Zuckerberg To Ring Nasdaq Bell From Facebook HQ Friday Morning

Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will do the Nasdaq honors Friday morning, marking his company’s initial public offering by ringing the stock exchange’s bell, meaning that he will sign a screen and press a button from the social network’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., according to reports.

Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will do the Nasdaq honors Friday morning, marking his company’s initial public offering by ringing the stock exchange’s bell, meaning that he will sign a screen and press a button from the social network’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., according to reports.

The news was first tweeted by CNBC and later confirmed by TechCrunch.

Nasdaq.com will broadcast the event in real time. Watching is sure to be a nationwide spectator sport for a certain slice of the population, as the media frenzy leading up to the May 18 IPO has been rather feverish.

It appears to be full-steam ahead amid earlier rumors of a possible delay in the IPO, as Facebook documents filed today confirm that the social network will appear on the Nasdaq exchange with the symbol FB.

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