{"id":2577,"date":"2012-03-18T04:21:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T12:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2023-01-08T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T17:50:31","slug":"business-english-news-15-facebook-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/18\/business-english-news-15-facebook-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Business English News 15 &#8211; Facebook IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2577-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN15-Facebook-IPO.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN15-Facebook-IPO.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN15-Facebook-IPO.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2588\" title=\"Business English News 15: Facebook IPO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2012-03-18-at-7.17.10-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2012-03-18-at-7.17.10-PM.png 1019w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2012-03-18-at-7.17.10-PM-600x244.png 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2012-03-18-at-7.17.10-PM-800x325.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The value of &#8216;likes&#8217; and &#8216;tags&#8217; grew exponentially when Facebook filed its S-1 papers last month. Facebook will launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in May, paving the way for 27-year old founder Mark Zuckerberg, his staff, and even a graffiti artist to become exceptionally wealthy.<\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-news\/\">Business English News lesson<\/a> features lots of great vocabulary for talking about company valuations, growth and social networks. 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