Larry Page and Sergey Brin hoped to revolutionise the way that companies go public with the IPO of their search engine in 2004. But they weren’t prepared for how far some would go to ensure that they failed.

<p>Larry Page and Sergey Brin hoped to revolutionise the way that companies go public with the IPO of their search engine in 2004. But they weren&rsquo;t prepared for how far some would go to ensure that they failed.</p>

IFR looks back at some of the biggest – and most ground-breaking – deals in capital markets history. 

<p>IFR looks back at some of the biggest &ndash; and most ground-breaking &ndash; deals in capital markets history. </p>

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