SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Google Inc. plans to open the auction for its hotly anticipated initial public offering on Friday and set the final price next week.
The move comes despite legal questions about a newly published Playboy interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of the online search engine.
The 28 brokerages handling Google's unorthodox initial public offering will begin accepting bids at 9 a.m. EDT Friday, according to a statement posted by the company Thursday.
