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Social media sites work across platforms and uses
After Twitter's IPO and the expansion of Facebook, other social media services such as SnapChat, WhatsApp and other social networking sites compete against one another.
Alibaba benefits from e-commerce frenzy at 11.11 Fest as it nears IPO
Several industry observers believed that Alibaba's upcoming IPO on November 15 would not be eclipsed by the media frenzy of Twitter Inc's recent public listing.
Tarkett to raise EUR 539.7 million in IPO
French flooring manufacturer Tarkett would be pricing shares for its IPO at EUR 27.75 to EUR 33.90 per share in its planned listing on the NYSE Euronext Exchange.
Robinson's IPO affected by Typhoon Haiyan
Money managers saw the retreat of IPO valuations for the Robinson's Retail Holdings Inc's IPO due to the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan.
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Seplat Petroleum Development Co said it planned a dual stock listing for the Nigerian oil firm. Nigeria-based oil firm Seplat Petroleum Development Co said it was thinking of listing its shares on two bourses.
Private equity-owned Numericable and Merlin Entertainments held successful initial public offerings despite holding higher debts.
Moncler would need to offer more than skiwear if it wants its initial public offering to be a success, according to a Bloomberg report.
Consumer web companies had been filling the IPO lull typically experienced during the holiday season, said Reuters.
A Forbes contributing article by an economist said Twitter's massive hype could not save itself from faring better on the stock market in the long-run.
Since the Facebook bungle, Nasdaq had been hard pressed to recover to list more tech IPO stocks in its fold.
Market acceptance at an IPO lull period is the message Twitter sent to all fellow start ups. The initial public offer of Twitter had sent a powerful signal to technology executives reviewing market floats of Silicon Valley startups.
Data storage company Box, one of Silicon Valley's highly anticipated IPO candidates, has selected Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and JPMorgan Chase & Co to lead a proposed initial public offering, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday:- Healthcare conglomerate Danaher Corp has teamed up with Blackstone Group LP BX.
Micro-blogging site Twitter closed at USD41.65 today, dropping by 7.24% from its IPO debut. Social media site Twitter closed its second day of trading at USD41.