{"id":280970,"date":"2010-02-05T06:25:52","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/02\/05\/citing-lousy-market-conditions-friendfinder-networks-cancels-ipo\/"},"modified":"2010-02-05T06:25:52","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T11:25:52","slug":"citing-lousy-market-conditions-friendfinder-networks-cancels-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/280970","title":{"rendered":"Citing Lousy Market Conditions, FriendFinder Networks Cancels IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>FriendFinder Networks Inc. 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(&#8220;FFN&#8221;) announced today that based on market conditions, it has chosen not to proceed with its planned initial public offering at this time until market conditions improve. With this short statement, FriendFinder Networks has canceled its IPO. 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