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The IPO Buzz: SPACs in the Spotlight
Bankers are expected to price one IPO this week, or maybe it will get done the first week of September. That’s the way it goes with the specified purpose acquisition companies, also known as SPACs, or “blank check” companies. Sometimes they get priced, sometimes they don’t. Everything is in the hands of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
August 26, 2007
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IPO Traffic – Week Ended Aug. 24, 2007
The IPO Buzz: A Brodie and Some Bounty
On Thursday, Wall Street gave us a classic selling climax. On Friday, the Fed gave us a discount rate cut. And over the last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given us 60 new IPO filings expecting to raise $9.6 billion. The message is clear –- look for a great fall season.
The IPO Buzz: Pioneers and Profits (Updated)
You need a little bit of juice to get out the door in today’s IPO market. Last week was a classic example and this week’s “deal of the week” is as well.
IPO Traffic for Week ended Aug. 17, 2007
IPO Traffic for Week Ended Aug. 10, 2007
The IPO Buzz: Boxing with the Bear
With “the Bear” in the headlines, as in Bear Stearns, and the problems with subprime loans that produced a volatile stock market, not too much attention has been given to the IPO calendar. And guess what? This week boasts a baker’s dozen on the new-issues launching pad. The 13 IPOs aim to raise nearly $1.7 billion. Now that’s heavy traffic.
IPO Traffic for Week Ended Aug. 3, 2007
The IPO Buzz: Shooting the Rapids
The selling wave that swept through Wall Street last week did not drown the IPO market. Bankers priced everything on the calendar. And they plan to deliver an equally robust line-up this week.