Facebook Gets Off to a Poor Start as a Public Company

The Takeaway

After a shaky debut, Facebook is getting off to a bad start on its first week of trading as a publicly held company. Facebook’s stock is sinking nearly seven percent, falling below the $38 IPO price, in the social network’s second day of trading as a public company Monday. Joining us is reporter for our partner the New York Times  Michael de la Merced.

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