their initial public offerings, has grown. Dollar amounts in billions.
MARKET REVENUE
VALUE AT I.P.O. Market value compared to revenues:
Google $23 ' $3.2 7.2 times larger
AUG. 2004
Facebook ... that looks like a sexy new high-tech service. This year's poster
child I.P.O. was Twitter, which set a new record of one kind among recent major technology I.P.O