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Published: November 9, 2007
Visa files papers for initial public offering; sets target of raising $10 billion
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Visa Inc. hopes to cash in on its massive credit and debit card network by raising up to $10 billion in what would be the second largest initial public offering of stock in U.S. history. The San Francisco-based company disclosed its target amount late Friday in documents it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission , a significant step in a hotly anticipated IPO expected to take place ear...
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As stocks continue rallying, IPOs return
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

...s appetite for risk is returning. IPOs all but dried up in 2008 as investors...market tumbled. Only 43 companies completed IPOs in the U.S. last year, down from 272...com. The amount of money raised through IPOs last year sank 53 percent to $28 billion...

 Article | Sep 18, 2009
Many companies completing IPOs have partnerships
BY ADAM WILMOTH

...public offerings in the past two years literally have something in common. Of the 12 Oklahoma companies that have completed IPOs or filed to become publicly traded in the past 18 months, nine are related to each other or other publicly traded companies...

 Article | Aug 22, 2006
Oklahoma companies' IPOs stampeding toward Wall Street
BY DON MECOY

...this IPO stampede is fueled by energy. Eight of the 12 recent IPOs were launched by energy companies, and all of the planned stock offerings...particularly true for the current red-hot energy market, he said. "IPOs can be very exciting — very sexy,� Russell...

 Article | Jul 29, 2007
2 state energy firms to launch IPOs
BY DON MECOY

...prices and interest among investors in energy stocks make this an opportune time for these local stock offerings. Although both IPOs are expected to occur next week, the precise timing is dependent upon SEC approval, Rader said. Oklahoma-based stock offerings...

 Article | Nov 3, 2007
The Early Word on IPOs
DANNY M. BOYD

...investors to download prospectuses for initial public offerings, or IPOs. Downloads will include prospectuses from all IPO underwriters...online investment bridge for investors who want to participate in IPOs on a level playing field and who otherwise would be shut out...

 Article | Feb 9, 1999
IPOs: Winning lottery tickets, or high risk investments? Potential for huge gains attracts most investors
MIKE STRAIN

...the riskiest investments out there, producing shocking losses in only a few months. They are initial public offerings, or IPOs, a part of the market that had a tremendous amount of investors' attention in 1999. More than $70 billion was pumped into...

 Article | Feb 27, 2000
Getting to Know Truth About IPOs
JUNE WALBERT

...Investors can learn about new issues by referring to the market's major publication, Investment Dealers' Digest, which lists all IPOs as they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Then ask a financial advisor to obtain a copy of a target...

 Article | Jul 11, 1999
Two city companies plan IPOs
MIKE STRAIN

...aren't allowed to comment on the offerings because of a quiet period the Securities and Exchange Commission imposes on all IPOs. Dobson is offering 25 million shares of Class A common stock, with the initial price expected to be $20-$22 per share...

 Article | Feb 1, 2000
China's biggest bank goes public
IPO could generate more than $21.9 billion
BY ELAINE KURTENBACH

...record $18.4 billion IPO staged by NTT DoCoMo Inc. in 1998. Investors snapped up the stocks because they viewed Chinese bank IPOs to be good ways to profit off the nation's roaring economic growth, analysts said. "They are buying for the China growth...

 Article | Oct 28, 2006
Hedge funds pursuing hot IPOs pushing aside retail investors
New York Mercantile Exchange stock was snapped up by big players
BY JOE BEL BRUNO

NEW YORK — The New York Mercantile Exchange's IPO is one of the hottest Wall Street has seen in six years, with investors already reaping big returns as the stock's price doubled. Too bad rank-and-file retail investors didn't see much of it.

 Article | Nov 19, 2006

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