Institutional demand for American International Group's $15 billion initial public offering for AIA, its Asian life insurance unit, is so strong that AIG may close it to institutional buyers two days earlier than planned.
Hulu is considering raising up to $300 million in an IPO next year to add more shows to its subscription service, Reuters reported Friday. Will that be enough capital to keep Hulu competitive with Netflix, as well as services from companies such as Apple, Amazon and Wal-Mart?
Little-known Focus Brands owns chains like Carvel, Cinnabon, Schlotzsky's and Moe's Southwest Grill. It now also owns Auntie Anne's, founded by Annie Beiler (pictured). Her pretzels could help Focus go public at some point.
The automaker's much-anticipated IPO includes plans to offer preferred stock in addition to the usual common stock. What's the difference between them, and which is a better investment? Here's a quick rundown.
A little more than a year ago, bankrupt GM required a massive government bail-out. Today the company began its return to Wall Street by formally filing to hold an IPO. Yet it remains unclear if the once-troubled automaker will be a good investment.
Hulu is preparing to go public, according to a report in The New York Times. The offering could value the video content website at $2 billion.
After a three-year drought, an Indian IPO hit the U.S. markets this week. Travel-booking company MakeMyTrip raised $70 million in its offering, and on its first day of trading, the stock jumped 89% -- the biggest one-day gain in years.
IntraLinks, an online provider of business services, completed its public offering this week, on its third attempt in ten years.
IPOs increased last quarter to their best pace since the financial crisis began, and the pipeline is filled with highly anticipated new offerings. It's a sign that markets are more willing to finance long-term growth, and that investors are again willing to take risks for higher returns.
A new report suggests that social-networking site Facebook will probably put off its IPO until 2012 to give founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg more time to gain users and boost sales without the public scrutiny that comes with a public listing.
Green Dot (GDOT) launched its IPO today, issuing 4.56 million shares at $36 apiece. The initial plan was for 3.85 million shares at a range of $32 to $35. In Thursday's trading, Green Dot's shares rose 22%.
Camelot Information Systems (CIS), which provides information technology (IT) services, went public in the U.S. today. Despite its weak performance so far, the fact remains that Camelot has a strong position in the Chinese IT market and is growing at a rapid clip.
Upstart Qlik Technologies is trying to disrupt things in the business intelligence software world, and as proof of its success, the company pulled off a $112 million IPO Friday. Since opening trading at $10, the stock has seen a nice bounce. So what is Qlik, and what's it doing right?
Smart Technologies, a maker of sophisticated interactive whiteboards for classroom and business use, completed the largest IPO of the year today with a $660 million offering.
Outsourcing logistics to specialists is an ever-more popular, and cost efficient, move in corporate America -- and the sector is poised for growth. One top firm in the field, LINC Logistics, is optimistic enough about the future that it has filed for a $115 million IPO.
Google apparently envies the program that Microsoft's Bing has set up to market music downloads. The Internet search leader now plans to offer its own service by year-end. And that raises some interesting questions.
Global clean-tech venture investments rose 43% to $2 billion in the second quarter. Solar and biofuel startups garnered the biggest funding, while the IPO market for clean-tech was much hotter in China than the U.S.
The cool technology that allows your iPhone or Wii controller to sense how you're moving it is a gyroscopic chip, and as the market for such motion-controlled devices grows, so do the prospects of gyroscopic chip makers like InvenSense, which just announced plans for an IPO.
A lot more money could be flowing to promising startups. But it's not because some investors are disgruntled about VC's high risk, low returns, and scarcity of ways to cash out. And in the absence of a new wave of big tech innovation, investors have little incentive to part with their cash.
Defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, which is majority-owned by the Carlyle Group, has filed for a $300 million IPO.
Cyber-security firm KEYW has filed for an IPO. The offering could raise as much as $100 million. While much about the company must remain confidential, founder Leonard Moodispaw, formerly of the U.S. National Security Agency, seems to inspire investors to take a leap of faith.
Consumers are snapping up smart phones like the iPhone 4 and various Android handsets. But the enthusiasm didn't reach Motricity's IPO. A top mobile data player, the company has a robust growth outlook, despite investors' tepid response.
Telecom software provider BroadSoft struggled in its first day of trading, falling 10% from its initial offering price early in the day.
Tesla Motors has plenty of skeptics. But make no mistake: Its sleek sports car has fired up the imagination of Silicon Valley's wealthy trend-setters. This excitement bodes very well for Elon Musk's auto start-up.
China's AutoNavi Holdings, a digital mapping and navigation services company, has filed for an IPO, with the hope of raising as much as $100 million.
LPL Financial Services, the largest independent brokerage firm, has filed for an initial public offering to raise as much as $600 million, joining several other companies in the IPO market, including HCA, Toys "R" Us, NXP Semiconductors and Nielsen Holdings.
OpenTable looks like proof that a good company in a growing niche can have a bright future, even in today's volatile market. But on the one-year anniversary of its IPO, OpenTable is facing some tough competition.
