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Facebook to le IPO
As the worlds biggest online social networking company prepares to le the regulatory papers for a stock market listing, numbers are beginning to leak out about Facebook's nancial picture, including for the rst time credible reports of how much the company is making in prots.

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Went public April, 1996 Shares were priced at $13, opened at $24.50, closed at $33. Nasdaqs second-biggest rst-day gain at the time.

german demand has solar scrambling

Canadian Solar Inc. is scrambling to ramp up production of solar panels to meet an unexpected surge in demand from Europe, chief executive Shawn Qu said on Tuesday. German customers, in particular, have increased orders in anticipation of a reduction in the governments subsidy for solar energy in the coming months, Qu said. Canadian Solars shares, which were down about 9%, briefly moved into positive territory before settling down about 7.5% at $3.82 on the Nasdaq. In addition to the strong increase in demand, the Chinese New Year holiday also took a toll on Canadian Solars ability to boost production, Qu said. Canadian Solar is based in Ontario, but has most of its operations in China.

Biggest % gains in stocks over $5

1 rArE ElEmENT rESourCES $7.37 +20.03 2 ForTrESS PAPEr +15.60 $39.42 3
WESTPorT INNovATIoNS $41.64 +9.23

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1 WITWATErSrAND 6.62 $5.08 2 SEmAFo INC. $6.70
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3 CElTIC EXPlorATIoN $18.48 4.69

800 million Users: 130 Average friends per user: 4 billion Items shared per day: 70 Languages available: 3,000-plus Employees: $4.3bn Revenue (2011 est.): $3.8bn From advertising: $470m Facebook Credits: : $850m Prot(20% margin est.) Zero Debt: $5.6bn Assets: $3.5bn Cash /cash equivalents:

Current value: $19.3 billion Dec. 31, 2011 799 million users

Went public in May, 1997 3 million shares of common stock for $18 per share.

Current value: $87.38 billion

Filed for its IPO in April 2004, Raised $1.2 billion for a market value of $23 billion, the largest debut for a U.S.-based Internet rm. Shares were offered at $85, but opened to $100 and closed at $100.34.

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bump in barbie price

Prices of Mattel Inc. toys such as Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars have gone up as the company tries to compensate for increasing costs for materials like resin and rising wages in China. The worlds largest toy company, which sees input, labour and transportation costs rising in 2012, said on Tuesday that it had raised prices at a mid-single-digit rate on Jan. 1 with the goal of keeping gross margins at around 50%. The news came on the same day Mattel reported a higher-thanexpected quarterly profit. Mattel stock was up 5.1% at $31.03 after rising as high as $31.49 earlier in the session. Barbie registered its second consecutive double-digit sales rise in the quarter, but growth slowed to 4% internationally following three consecutive quarters with increases of about 20%. Reuters

Current value: $187.83 billion

Went public in March, 1986 Shares were at $21 per share, closing at $27.75 a share its rst day. At the time, Bill Gates owned 45% of the company.

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Europe 223.4

(in milions, as of Dec. 31, 2011)

Went public in Dec., 1980 $22 per share. At the time, it was the largest IPO since Ford in 1965.

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North America 174.6 Caribbean 6.2 South America 103.3

Consumers will be digging deeper into their pockets to buy flowers, gift cards and chocolates on Valentines Day with average spending expected to rise 8% over last year to nearly $200.

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Current value: $422.37 billion

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Current value: $248.45 billion

Africa 37.7

Asia 183.9 Middle East 18.2 Oceania 13.3

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Sources: Graphic News; Reuters