According to a new report from CNBC, the world's most popular social network, Facebook, may be planning on filing a $100 billion initial public offering (a.k.a. "IPO") early next year. If the IPO does top $100 billion, which it easily could, it would be one of the largest in history. For comparison, Google's IPO was filed for $23 billion in 2004.

It was revealed earlier that Facebook must begin reporting its financial earnings every quarter, regardless of whether it's a private or public company.

If everything goes well, we may see Facebook go public in less than nine months.

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