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This unconventional IPO has a familiar ring
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| Google, like so many dot-coms before it, came roaring out of the IPO gate Thursday priced at the low end of expectations and promptly surged in value as investors piled onto the much-hyped share offering. |
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Aug 20, 2004 17:07:02 |
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 16 ( -2 -12.5% ) | | Author | San Francisco Chronicle |
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