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Wall Street Rakes in $1B in Fees on AIG Breakup

Morgan Stanley set to pocket $250M in  'advisory services'

Aug 6, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The crumbling of AIG forced taxpayers to take on 80% of the company, but breaking the insurance giant up is turning out to be a bonanza for lawyers and banks. The Wall Street Journal calculates that firms will pull in $1 billion in fees from AIG and the Fed—one... More »

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insurance companies • Bank of America • Goldman Sachs • Morgan Stanley • IPO • AIG • fees • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout

Analysis

OpenTable Brings (False) Hope for IPOs

Great company creates an old-school frenzy, but it's a one-time deal

May 27, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A hot website goes public, and investors go wild. Shares soar 59% on the first day of trading. “Is this really May 2009?” asks James B. Stewart of SmartMoney. The stock is OpenTable.com, which went public at $20 and is trading just south of $27. "The company... More »

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stock market • OpenTable • IPO • restaurant industry

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg tells Reuters he does indeed intend to take Facebook public—just don't hold your breath waiting for it. The company is still "a few years out from that," said the 25-year-old co-founder. He said Facebook has plenty of capital, though he didn't deny that company execs... More »

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Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • IPO

ANALYSIS

Going Public in Bear Market Is Risky Bet for Rosetta Stone

Firm could make less money due to bear market

Apr 16, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rosetta Stone, the popular language-learning software maker, holds its initial public stock offering today—a risky move in a bear market, Jennifer Collins reports for Marketplace. Rosetta Stone’s profit has quadrupled since 2007, but it could make twice as much by waiting. It’s possible Rosetta needs cash now,... More »

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competition • IPO • software • stock • language • Rosetta Stone • foreign languages

 EBay to Spin Off Skype 
 in IPO Next Year 

Company aims to end 'marriage from hell' through stock offering

Apr 15, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ebay plans to end its uneasy relationship with Skype by offloading the ill-fitting acquisition through an IPO early next year, Bloomberg reports. Analysts say the move could raise up to $1 billion for eBay, depending on how much equity the auction powerhouse wants to give up. The company declined to... More »

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eBay • IPO • Skype • telecommunications • stock offering

 Nasdaq Swipes $80B 
 in NYSE Listings 

Nasdaq offers information, screen-time to woo NYSE clients

Feb 26, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - In the war for stock listings, Nasdaq is on the offensive, offering companies beefed-up information and appearances on the exchange's towering Times Square video screen to woo them from the NYSE, the Wall Street Journal reports. Nasdaq was "very aggressive in creating marketing opportunities" for Dreamworks, including a 7-story... More »

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stock market • NASDAQ • New York Stock Exchange • IPO • Nasdaq • market capitalization • Times Square

Ailing Biotech Firms Need
Shot in the Arm

Flatlining economy threatens breakthrough medical research

Nov 21, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time in years, the biotech industry is in desperate need of a lifeline, Bloomberg reports, as the economic crisis threatens to shove companies into bankruptcy and derail the development of potentially life-saving drugs. “I’m looking down the barrel of a gun,” admitted one CEO.... More »

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Wall Street • investors • pharmaceutical companies • GlaxoSmithKline • stocks • biotechnology • Parkinson's disease • IPO • multiple sclerosis • biotech companies • Alzheimer's Disease • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

Wall Street Woes Will
Wallop Tech Sector

Drying up of IPOs expected to hit tech ventures especially hard

Sep 16, 08 2:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troubles hitting the Wall Street giants promise particularly dark days ahead for the tech business world, analysts tell CNET News. The problems are bound to stifle mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry and further dampen the market for initial public offerings. IPOs have already slowed to a trickle—and... More »

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technology • Wall Street • IPO • venture capital • investment • venture capitalists

Insider Sales Put Facebook's Value at Fraction of $15B

Even CEO Zuckerberg reportedly selling still-private options at bargain prices

Aug 6, 08 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though the stake bought by Microsoft last fall pegged Facebook’s value at $15 billion, a rush of stock sales by insiders at the still-private company shows they think it’s worth much less, BusinessWeek reports. Even Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the social-networking giant, reportedly has sold some... More »

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social networking • Microsoft • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • IPO • shares

Storied Equity Firm KKR Goes Public Today

Firm's aggressive moves inspired Barbarians at the Gate

Jul 28, 08 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.—battling the credit crunch and moribund in the deal-making department this year—will go public this morning in an attempt to kick-start its business and take over its flagging European affiliate, reports the Wall Street Journal. KKR could be worth... More »

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New York Stock Exchange • private equity goes public • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts • KKR • IPO

 Start-Ups
 Hungry for Cash
 in IPO Drought 

Private funding hunt under way in Silicon Valley

Jul 1, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silicon Valley IPOs are suddenly an extremely rare beast, driven nearly to extinction by the sputtering economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The first quarter has seen just five venture-backed offerings, compared to 31 last quarter. “The economics have been destroyed for small-cap IPOs,” says the co-founder of... More »

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entrepreneurs • Silicon Valley • IPO • recession • venture capital

Venture-Capital Investments Decline

Amount of money falls 5% vs. last year, but number of deals rises

Apr 19, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capitalists’ investments declined 5% in the first quarter to $7.1 billion, compared with $7.5 billion this time last year, suggesting entrepreneurial concerns over startups in a troubled economy, the AP reports. The change marks the first year-to-year dip since late 2005. Still, the figure was the fifth-largest... More »

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business • IPO • venture capital • investment • credit crisis • economy

IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

Thousands line up to buy into delayed Safaricom offering

Apr 15, 08 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Safaricom, Kenyan’s partially state-owned cellular giant, went public, Kenyans lined up by the thousands to buy in—a generally good sign for a country recently wracked by paralyzing ethnic violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Safaricom’s IPO itself had been delayed by post-election clashes, but now... More »

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Africa • Kenya • IPO • emerging markets • Kenyan elections • Kenya's economy • Safaricom

 Silicon Valley
 Feels Economic Chill 

Venture capital has dried up, stocks have sagged in tech hot spot

Apr 9, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capital in Silicon Valley is drying up as angel investors, wary of the fickle stock market and tightening credit markets, become more cautious with their cash, the New York Times reports. Their hesitance has slowed the pace of job growth and expansion at tech start-ups, and has dramatically cut... More »

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Google • Silicon Valley • Apple • IPO • venture capital • credit crisis • economy

Silicon Valley's Prodigal Son Comes Home

Frank Quattrone seeks to repair his rep with new investment bank

Mar 19, 08 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silicon Valley prodigal son Frank Quattrone is staging a comeback, poised to debut his new tech-centered investment bank Qatalyst—after years recovering from federal obstruction-of-justice charges. But now that he's back, the question is whether the industry will welcome home an errant child with open arms. Probably, BusinessWeek writes—if... More »

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Silicon Valley • IPO • investment bankers • Internet startups • Netscape • tech sector • information technology • tech industry • investment banks

Interest Soars Sky-High in Visa's $18B IPO

Record-breaking debut could mark turning point for markets

Mar 19, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Visa pulled in almost $18 billion in its initial public offering yesterday, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The credit card company's IPO was the biggest by far in US history and the second biggest ever. The $44-per-share price investors paid was $2 higher than the company's highest estimate, and the... More »

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stock market • New York Stock Exchange • IPO • credit card • credit crisis • Visa

Web 2.0 Firms Taking
Slower Route to IPOs

The new business model calls for a 'slow and easy' approach to going public

Mar 6, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Growing Web 2.0 companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are biding their time before going public, making sure to run up their value as much as possible to fetch top dollar with an IPO, reports Business Week. It’s a far different approach than companies took before the dot-com... More »

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social networking • Google • YouTube • MySpace • Facebook • NetSuite • IPO • venture capital • LinkedIn • PayPal • VMWare • Slide • News Corp

OPINION

Gore to Net a Convenient Profit in IPO

Veep would net $48M on money-losing CurrentTV channel

Mar 6, 08 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - CurrentTV is going public, and that means big money for founder Al Gore. But something about the deal rubs Rob Grover of BusinessWeek the wrong way. Gore is drawing a big salary, even though the little-watched channel is losing money, and the share distribution is decidedly undemocratic—Gore and CEO... More »

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Al Gore • shareholders • IPO • Current TV • corporate governance • Class B shares • populist media

Visa Plans
$17B IPO in Risky Market

Public offering would
be the biggest in
Wall Street history

Feb 25, 08 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Visa is hoping to surpass rival MasterCard’s 2006 stock market debut with a $17 billion IPO that would be the largest in Wall Street history. The company today said it hopes to sell some 406 million shares for $37 to $42 each, reports the Wall Street Journal. The... More »

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New York Stock Exchange • IPO • SEC • shares • Visa • MasterCard • AT&T Wireless

Google Trio Made 20-Year Partner Pact

Investors worried about FCC bid, but honchos are thinking long-term

Jan 31, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Google’s top three honchos made a pact just before their 2004 IPO to stay together at the search behemoth for at least 20 years. News of the informal agreement—which one analyst called “really very, very positive”—comes as investors fret about the company's bids in the... More »

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Google • IPO • spectrum auction • 700 Mhz

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