LinkedIn Shares Soar After IPO
Investors and analysts got a glance of the frenzied public demand for shares of social-networking firms on Thursday, as LinkedIn’s first day performance far exceeded even the most sanguine expectations.

IPO SOARED: Linkedin founder Reid Garrett Hoffman (Center with beard) and CEO Jeff Weiner (2nd R) at the ringing of the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange May 19 during the initial public offering of the company. Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
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