Google shares surge in market debut
Shares of Google surged nearly 22 percent in their market debut Thursday, the culmination of a unique and bumpy initial stock offering for the 6-year-old dot-com dreamed up in a college dorm room.
The stock started at $100.01 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, $15.01 higher than its $85 initial offering price. Within the hour of trading, Google was at $103.42, with 12.7 million shares having changed hands.
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