Facebook Readies IPO Filing
Facebook could file IPO paperwork as early as Wednesday of next week, and Morgan Stanley is close to winning the "lead left" position in the IPO. Facebook has been valued between $75 and $100 Billion dollars. The Internet giant is close to picking ...
Facebook IPO could value it among top companies
Click here Facebook IPO could value it among top companies Originally published: January 27, 2012 2:21 PM Updated: January 27, 2012 7:50 PM By The Associated Press RYAN NAKASHIMA (AP Business Writer) (AP) -- When Facebook makes its long-expected debut ...
Roundy's IPO priced at $10 to $12 a share
The company, which currently has four stores in the Chicago area, will have nearly 41.5 million common shares outstanding after the IPO. It plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RNDY". "We believe the Chicago market provides ...
Guidewire IPO shines; IntelePeer buzz weak
By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Guidewire Software soared more than 30% Wednesday following its IPO, making for a strong debut in the first of two expected offerings this week from the hot cloud-computing ...
Facebook to make IPO, Gupta case twist, Ford underwhelms analysts
The company is considering a valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion, and Goldman Sachs Group will probably play a "major role" in the IPO, the newspaper reported. Facebook has been discussing raising $10 billion in a share sale that would value it at ...
  
Zynga stock closes higher than IPO price for first time

With investors jazzed from a Wall Street Journal report that Facebook is considering filing for an IPO next week, Zynga -- which derives most of its revenue from the Menlo Park social network -- saw its shares increase 5.6 percent Friday to close at ...
Direct Edge Exploring Sale Or IPO As Exchange Plots Growth

“The IPO market does appear to be becoming a little more receptive to transactions generally,” O'Brien said. A float or sale of Direct Edge, an all-electronic exchange group home to 9.4% of daily trading in US stocks, would come as the firm seeks to ...
Verastem Climbs Post-IPO

By LYNN COWAN Biopharmaceutical firm Verastem Inc. climbed in early trading after boosting the size of its deal. The company's stock opened at $11 a share on the Nasdaq, up from its initial public offering price of $10. It sold 5.5 million shares, ...
Is Another VC Boom on the Horizon?

AP Among the biggest beneficiaries will be the VC firms that invested in Facebook early on. Accel Partners invested $12.7 million in Facebook back in 2005 when the company was priced around $100 million. The next year Greylock Partners and Meritech ...
IPO market showing signs of improvement ahead of Facebook IPO (by Renaissance Capital)

So far in 2012, the FTSE Renaissance US IPO Index has run up 10.4% year-to-date, more than double the S&P 500's 4.8% return. This is a good sign for the historically large backlog of companies waiting to go public, which includes 217 companies hoping ...