{"id":3051,"date":"2012-06-10T05:52:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2023-01-08T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T17:50:41","slug":"business-english-news-17-facebook-ipo-the-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/10\/business-english-news-17-facebook-ipo-the-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"BEN 17 &#8211; Facebook IPO: The Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3051-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN17-Facebook2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN17-Facebook2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN17-Facebook2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3066\" title=\"business-english-news-17-facebook-ipo-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook-ipo-bolsa1.jpg\" alt=\"Business English News 17 - Facebook IPO Aftermath\" width=\"575\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook-ipo-bolsa1.jpg 639w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook-ipo-bolsa1-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this Business English News lesson, we follow up on <a title=\"Business English News 15: Facebook IPO\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2012\/03\/18\/business-english-news-15-facebook-ipo\/\">Facebook&#8217;s recent IPO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a long wait, and even more hype, Facebook joined NASDAQ on May 18th; although it wasn&#8217;t all smooth sailing for Zuckerberg and friends. After opening 30 minutes late, and climbing briefly from the opening price of $38 a share; reality set in.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Free Resources: <a href=\"\/quiz\/BEN17SN-Facebook2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Study Notes <\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEN17-Pub\/player.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Online Practice<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEN17-Facebook2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Business English News lesson, we follow up on Facebook&#8217;s recent IPO. After a long wait, and even more hype, Facebook joined NASDAQ on May 18th; although it wasn&#8217;t all smooth sailing for Zuckerberg and friends. 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