The number of initial public offerings in the second quarter ground to a halt because of Facebook's disappointing public debut, according to new data from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson Reuters.
While Facebook Inc's US$16bil (RM48mil) offering made the second quarter the strongest period on record by dollars raised, the number of deals fell by 50% to 11% in the quarter versus the same quarter last year.
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