Search for Google IPO Is Over

Updated from 5:42 p.m. EDT

Google has finally filed to go public.

Setting the stage for the most eagerly awaited initial public offering since the tech bubble burst, the Internet search-engine operator filed IPO documents Thursday at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Google will seek to raise $2.7 billion in a deal led by Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston, according to its form S-1. As had been speculated, Google will take the unusual step of selling all of the shares through an auction-based process, rather than giving underwriters the lead role in deciding how much the company is worth. ...