Description: The Wall Street analyst-turned-blogger Henry Blodget called it “a disaster.” The Wall Street Journal labeled it a “botched offering.” And after Facebook’s much-criticized initial public offering in May 2012, Morgan Stanley’s vaunted technology investment banking team, the lead underwriter on the deal, looked as if it were down for the count.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: May 09, 2014

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/business/morgan-stanley-is-still-silicon-valleys-bank-of-choice.html?ref=business

Questions for discussion:

• Summarize discussions about performances by the firms presented in this report.
• Do you agree with these assessments?