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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg ringing Nasdaq's opening bell in Menlo Park...Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg remotely rings the Nasdaq's opening bell in Menlo Park, California, in this May 18, 2012 handout photo courtesy of Facebook. Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history. ©Reuters

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