The $100 billion question following Facebook’s IPO filing earlier this month: Will Mark Zuckerberg’s behemoth possibly justify that valuation once trading begins? The public is already answering. As with most frenzies, emotion, not reason, wins the day, especially when the majority of stock buyers have an intimate relationship with the prod­uct. To gauge the IPO’s prospects, we asked General Sentiment to track and analyze the online chatter, including Twitter (privacy…

While the mainstream financial media chases every conceivable Facebook angle ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), which is expected sometime in May, it’s important not to get lost in the frenzy. About $5 billion worth of shares will be sold, though the deal values the entire enterprise at between $75 billion and $100 billion. Only a little more than two dozen U.S. companies have a market cap that size….

NEW YORK – It is said that it is better to give than to receive. That is not true for the average Facebook user, though. A new study has found that the average user of the world’s biggest online social network gets more than he or she gives. That means more messages, more “likes” and more comments. Yes, even more “pokes”. Behind all that is Facebook’s relatively small group of…

Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion (6 billion pounds), but made it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving investors with little say. The Harvard dropout, who launched the social networking phenomenon from his dorm room, will control 56.9 percent of the voting shares in a company expected to be valued at up…