LOS ANGELES – (AP) — When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald’s, Amazon.com and Bank of America. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Facebook is preparing to file initial paperwork for an offering that could raise as much as $10 billion and value the company…

Facebook Inc., the largest social- networking site, is aiming to file for its initial public offering as early as next week,the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.The company is discussing a valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion,according to the report, which would be one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history. Facebook had been discussing raising $10 billion in a share sale that would value it at as…