Facebook: Past Tech IPOs Show There are No Guarantees - Before you get too excited about Facebook's initial public offering on Friday, remember that technology IPOs aren't always a long-term investor's best friend.

Carlyle Group 1Q net income falls, revenue dips - The Carlyle Group LP, which went public earlier this month, said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income fell 30 percent as expenses climbed and revenue fell.

ChinaVenture’s 2012 Annual Investment Conference to Be Held This Month in Shanghai - Thorough changes are taking place in China’s PE industry following an explosive growth in 2011, as evidenced in the slowing pace of capital deployments by PE funds amid weakening secondary markets and fewer IPOs in the first two months of 2012.

Green Tech IPOs Get No Love - Will 2012 be a good year for green tech companies to do initial public offerings? ??The outlook seems rather bleak at this point, particularly given the decisions by three companies to cancel their plans to go public in the U.S. in this month alone. Enerkem, which turns trash into fuel, ditched its IPO plan yesterday.??Luca ...

How Facebook Will Sneak Into Your ETFs - Facebook will be added to the holdings of several of these ETFs soon. Other funds, however, won't be graced with the presence of the social-networking giant for weeks--or months--to come.

Want a piece of Facebook? Get in line - Facebook, already assured of becoming one of the most valuable US firms when it goes public later this month, now must convince investors in the next two weeks that it is worth all the hype. The world's ...

Investing in Facebook's IPO - How and when can small investors buy Facebook stock? -- K.R., Green Valley, Ariz. Assuming the much-ballyhooed initial public offering of Facebook comes off later this week, you should have no trouble ...

Facebook: 'Like' the site, hate the IPO - Like LinkedIn, Groupon and Pandora, Facebook has an interesting service but offers questionable value to investors.

The 10 Biggest U.S. IPOs - This story has been updated from its publication on Feb.2, 2012. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Facebook's looming IPO has shone a spotlight on the U.S. IPO market as investors gear up for the largest tech offering ever. ... Click to view a price quote on V . Click to research the Diversified Services industry.

Seniors clamoring to invest in Facebook IPO - Senior citizens may represent one of the smallest segments of Facebook's 900 million users, but at least one group is eager to invest in this week's IPO.