'Playboy' Talk Could Affect Google's IPO

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NEW YORK A Playboy interview with Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin that hit newsstands this week could add a new wrinkle in the search company’s pending $3.3 billion initial public offering.

According to an amended prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, Google’s involvement in the story could have violated the Securities Act of 1933, namely quiet-period rules that restrict what a company can say leading up to an IPO.

If Google were held in violation of the Securities Act, the Mountain View, Calif.-based



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