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Morgan Stanley (MS -2.6%) has offered a price adjustment to Facebook (FB +2.5%) investors in the...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 1:16 PM ETMorgan Stanley (MS -2.6%) has offered a price adjustment to Facebook (FB +2.5%) investors in the event they overpaid due to order execution problems, Dow Jones reports. The news comes as lawsuits fly, politicians huff and puff, and sources tell the WSJ MS and other underwriters have made a $100M profit through "greenshoe" short positions on Facebook shares (Felix Salmon recently explained the arrangement in detail).
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First those who bought should learn a lesson about greed and risk. They didnt deserve to have been fraudulently cheated if that is what happened.
However both Facebook and Morgan Stanley face risks. FB could well find that this disgusting turn of events changes the way people feel about the company. MS a decade ago would perhaps have been responsible for customers losses and penalties if they passed out information selectively. Not sure if fraud allegations against financials have severe penalties in 2012.
I suspect both have made some enemies with this turn of events.