Summary: Facebook has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $38 a share, giving itself a valuation of $104 billion, and raising $18.41 billion. Facebook will go public the morning of Friday May 18, 2012.
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Facebook on Thursday priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $38 a share. This gives the social networking giant a valuation of $104 billion, which will make it the largest U.S. company, by market value, at its IPO.