(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Attended by no small amount of hype and hoopla, Facebook’s offering had been seen as the spark that would rev up the market. Instead, the offering now looms large as an example of what could go wrong.

Facebook’s follies make weak IPO market weaker

Investing » 2012 shaping up to be worst in five years.

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED

| The New York Times

First Published Jun 02 2012 01:01 am • Last Updated Sep 11 2012 11:32 pm

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