Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn (￡48bn) and $100bn, reports suggest.
據(jù)報(bào)道，美國(guó)社交網(wǎng)站Facebook臉譜網(wǎng)將于本周正式啟動(dòng)公司上市進(jìn)程。市場(chǎng)分析人士預(yù)計(jì)，F(xiàn)acebook估值可能會(huì)在750億-1000億美元。
The company plans to file papers with the US financial
watchdog on Wednesday, according to the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal.
根據(jù)英國(guó)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》和美國(guó)《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》的報(bào)道，F(xiàn)acebook在本周三正式向美國(guó)金融監(jiān)督機(jī)構(gòu)提交首次公開籌股申請(qǐng)。
The
flotation later this year would raise about $10bn, they reported. This would be one of the biggest share sales seen on Wall Street.
報(bào)道中表示上市將融資100億美元。Facebook的此次上市融資創(chuàng)下來(lái)華爾街科技公司IPO之最。
It would
dwarf the $1.9bn raised by Google when it went public in 2004.
Facebook的此次上市，更是讓2004年谷歌上市時(shí)融資的19億美元相形見絀。
The reports suggest that Morgan Stanley will be the lead
underwriter for the sale, with Goldman Sachs also expected to be heavily involved.
報(bào)道中稱，摩根士丹利投資公司是此次上市的主承銷商，高盛集團(tuán)雖在此次的主承銷權(quán)爭(zhēng)奪中不敵摩根士丹利，但也會(huì)深入?yún)⑴c其中。
Rumours of Facebook's so-called initial public offering (IPO) have
circulated for many months, and the company has maintained it will not comment on the subject.
關(guān)于Facebook首次公開籌股的流言蜚語(yǔ)已經(jīng)傳了好幾個(gè)月，對(duì)此公司上下緘默不語(yǔ)，公關(guān)部門和普通員工均拒絕發(fā)表任何評(píng)論。
The reported valuation would make Facebook one of the world's biggest companies by market capitalisation.
報(bào)道中預(yù)計(jì)，F(xiàn)acebook上市后將成為全球市值最大的公司之一。
"Facebook a brilliant achievement, but $75-$100bn? Would make Apple look really cheap," said Rupert Murdoch on Twitter.
傳媒大亨魯伯特·默多克在Twitter上發(fā)表評(píng)論表示：“Facebook成就輝煌，不過(guò)750億-1000億美元估值真的會(huì)讓蘋果公司看起來(lái)很廉價(jià)?！?/div>
The company was started by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow students at Harvard University in 2004 and has quickly grown to become one of the world's most popular websites.
Facebook公司由馬克·扎克伯格及同學(xué)于2004年在哈佛的大學(xué)宿舍創(chuàng)辦，目前已經(jīng)迅速發(fā)展成為世界上最受歡迎的網(wǎng)站之一。
It makes most of its money through advertising.
Facebook最大的收益來(lái)自于廣告盈利。
As a private company, Facebook does not have to publish its accounts, but reports in January last year suggested a document sent by Goldman Sachs to its clients showed the firm made a net profit of $355m on revenues of $1.2bn in the first nine months of 2010.
作為一家私營(yíng)公司，F(xiàn)acebook不必將收益狀況公布于眾，但去年1月高盛集團(tuán)的客戶文件報(bào)告顯示，2010年前九個(gè)月，F(xiàn)acebook總收入12億美元，純利潤(rùn)為3.55億美元。
