Wall Street analysts give Facebook cautious nod

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Jun 27, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wall Street's top financial firms delivered highly-anticipated assessments of social networking phenomenon Facebook Inc on Wednesday, giving a cautious nod of approval about the company a month after its rocky initial public offering. full story

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