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In this article, the author reflects on the deal of the American investment banking firm Goldman Sachs with the social networking firm Facebook. Topics discussed include Goldman's bold investment in Facebook, the liberty for Goldman Sachs to sell its directly owned shares at some point, and Facebook's valuation of 50 billion U.S. dollars.

The article discusses competition between financial services firms Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. related to social media sweepstakes for Facebook, an American multinational corporation. It reveals that in the continued attempt by both the firms to use the services of Facebook, biggest gainer is Morgan Stanley, as it has got web 2.0 deals including the Initial public offering (IPOs) of Pandora Media Inc., personalized radio.

The article reports on the ranking of global financial services firm Morgan Stanley in several areas including equity capital and mergers and acquisitions and comments on forms assignment as lead underwriter for ten largest domestic initial public offerings in the U.S., as of October 2007.

The article reports that Bank of China Ltd. is releasing its Initial public offerings (IPO) on June 1, 2006 in Hong Kong, China and is estimating to raise six billion dollars along with the investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as underwriter.

The article informs that Swiss global financial services company UBS will underwrite the largest debt package on a private equity deal by a single bank after the summer credit crisis as of 2007.

The article reports that investment firm Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC have been criticized by the Nasdaq Stock Market, for increasing technology firm Facebook Inc.'s selling shares in initial public offering (IPO), as of May 2012. It mentions about the role of Morgan Stanley as lead underwriter for Facebook. Also mentions critic's comments on Facebook's owner Mark Zukerberg.

The article discusses the factors why the main underwriters in the financial management industry including Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Bank of America Corp. were chosen by insurance company American International Group (AIG) Inc. for the AIG re-initial public offering (IPO). Topics discussed include relegation of financial services provider Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citigroup Inc. to secondary underwriter status by AIG.

The article informs that small investment banks will be the most beneficial from the growth in the initial public offering (IPO) as of 2011. It mentions several small banks which include Piper Jaffray, Jefferies Group, and Cowen Group. Topics discussed include underwriting of IPOs of companies, increase in demand over IPO in technology and healthcare industry, and investment securities.

The article reports on the combined $14 billion exposure of insurers to the municipal bonds in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The article states that finance company JPMorgan Chase Inc.'s decision to pay more than 400 million dollars to settle a lawsuit regarding initial public offerings has put pressure on other banks to act in same way.

The article focuses on the decision taken by financial management company Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. for not joining the publicizing deal of Warner Music Group Inc.

The article focuses on the performance of the initial public offering (IPO) market of the financial services firm Goldman Sachs as of 2013. It mentions that the firm generated 27.4 million U.S. dollars in fees for underwriting seven deals and the firm received third position on the global basis of domestic deals. It also mentions that gains from the Goldman-led deals also increased in the after market.

The article offers information that the "Deal Journal" has reported that the analysts at financial services firm Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Co. has offered a recommendation on Pandora Media Inc. as of April 2014. Topics include the underwriting of the IPO (initial public offering) by Morgan Stanley, a reports by underwriter Stifel Nicolaus on the valuation of Morgan and the impact of the stature of Morgan on financial analysts.

The article discusses the poorly performing collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) insured by the insurance corporation American International Group (AIG). It mentions that the situation resulted in which resulted in a controversial bailout that flowed through to the financial firm Goldman Sachs as well as other firms. Further it adds that the financial software, data and media company Bloomberg has made an analysis of these CDOs that ended up with trashy assets.

The article presents information on the asset value of financial services company Blackstone, which in its initial public offering declared assets worth 40 billion dollars through it insurance agent Goldman Sachs and also mentions that the market is not confident of it valuation.

The article informs that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has denied serving as an underwriter for Thomas Weisel Partners LLC's initial public offering because of timing problems.

The article reflects on the negative initial public offering (IPO) research reports offered by securities analysts and underwriters that impact the pricing of deals. It mentions that the U.S. bank Goldman Sachs analyst issued negative report related to the stock prices of the restaurant franchisor Dunkin' Brands. It further discusses the negative report for social game service provider Zynga issued by the brokerage firm Stern Agee analyst.

The article focuses on the criticism of the financial services firm Goldman Sachs & Co. against the investment measures taken by the social networking service provider Facebook Inc. as of March 2014. Topics discussed include trading of private shares by Facebook, creating of special purpose vehicle (SPV) that will people to invest in Facebook shares and demand of Facebook shares in the U.S. market.

The article focuses on a report by payment processing company First Data which revealed that private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and other investment banks have not finalized the terms for the sale of about 14 billion dollars in loan. Topics discussed include aspects of interest rates above libor rates, economic aspects of the financial services company Citigroup regarding the loan, and Citigroup's position as a top underwriter on leveraged loan deals.

The article reports that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has eliminated its listing fee in a bid to attract more initial public offerings (IPO) activity, wherein earlier companies had to pay up to 250,000 dollars to list in NYSE.

The article reports that financial services firm has dominated the U.S. equity capital league table during the first quarter of 2014.