IPO

Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) were never able to take wing on the first trading day of the fourth quarter. The stock sputtered 6.47 percent on news that top executives, including CEO Dick Costolo and co-founders Jack Dorsey and Ev Williams, had unloaded nearly $50 million in stock throughout...

The General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) IPO launched on November 17, 2010. Since then, much has happened with the “new” General Motors. Over the past four years, from November 17, 2010, when the “new” GM launched, to now, General Motors Company share prices were down...

One of the more interesting companies set to launch an initial public offering before the end of 2014 has been New Zealand’s Martin Aircraft Co. Ltd. Martin said it wanted to raise up to $22 million to fund further development of its stable of jetpacks. According to The Wall Street...

Last week, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) announced that it would be conducting an initial public offering of its luxury sports car brand, Ferrari. The announcement comes just a month after General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) decided to break off its own luxury brand, Cadillac, and...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) is finally here. The Chinese E-commerce mammoth expects to be the largest U.S. IPO in history by raising up to $25 billion from investors. When hype and expectations get bloated, reality can be distorted. Truths Alibaba is a big deal -- literally. Not...

The IPO calendar picks up for the week of September 15, with seven new issues slated to debut including the much anticipated Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) IPO. Wednesday, September 17 Home health and human services provider, Civitas Solutions (NYSE: CIVI), serves handicapped individuals who are...

In anticipation of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) massive IPO due on Friday and in honor of this year’s outstanding year for IPOs, it seems only natural to look back at some of this year’s biggest IPOs on the most active exchanges. The top five exchanges by percent of...

Yesterday, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON: RBS) revealed more details about its upcoming spinoff. The IPO, which will center on RBS's US retail banking arm Citizens Financial, is expected to raise upwards of at least $3 billion with a total market capitalization above $13 billion...

Fast casual restaurant chain Shake Shack recently tapped JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley to underwrite its IPO. The news comes on the heels of three other restaurant offerings this year: Zoe's Kitchen (NYSE: ZOES), Papa Murphy's Pizza (NASDAQ: FRSH) and El Pollo LoCo (NASDAQ:...

The week of August 11 will experience a light load of IPOs, both in quantity and size. The two IPOs, Otonomy (NASDAQ: OTIC) and C1 Financial (NYSE: BNK), will price on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Otonomy Otonomy is an $80 million biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative...

Distributor of mobile phone games like the Temple Run series and Subway Surfers, iDreamSky Technology (NASDAQ: DSKY) priced its 7.7 million ADS at $15, a hair above the expected range of $12 to $14. The question is, will iDreamSky be another King Digital (NYSE: KING), or will it run...

This should be a big week for initial public offerings, with 23 new issues on the docket, including Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF), the biggest IPO since Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). Founded in 1932, Synchrony Financial is one of the largest consumer credit lenders in the United States. Through a...

It is rare for a company that has already filed for an IPO to seek new financing. Box Inc. did just that Monday, raising $150 million from private equity firm, TPG Growth and from Coatue Management, L.L.C. According to The Wall Street Journal, data from Dow Jones VentureSource indicated that...