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The IPO Buzz: Dancing with LULU
It was a wild and bumpy ride down the IPO rapids last week. It proved there is no such thing as a “sure thing,” but more on that in a minute. This week’s new-issues calendar gets away from this year’s favorites — technology and specialty financial firms.
IPO Traffic for Week Ended July 20, 2007
The IPO Buzz: Sugar Daddy
Everyone loves a sugar daddy, and Wall Street’s denizens are no exception to this rule. This week, MF Global (NYSE: MF proposed), the Bermuda-based broker of exchange-listed futures and options, plans to go public in a deal that has generated plenty of buzz: A
July 15, 2007
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IPO Traffic for Week Ended July 13, 2007
The IPO Buzz: Techs and Money
It may have been a shortened trading week for Wall Street traders. It wasn’t for its bankers.
IPO Traffic for Week Ended July 6, 2007
The IPO Buzz: Techs Gone Wild
Tech IPOs broke out into party mode in the final week of June – with some of the sharpest opening-day gains seen this year. That trend of techs dancing topless on the beach was right in step with the way this IPO sector has performed throughout the first half of 2007.
IPO Traffic for Week Ended June 29, 2007
The IPO Buzz: Blackstone and Beyond
Not only did the Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) offering dominate last week’s IPO news, it more than lived up to expectations.