[wagglebee]

Google is run by a bunch of leftists, but I have a feeling the success of this IPO is going to give a huge psychological boost to the already booming economy and really help Bush in November.

[ken5050]

IT'll be a success..in that the company successfully goes public..raises a ton of $$, and gets to keep most of it..unlike the dotcom era..where the stock runups often went to the favored flippers..hpwever, the nature of this unique auction almost guarantees that the stock will go DOWN right after it opens..and stay down for a while...thus many of the "lucky ones" who got in on it..will lose money...

IN a related matter..the fact that Google chose the NASDAQ may well be the final push to get MSFT to cross over to the Big Boards..which has been holding the "M" open ..Has Google chosen its ticker symbol?

[Moonman62]

I don't think they'll ever go public. Look at all the free publicity they've gotten the past two years.