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Deals of the Day: Jamie Dimon’s Blunder
Deals of the Day compiles this morning’s biggest news about mergers and acquisitions, banking, bankruptcy and more.

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Facebook IPO Just Made 2012 Comparable to 2000
Facebook's IPO bumps US-listed IPO volume in the first five months of 2012 to its highest year-to-date point since the same period in 2000, according to data tracker Dealogic.

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Facebook’s Gains Aren’t Impressive But Volume is Soaring
In its first 10 minutes of trading, volume in Facebook had already hit one-fourth of the all-time high for an IPO in the US.

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What Would You Pay for a Share of Facebook?
Just minutes away from the Facebook's debut and that raises the question:

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Facebook Breaks Another Record: Volume
Facebook traded 460 million shares by 3:07pm EDT, the most ever for a US stock the day of its IPO.

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Facebook, Not Busy Enough, Buys Company Today Too
Facebook was apparently not distracted and not busy enough during its historic initial public offering. It bought a company today too.

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Facebook IPO: IPO Delayed 5 Minutes By Nasdaq
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Nasdaq just put out an announcement that it has delayed the IPO by 5 minutes. IPO Notice: The initial public offering of Facebook Inc. (FB) has been extended by an additional five minutes and it is anticipated it will be released on NASDAQ today for trading at approximately 11:05. Please call 800-211-4953 if you have any questions. Reminder: Trading prohibited during quote-only period of IPOs.

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Facebook IPO Trades Up Then Gives Back Gains
Facebook shares opened at $42.05 and then instantaneously hit $42.99, up 13% from its IPO pricing.

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Markets Hub: Live Through Facebook’s Debut
The Markets Hub is live through the debut on Facebook's shares.

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Facebook IPO: It Would Rather Be Like LinkedIn Than Zynga
It’s Facebook Dawn. At 11am the Nasdaq will open trading on the hyper-IPO that is Facebook Inc. Here are some notable day-one performances ahead of Facebook’s opening.

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Facebook at the Open – The First Post-IPO Analyst Notes
Wedge Partners has issued a Facebook research report in what might be the fastest research report on an IPO in history.

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What Zuckerberg’s Stake Worth
Facebook's Zuckerberg is now among the wealthiest people in the world.

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Tracking Facebook’s IPO
Facebook's shares opened up 11% to $42.05 and touched its IPO price of $38 a share.

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Facebook IPO: Don’t Fall Victim to the Hype
Newspapers can't hold a candle to Facebook when it comes to collecting information about their users. But here is one assumption: Mark Zuckerberg is almost certainly richer, and probably shrewder, than you are. Spencer Jakab has details on The News Hub.

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Facebook IPO: Response From Asset Managers: It’s a Dud
Some asset managers responded to Facebook's somewhat underwhelming debut Friday with disappointment following a historic run-up to the offering.

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Facebook Not Alone Among Giant IPOs To Miss Big Pop
Facebook’s IPO is looking a bit disappointing given all the hype and the size of one of the largest IPOs in U.S. history.

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Morgan Stanley Got About 38% Of Facebook IPO Shares, Goldman 15%
Lead underwriter Morgan Stanley received about 38% of the shares in Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering to distribute to investors, while J.P. Morgan got 20% and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s allotment was roughly 15%, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Facebook’s Opening Day From the Man on the Street
Facebook's debut drew a crowd to Times Square New York as people who were interested wanted to get close to the historic day.

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Winners & Losers From the Week That Was
Winners & Losers for the week that was in business and deals, Deal Journal’s weekly look back and grading system of some of the biggest stories. (This week, an edition entirely free of Facebook and Yahoo edition, because we wanted to talk about something else for once.)

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Amid Facebook, Satellite Company Intelsat Launches IPO
Put this in your "interesting timing" folder. From Dow Jones this evening, Intelsat Global Holdings S.A. is filing to go public right as Facebook landed in the public market with something of a whimper.

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