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Business Definition for: IPO

  • initial public offering

Wiktionary Definition for: IPO

  • Initial Public Offering

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KKR's Dollar General Files For $750 Million IPO
By Megan Davies and Phil Wahba NEW YORK (Reuters) - Discount retailer Dollar General Corp, backed by powerful private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR, filed for an initial public offering of up to $750 million on Thursday, according to a regulatory filing. It could be one of...
Tags: IPO, Dollar General Corp.
News items 2009-08-20
As Predicted, VMware will IPO in 2007
In October, 2006, I wrote the article, "VMware as LBO Opportunity for EMC?" The article examined the impact that the VMware acquisition has had on the EMC bottom line and speculated on some ways that EMC could benefit its shareholders by spinning out the EMC asset with an IPO in...
Tags: Storage, Investment, uptick, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., IPO
Blog posts 2007-02-08
Executive Stock Options And IPO Underpricing
In about one-third of US IPOs between 1996 and 2000, executives received stock options with an exercise price set equal to the IPO Initial Public Offerings offer price rather than a price determined by the market. Among firms with such "IPO options", 58 percent of top executives receive a net...
Tags: Stock Option, Stock, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2006-07-31
More Powerful IPO Express Service Introduced by EDGAR Online; Expanded Tools for Financial Professionals and Investors
Business &Technology Editors NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 8, 2000--EDGAR Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR) today introduced a new version of the company's IPO Express service (http://www.ipo-express.com), a resource for breaking IPO news, IPO calendars and in-depth searching of the company's vast database of 3,400+ IPO companies...
Tags: financial, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., tool
Research articles 2000-02-08
IPO "Crisis" Crushes Small Caps, Grant Thornton Contends
The market for initial public offerings — particularly among small-caps — is mired in a crisis, Grant Thornton capital-markets consultants contend. The debacle has been caused largely by wrong-footed regulatory and technological moves, rather than the downturn in the economy, they say. "Over the last several years, the IPO market...
Tags: IPO
News items 2009-10-07
Delta Lloyd's IPO Fully Covered
By Daisy KuLONDON (Reuters UK) - Investors have already placed enough orders to back Delta Lloyd's 1.2 billion euro (1.1 billion pound) initial public offering IPO with about a week to spare, pointing to decent demand for Western Europe's biggest flotation this year.A spokeswoman for Delta Lloyd, the Dutch unit...
Tags: Delta Lloyd, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Blackstone, Europe
News items 2009-10-27
A Fully-Rational Liquidity-Based Theory Of IPO Underpricing And Underperformance
The author presents a fully-rational symmetric-information model of an IPO Initial Public Offering, and a dynamic imperfectly competitive model of trading in the IPO aftermarket. The model helps to explain IPO underpricing, underperformance, and why share allocations favor large institutional investors. In the model, underwriters need to sell a fixed...
Tags: Theory, Investor, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2006-02-21
IPO Failure Risk: Determinants And Pricing Consequences
While a large body of research examines different aspects of the post-IPO Initial Public Offering stock return performance of new listings, little has been documented regarding the firm-specific characteristics that are associated with IPO failures. The authors contribute to the IPO literature by developing an IPO failure prediction model that...
Tags: Pricing Strategy, University Of Rochester, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2005-04-27
SSA Global files IPO.(Views from the front)
Enterprise suite vendor SSA Global wasn't about to discuss the company's June 4 filing for an initial public offering IPO--given that Salesforce.com had to delay its IPO after CEO Marc Benioff talked to the press during its IPO "quiet ... Enterprise suite vendor SSA...
Tags: IPO
Research articles 2004-07-01
IPO Express Calendar For Jan 31
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 31, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol...
Tags: Company, FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-01-31
IPO Express Calendar For Feb 01
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 1, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-01
IPO Express Calendar For Feb 02
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 2, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-02
IPO Express Calendar for Feb 03
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 3, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and lead underwriter. ...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-03
IPO Express Calendar for Feb 04
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 4, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and lead underwriter. ...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-04
IPO Express Calendar For Feb 07
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 7, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-07
IPO EXPRESS CALENDAR FOR Feb 08
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 8, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-08
IPO Express Calendar For Feb 09
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 9, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-09
IPO Express Calendar For Feb 10
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 10, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-10
IPO Express Calendar For Feb 17
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 17, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and...
Tags: FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-17
IPO Express Calendar for Feb 18
Business Editors SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 18, 2000 The following IPO Calendar has been issued by IPO Express (http://www.ipo-express.com), a service of EDGAR Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:EDGR). This calendar lists all of the expected IPO's for the next 60 days along with size, price range, proposed ticker symbol and...
Tags: FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-02-18