go public
フェイスブックが米ナスダック市場に株式を上場しました。公開価格は1株38ドルで、調達金額はなんと約160億ドル（約1兆2700億円）ということです。これはIT関連企業の新規株式公開としてはグーグルを抜き過去最大となりました。
go publicはもちろん「自社株を公開する」ですね。IPOはInital Public Offeringの略で「株式の新規公開」です。（UG）
Facebook makes debut on Nasdaq, fetches $42 at opening
NEW YORK, May 18, Kyodo
Facebook Inc., operator of the world's largest social networking site, went public Friday on the Nasdaq Stock Market, fetching $42 at the opening of trade, up from the firm's $38 offering price.
The total fundraising with its initial public offering of about 421 million shares will amount to about $16 billion and, if 63 million additional shares reserved to cover over-allotments are sold, it will total up to $18.4 billion.
It is the world's biggest-ever IPO for an information technology firm, according to Thomson Reuters Corp. The largest IPO in U.S. history was Visa Inc., which raised $17.9 billion in 2008.
