The IPO Buzz: Southern Comfort for IPOs

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
When you hear Nashville, the Grand Ole Opry comes to mind. But that’s not the only thriving business in that part of Tennessee. This week’s IPO calendar features two Nashville-based companies with healthcare-related businesses: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CPIX – proposed) and Emdeon (NYSE: EM – proposed).
 
August 9, 2009 Read More

The IPO Buzz: IPOs Get Hip to PPIP

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Depending upon which IPO service you follow, you’ll find either two or three deals on this week’s new-issues calendar. Two are newly minted companies while the other has been publicly traded since October 2005.
 
July 26, 2009 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Peek into the IPO Bull Pen

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
The yellow brick road to the Land of IPOs starts at the filing window of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Last week was the busiest in 11 months. The funny thing was that it wasn’t just munchkins or bumper cars going down that yellow brick road. Weaving in and out of traffic: A bull was spotted. The NASDAQ Composite Index closed at a high for 2009 on Friday.
 
July 19, 2009 Read More

The IPO Buzz: Anatomy of a Bank Conversion

By: John E. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Every now and then a strange creature will wiggle its way onto somebody’s IPO calendar. It really isn’t your day-to-day initial public offering; it’s known by different names. This week’s calendar has one such deal. It is called a bank conversion and it’s offered on a “best effort” basis.
 
July 12, 2009 Read More
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