California Watches Projected Tax Revenues From Facebook IPO Sink With Stock Price

Do you remember that pot of taxation-revenue gold the state of California was expecting under the rainbow following Facebook’s initial public offering? Hold that thought.

Do you remember that pot of taxation-revenue gold the state of California was expecting under the rainbow following Facebook’s initial public offering? Hold that thought.

The state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office based its earlier projections on a stock price for Facebook of $42 per share, which was even more optimistic than the state Department of Finance’s projection of $35 apiece, according to a report in The Sacramento Bee.

The social network’s shares have sputtered, however, trading at around $20.27

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