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The IPO Buzz: Rolling the Dice
Three high-profile IPOs were priced last week. One crashed on take-off, one did better than expected and the other didn’t trade. Investors coughed up over $12.6 billion to buy the trio.
IPO Traffic: Week ending May 26, 2006
The IPO Buzz: The Price Is Right
The IPO Express made all the scheduled stops on its timetable last week. Two stations were bypassed, but those deals were carryovers from previous weeks.
IPO Traffic; Week of May 15, 2006
The IPO Buzz: On the Runway
Should the hopes and dreams of some of Wall Street’s investment bankers and their corporate clients come to pass, then this week’s IPO calendar could turn out four deals. Don’t bet on it.
May 3, 2006
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IPO Traffic: Week of April 24, 2006
IPO Traffic: Week of April 17, 2006
The IPO Buzz: Cashing the blank checks
There was one thing that the end of February and the beginning of March had in common. If it weren’t for the issuance of “blank check” IPOs, there would have been no IPO market.
March 6, 2006 Read MoreThe IPO Buzz: Early Curtain Call
February 2006’s IPO production line closed down early this year. The last of the month’s traffic was priced and traded on Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. That leaves only Monday evening, Feb. 27, 2006, for bankers to price anything. And in all probability, that’s not going to happen.
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