美媒评出2012年科技领域十大败笔

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失败”奖：Facebook

尽管Facebook的IPO（首次公开募股）融资超过160亿美元，创下科技类公司的最高纪录，但却迅速成为这个十年中最糟糕的IPO。今年5月，这家社交网络巨头以每股38美元的发行价上市，公司市值达到1040亿美元。但仅在两周后，Facebook股价就开始急剧下跌，至每股26.9美元。