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  Initial Public Offering Getup @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Smaller IPOs may also be significantly affected by state blue sky laws; these laws are usually pre-empted by federal law when the stock is to be listed on a major exchange or NASDAQ, but apply fully to certain medium-scale offerings on a local level.
Any offering during this "quiet period" is called "gun-jumping." After filing, the issuer and underwriters may advertise the IPO through a simple "tombstone" advertisement, listing the name of the company, the amount of stock being offered, the names of the underwriters, and other basic information.
Once the SEC approves the prospectus, the price of the shares is finalized and the IPO enters a "free riding" period in which shares may be offered for sale in a number of ways, such as telephone calls, "road shows" and institutional visits.
www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/Initial_Public_Offering   (1016 words)

  
 initial public offering - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about initial public offering
The issue of shares is generally managed by a financial institution, such as a merchant bank, which acts as an underwriter, organizing and promoting the issue and agreeing to purchase any unplaced shares.
Initial Ready Company (1st unit of DRF to deploy)
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 Initial public offering: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Common stock, also referred to as common shares, are, as the name implies, the most usual and commonly held form of stock in a corporation....
In an ipo, secondary shares, in contrast to primary shares, refer to existing shares of common stock that are sold to new investors....
A stock split is a type of corporate action that replaces shares in a public company with more shares in the same company at a lower price....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/in/initial_public_offering.htm   (1838 words)

  
 Initial public offering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In India, majority of the IPO's get listed in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) or the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Though not the first company to use dutch auction, Google is one established company that went public through the use of auction (though its share price rose 17% in its first day of trading despite the auction method).
Perception on IPOs can be controversial depending on one point of view.
www.birmingham.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Initial_public_offering   (640 words)

  
 Initial public offering at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Initial public offering or IPO in financial market terminology, is the initial sale of the common shares of a corporation to the public.
It is usually a requirement that disclosure be made of the financial situation and prospects of a company be made to prospective investors.
Some stock markets were born for those companies, such as Nasdaq Japan.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Initial_public_offering.html   (255 words)

  
 8: Initial Public Offering - Encyclopedia - Library - VC Experts
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8.2: The AIM Campaign to Enlist IPO Candidates from the US: What It May Mean For Global Venture Capital
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 It's Official: Google Files for IPO
It filed the paperwork for its much-anticipated initial public offering that could raise as much as $2.7 billion and is expected to be a bellwether for the technology industry.
Google, of Mountain View, Calif., plans to offer shares of stock through an auction-based process on either the NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange, according to its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Along with marking Google's official intent to go public, the filing also provides financial and strategic insight into the company that will be closely analyzed by its competitors such as Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division.
www.eweek.com /article2/0,1895,1579861,00.asp   (930 words)

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