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Facebook Already Amends Its IPO Filing Paperwork (FB)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 4:53 pm

In a highly unusual move, Facebook has an amended S-1 filing already in at the SEC.  That is a near-record time.  The company is noting: "This Amendment No. 1 to ...
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Caesars, A Sham Of An IPO… Beware The Ides of March (CZR, APO, GS, WYNN, LVS)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 11:41 am

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) is beyond weird when it comes to initial public offerings.  This was one of our TOP 17 IPOS TO WATCH IN 2012.  We also make ...
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Enerkem IPO Filing: Waste to Biofuel… Back to the Future!

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 3:25 pm

Enerkem Inc. has filed its paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering.  The company did not list any terms of the IPO but its filing is for up ...
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Caesars IPO… From Odd To Just Bizarre (CZR)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 3:02 pm

Caesars Entertainment Corporation is supposed to be one of the Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2012.  That remains the case, but it is not because we have such admiration ...
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The Facebook Halo-Effect Lifts All Social Players (SOCL, IPG, GS, MSFT, LNKD, ZNGA, FFN, GSVC)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 6:48 pm

The social media hype around the Facebook IPO is driving many shares in the sector of online social media.  Some of the Halo-effect may not even be deserved, and this ...
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Facebook Full IPO Filing Details (FB, MS, GS, MSFT, TROW, ZNGA, GSVC, IPG)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 5:29 pm

Facebook, Inc. has now filed its paperwork with the SEC which will allow the social networking giant to conduct an initial public offering.  It should be no real surprise that ...
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Eight Industries the U.S. Has Lost to China

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 6:44 am

Americans are used to the U.S. being the leader, or a top-ranked nation, in many areas. But in a number of industries and businesses, the U.S. has lost that first ...
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Secondary Stock Offering Floodgates Open Wide (ARCC, SAVE, AONE, SQNM, BWP, HTGC, MMLP, ZIOP, FRAN, NAT)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 11:50 am

If you watch underwritings in stocks, it would be literally impossible not to pay attention to the waves of secondary stock offerings from companies in the last 48 hours.  Some of ...
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Carlyle Remains On Track for 2012 IPO (CG, BX, KKR, ACAS, OZM, FIG, PSP)

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 11:44 am

The Carlyle Group L.P. is still planning to be one of the top private equity initial public offerings of 2012.  We even named it as one of the Top 17 ...
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The 17 Most Important IPOs To Watch In 2012

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 10:04 am

The initial public offering market  in 2012 is likely to be much stronger than many anticipate. Despite the lingering uncertainty and the underperformance of many popular IPOs in 2011, this ...
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Oil & Gas IPO Market Reflects on Late-2011 Duds (AMID, BCEI, SN, LPI)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 3:18 pm

The IPO market is 2011 was not the greatest of the last decade.  Some deals soared, but many deals flopped.  We were very skeptical of many of the internet IPOs ...
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Busted Zynga IPO Weighs Further On Social Media Shares (ZNGA, GRPN, LNKD, SINA, SOCL, GSVC)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 10:35 am

Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is an initial public offering in trouble.  Whether you call it a busted IPO, a broken IPO, or something else is up to you, but the ...
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Zynga Becomes Busted IPO In First Day (ZNGA, LNKD, GRPN, SINA, SOCL)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 11:41 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) was supposed to be attractively priced as far as how the company was given a $7 billion valuation at its IPO price.  Some talk was that ...
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Zynga IPO Prices! Great Offering, Lousy Voting Rights (ZNGA)

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 5:06 pm

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is a done deal.  The online social gaming company sold 100 million of its Class A shares at $10.00 per share, which was the top of ...
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Pre-IPO Fund Debuts In Listing From Keating (KIPO, NPTN, SZYM, GSVC)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 10:39 am

Keating Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIPO) is debuting in trading today.  The closed-end fund is a pre-IPO fund and it had approximately $77 million in assets as of September 30, 2011.  ...
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