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The Scariest Thing For Anyone Thinking About Buying The Facebook IPO
Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova | Apr. 23, 2012, 5:25 PM | 6,682 | 16

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Here's the scariest thing to come out of Facebook's updated financials today: The company's growth is rapidly decelerating.

Last quarter it was only up 45%. The quarter before that it was 55%, and the quarter before that it was 104%. 45% is good for most companies, but for a company that's supposed to be a hot IPO it's underwhelming, as is the growth trend.

facebook revenue growth, april 2012

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-revenue-growth-2012-4#ixzz1uyb1i2iC
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