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Facebook arrives on Wall Street looking for a 'Like'

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Now that we know Facebook has a market value of $104 billion, the next sixty-four thousand question for some of us will be should I buy stock. If you can answer that question successful, in several years you could be very rich. Or you could be the Facebook fan who lost their shirt. If you're thinking about it, maybe a closer look at this fairy-tale company will help sway your mind. There is a lot behind the simple "Like" button and your updates. Facebook has been around since 2004, when it was founded by current CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with a few other Harvard University technology wizards. Who would have known that Zuckerberg, now a newlywed as of Saturday, would grow Facebook into one of the world's top social networking websites, which has around 11 offices in the United States, with main digs being in Menlo Park Calif., and 18 or more offices scattered around the globe. You'll probably be surprised to find out, that according to Facebook's w...