Canadian regulators just ok’d the sale of Green Bay Packers stock to Canadian citizens.  You better hurry, AY!

What a relief!  It looks like Facebook will have paper stock certificates after all.  See a larger image below:Â

Sometime in the second quarter, a magic wand will be waved transforming Facebook into a publicly held company……That may be how it appears to the masses but there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes.  Â

I coined a new word for Merriam-Webster to add that is based on one of 2012′s most talked-about events. The word is “fipo” (pronounced FI-PO, not like hippo with an “f”). Derived from the combination of  “Facebook” and “IPO”, here’s the definition I propose: