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Google Chooses An Underwriter For Upcoming IPO

Posted by timothy on from the money-in-the-bank dept.

PenguinSix writes "Bloomberg and a bunch of others are reporting that Google has hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to arrange its initial public offering. This follows literally years of rumors and stories about a Google IPO. About a third of Mountain View, California-based Google may be sold in the IPO, giving the company a market value of about $12 billion, the bankers said." Google has become so invaluable to many people (like me) that they could probably raise just as much money with a blackmail scheme.

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  1. Blackmail.. maybe worse... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..they could probably raise just as much money with a blackmail scheme.

    I was thinking along the lines of:
    Dearest Sir or Madam,
    Our names are Sergey Brin and Larry Page. We created
    Google. This letter may come as a suprise to you
    being as we have never met. A mutual friend, however,
    suggested we contact you. There is an impending IPO
    which will make our firm worth 12 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS
    ($12,000,000,000). To release this money, we ask that
    you join us in a business partnership....
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    1. Re:Blackmail.. maybe worse... by ctxspy · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hah..

      I was going to post something pointing out how it was ironic that a person with a sig poking fun at president bush would himself also be rather retarded.

  2. This is so 5 years ago by ObviousGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd buy that for a dollar!

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  3. Now all we have to do... by lasmith05 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is figure out a way us regular mortals to get in on the IPO. :D

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  4. I think I'll buy some by arnoroefs2000 · · Score: 4, Funny


    "On any given day there would be a line of 200 investment bankers that would kill their mothers to get the Google deal,"
    said Reed Taussig, chief executive officer at Callidus Software Inc., a San Jose, California based company that plans to sell shares in an IPO.

    I think I will be SELLING my mom to buy some stock :)

    1. Re:I think I'll buy some by psychogentoo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is she cute?

    2. Re:I think I'll buy some by I+Be+Hatin' · · Score: 3, Funny
      I think I will be SELLING my mom to buy some stock :)

      I've had your mom... you better hope they price the IPO under $10...

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    3. Re:I think I'll buy some by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Why would you sell her outright? That's not very smart.

      Every smart capitalist knows you make more money in the end with evil RENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR.

  5. Ticker Symbol by ghettoboy22 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The article doesn't list the planned exchange for the trade of Google Stock, but how'd you like to have the ticker GOO?

    "I'll take 20,000 shares of GOO please!"

    Common... it SOUNDS funny people!

  6. Re:Please stay private... by miyako · · Score: 2, Funny
    Google won't last forever

    *makes a face like a child who first hears that there is no santa clause*
    b-b-b-b-but google is my friend

    *runs away crying*

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  7. Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, given the number of computers Google has running pirated SCO code, their total license fee will be much higher than that.

  8. Learned this one the hard way... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you do buy Google on day 1, don't use a market order (especially in the first minutes). If the IPO becomes a feeding frenzy, you could easily end up paying 2 or 3 times what you expected (and yes, your broker WILL hold you to that price, no matter how bad it is).

    So true... I learned this one the hard way. Anyone remember the Palm IPO? I sure do... oh... the raping I took on that one. My first stock trade ever. Took me months to make it back.