Thursday, May 17, 2012

Tech ipos

  • Facebook plans to raise $16 billion, making it the largest IPO ever of any Internet company, and The Associated Press reports that it could be among the largest IPOs in history.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • SAN FRANCISCO – Silicon Valley is once again flush with nouveau riche after a wave of tech IPOs that will be eclipsed by Facebooks.
  • (USA Today)
  • And definitely dont watch the video if youre faint of heart. A tattoo artist in New Jersey who really hates wrist straps implanted magnets in his arm to hold an iPod nano. And it worked.
  • (news.discovery.com)
  • NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- There are plenty of reasons to like Facebook, but Internet IPOs are better known for their epic flops than wild successes.
  • (CNN Money)
  • Before you get too excited about Facebooks initial public offering on Friday, remember that technology IPOs arent always a long-term investors best friend. Facebook plans to sell 337.
  • (USA Today)
  • Everybodys on Facebook. But how are they going to make money? The accompanying graphic looks at how some of the tech IPOs have performed recently.
  • (CNBC)
  • Today: Cisco (CSCO) has its biggest Wall Street fall in more than a year, taking other tech stocks down with it. Plus: Two Silicon Valley companies have strong IPO days, and Microsoft integrates Facebook with Bing in challenge to Google (GOOG).
  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • Meanwhile, tech IPO activity is surging. There were 13 tech IPOs and 14 IPO registrations during the first quarter of 2012, continuing the trend from 2011 which saw 65 tech IPO listings overall, which itself was a 27 percent boost over 2010.
  • (TechCrunch)
  • Will 2012 be a good year for green tech companies to do initial public offerings? The outlook seems rather bleak at this point, particularly given the decisions by three companies to cancel their plans to go public in the U.S. in this month alone.
  • (Forbes)

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