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Potbelly trading surges more than double after IPO pricing increase
On Friday, the New York bourse saw an increase in trading of Potbelly Corp's shares after its public listing launch.
Avaya to explore sale to Oracle after elusive IPO
Avaya Inc had explored a sale earlier this year instead of taking the company private, said a Reuters report.
The impact of bad publicity on merger plans
According to a report from Reuters, bad publicity would cause a great impact on an upcoming deal as stated in the Journal of Financial Economics by Baixiao Liu and John McConnell.
Hollywood shows risk in Twitter business model, IPO in prospectus
Twitter Inc's prospectus filing on Thursday revealed its reliance in influential users like celebrities to be more relevant.
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Susan Bennett said she revealed her identity after the release of a Verge video showing people's interest in the voice behind Apple Inc's voice app Siri.
Google, SAP and Cisco had been in discussions to possible acquire struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry, said a Reuters report.
French clothing retailer Vivarte had been in discussions regarding a possible reset of its loan agreements to make its EUR2 billion debt easier to manage, said a Reuters report.
The withdrawal of Carl Icahn's threat to have a court declared valuation is a sign that the billionaire investor's short term goals.
Mortgage insurance firm Essent added Wells Fargo into its list of underwriters together with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Barclays.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co filed a complaint in the Delaware Chancery Court to compel Apollo Tyres in closing its acquisition transaction soon, said a Reuters report.
Sotheby's would adopt its shareholders right plan after Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund planned to increase its stake in the company and pushed to shakeup the company's management team, said a Reuters report.
According to a report from Reuters, the memories of Facebook's IPO had cloud up Twitter's debut which had dampened enthusiasm for the shares of the social networking platform.
In a basic comparison, Twitter's risk factors were longer than Facebook's, which may indicate a riskier investment.
On the first day of the Presidents Cup, Lindsey Vonn placed a squirrel on the shoulder of boyfriend Tiger Woods.