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epa03224132 epa03224121 (FILE) A file photo dated 31 January 2012 showing a view of Facebook's new Corporate Headquarters in Menlo Park, California, USA. Facebook shares were offered to the public for the first time on 18 May 2012 in the largest ever initial public offering for a US technology company. The social networking giant said its eagerly anticipated IPO would be priced at 38 dollars per share - at the top end of the trading range announced earlier in the week. The share price would value the company at around 104 billion dollars, making it easily the largest technology IPO in history and the third-largest ever in the US, following the 2008 IPO of Visa and the 2010 IPO of General Motors for the carmaker's return to the stock exchange after bankruptcy reorganization. EPA/PETER DaSILVA *** Local Caption *** 00000403087462