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。

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"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。

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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。

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As far as trying to do an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock, forget it.

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With startupfailures.com Hall says he is not looking to go for an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Because of LinkedIn, the initial public offering (IPO) market is now open for business.

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