In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over fees

"The Facebook IPO will be iconic," said James Montgomery, chief executive of San Francisco-based investment bank Montgomery & Co, which advises tech companies on mergers, acquisitions and private placements. Facebook can easily negotiate a 1 percent

An IPO of this size would rank Facebook among the world's largest public companies. The company could file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as early as Wednesday, with the IPO taking place in only a few months.

As Wall Street eagerly waits to see Facebook's financial results when it prepares to file for its long-awaited initial public offering possibly as early as Wednesday, ComScore reports that the company continues to grow its dominance in display ads – it

When Facebook makes its debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America. (Jan.

Technology Sector ETFs rose today in anticipation of Amazon's earnings reports and a possible Facebook IPO filing.