initial public offering (IPO) represents about 15 per cent of the bank's enlarged share capital.
这次为工行的首次发行（IPO），此次发行预演了15%银行流通股份的发放。
The Four major forms of venture capital exit are initial public offering (IPO), sale, share repurchase, liquidation.
创业投资退出的主要方式有四种，即首次公开发行(IPO)、出售、股份回购和清算。
Such back-door listings are becoming popular due to the lengthy waiting time involved in China's initial public offering (IPO) process.
由于中国的首次公开募股程序要经过漫长的等待，因此，这种借壳上市的方式变得非常普遍。
In addition, if the general assets of the reorganization of the court schedule permits, then the "new generic" in 2010 is expected to carry out initial public offering (IPO).
此外，如果通用如期获得法庭资产重组许可，那么“新通用”有望在2010年进行首次公开募股(IPO)。
As investors consider this imminent high-profile initial public offering, questions about the valuation of the company and the implications for the future of the IPO market naturally arise.
这只即将上市的股票备受关注，投资者自然也提出了一些问题，比如该公司的估值以及对今后的IPO市场会有哪些影响。
A top candidate among Silicon Valley startups for an initial public offering, Facebook is unlikely to make its IPO until 2012, Thiel said.
作为硅谷创业公司的首次公募的最高候选人，泰尔说Facebook可能等到2012年才能上市。
Shell has also signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase 20 per cent of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of CNOOC Ltd. up to a maximum of US $300 million.
壳牌同时签署了一份谅解备忘录，同意在海洋总公司的首次公募中出资购买20％的股份，最高出资额为3亿美元。
BAIC is also making plans for an initial public offering (IPO), Xu said, without giving details such as where the company would list.
徐和谊表示，北汽目前还计划首次公开发行股票(IPO)，但没有透露包括选择在哪里上市这些细节。
In the United States, an IPO (initial public offering) is a fit and one-time only sale of publicly tradable stock shares in a company that has previously been owned privately.
在美国，IPO(首次公开募股)是一种适合和一次性只出售公开交易股票的股份公司，曾被私人拥有。
In the United States, an IPO (initial public offering) is a fit and one-time only sale of publicly tradable stock shares in a company that has previously been owned privately.
在美国，IPO(首次公开募股)是一种适合和一次性只出售公开交易股票的股份公司，曾被私人拥有。
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