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The IPO Buzz: A Peek Behind the IPO Scenery
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
With the Thanksgiving holiday in the rear-view mirror, bankers are preparing for the year-end IPO rush. This week, though, they are not getting off to a very fast start.
IPO Traffic for Week Ending Nov. 27, 2009
The IPO Buzz: Under the IPO Radar
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
An unexpected pop and a startling flop generated the most buzz in the IPO market last week. But the most significant development may have flown under the radar: Nine new names joined the IPO pipeline last week.
IPO Traffic for the Week Ending Nov. 20, 2009
IPO Traffic for Week Ended Nov. 13, 2009
The IPO Buzz: IPOs Above the Clouds
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Six deals are perched in this week’s IPO nest, waiting to take flight. Bankers expect to raise $1 billion. And here’s where Mother Nature has something in common with Wall Street -– some of these deals will fly off the runway, while others will not.
The IPO Buzz: Fashionable and Frugal IPOs
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Wall Street will get its own version of Fashion Week with two retailers aiming to go public in the days ahead. One is a company called rue21 (NYSE: RUE – proposed) and the other is Dollar General (NYSE: DG – proposed).
IPO Traffic for Week Ending Nov. 6, 2009
The IPO Buzz: Room at the IPO Inn
By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
November will open its doors with six IPOs this week. They expect to raise $1.65 billion. Not a shabby start, considering that last year, only one deal was priced during the entire month of November 2008. This week’s traffic includes a household name and a dot-com. Let’s take a quick look at this week’s headliners.