Initial Public Offering

This Guy Again: He Made $138 On Facebook Shares

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.24.2012

When we last spoke to investor Jim Nichols pre-Facebook IPO, he was eagerly waiting to find out how many shares of Facebook he could buy through E*Tra...

Regulators To Review Facebook IPO Issues

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

By Suzanne Barlyn and Ryan Vlastelica (Reuters) - Two top U.S. financial regulators said the issues around the initial public offering of Facebook ...

Facebook And The Broken I.P.O. System

The New Yorker | Posted 05.22.2012

Monday morning’s big fall in Facebook’s stock hardly came as a shocker. It was clear on Friday that, at the offering price of $38 a share, there w...

Nasdaq To Change IPO Procedures After Facebook Glitch

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX faces short-term costs from its botched handling of Facebook shares on their first day ...

You Might Soon Be Able To Buy Shares Of That Burger

AP | Posted 05.18.2012

NEW YORK -- The owner of fast-food chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's is planning to go public again, seeking to raise an estimated $100 million. CKE Inc...

Here's Why GM Backed Out Of Its Deal With Facebook

Reuters | Ben Klayman and Bernie Woodall | Posted 05.18.2012

By Ben Klayman and Bernie Woodall DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on ...

IPO Boom Hits Speed Bump

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.12.2012

A mini-boom in the IPO market seems to have hit a mini speed-bump. The first quarter of this year was the busiest for initial public offerings sin...

BATS CEO: IPO Debacle 'Completely Regrettable And Very Painful'

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

(Recasts; adds details) By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. exchange operator BATS Global Markets withdrew its initial...

Company Withdraws IPO, After Series Of Glitches

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.23.2012

A bad day for leading high frequency trading exchange BATS just got much worse -- and high-speed trading may have been the culprit. The third-bigge...

World's Leading Racing Circuit Considering Going Public

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012

* CVC likely to sell partial stake in IPO - source * Singapore is likely listing destination - media reports * The F1 se...

Facebook To Big Banks: Have Some Prestige Instead Of Money

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

By Alistair Barr and Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 (Reuters) - Facebook will pay a fee of just 1.1 percent ...

JPMorgan Chase Shocks Wall Street With Facebook IPO Win

Reuters | Nadia Damouni | Posted 04.03.2012

By Nadia Damouni NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co surprised Wall Street by winning a leading role in Facebook's much antici...

Should Zuckerberg Unfriend Wall Street?

Wall Street Journal | Posted 12.13.2011

By virtue of its size, business model and popularity, Facebook is the rare company that doesn't need Wall Street to go public. It should press home th...

Facebook IPO: The Stat You Won't Believe

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 12.20.2011

A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? Being as wealthy as a quarter of the households in the United States combined. Well, it may be ...

Ominous Sign For Any Company Looking To Come Public

Wall Street Journal | LYNN COWAN And RANDALL SMITH | Posted 11.14.2011

More than half of the initial public offerings making their debuts in the U.S. this year are trading below their offer price, an ominous backdrop for ...

Pandora Debuts on New York Stock Exchange

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 08.15.2011

Eliot Van Buskirk

Pandora's IPO valued the company, whose customizable streaming radio service is used by approximately one out of every ten Americans, at $2.6 billion dollars, or $16 per share.

Pandora Hoping To Cash In Following LinkedIn's Success

Posted 08.10.2011

NEW YORK (Clare Baldwin and Jennifer Saba) - Online radio company Pandora Media Inc increased the proposed value of its initial public offering by...

Are Big IPOs Back?

AP | By MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 07.23.2011

NEW YORK -- Success breeds followers. So will LinkedIn's blockbuster IPO lure scores of private companies to the stock market? "One company does not ...

Commodity Trader's Record IPO Makes Muted Market Debut

Posted 07.19.2011

LONDON (Clara Ferreira-Marques and Kylie MacLellan) - Commodities trader Glencore (GLEN.L) made a steady market debut on Thursday, with shares tra...

After IPO, Glencore CEO's Stake May Be Worth Nearly $10 Billion

Bloomberg | Christine Harper, Zijing Wu and Elisa Martinuzzi | Posted 07.04.2011

Glencore International AG’s initial public offering may value Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg’s stake at $9.6 billion, more than Google In...

Commodity Trader Plans Huge IPO, But Not Everyone's Convinced

Posted 07.04.2011

HONG KONG/LONDON (Elzio Barreto and Clara Ferreira-Marques) - Top commodity trader Glencore sought a strong debut for this month's share offering,...

Zipcar Shares Rocket Upward In First Say On Stock Market

Posted 06.14.2011

Zipcar stockholders sold more shares than expected during the initial public offering on Wednesday. Today, during the membership-based car sharing...

Commodity Trader Glencore Aims For High IPO

Posted 06.14.2011

HONG KONG/LONDON (Elzio Barreto and Clara Ferreira-Marques) - Top commodity trader Glencore aims to raise up to $12.1 billion with a dual listing ...

Cleantech Startups Turn To Big Companies For Capital

Reuters | Nichola Groom | Posted 06.07.2011

Fledgling solar power companies looking to grow beyond their venture capital roots are increasingly catching the eye of deep-pocketed corporate investors.

Groupon Valued At $25 Billion

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Daily deals website Groupon could be valued at as much as $25 billion in an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Th...