IPOs and Secondaries

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Secondary offerings and capital raises often add pressure to a stock.  Don’t tell it to Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: KOG).  The company raised the size of its stock offering and debt...
Yelp! Inc. has just filed for its initial public offering.  The initial paperwork lists no terms but the preliminary amount is for up to $100 million.  While the YELP ticker has been taken, it did...
The last year or so has been good for IPOs in the biofuel and bioenergy sector. Beginning with Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) in 2010, four other companies have successfully issued stock this year:...
Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) is entering the world of public companies and the initial public offering raised $114 million.  This is a consumer review website and it claims to have over 1...
These ETF products which trade in the U.S. but are composed of a bunch of internationally listed shares are often a bit sluggish on their trading.  Now we have a new ETF that may hit home for much...
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) filed for a secondary offering on Monday evening for up to 8 million shares.  The company itself is offering 1,271,255 shares of Class A shares and stockholders are...
The coming week might feel a bit like a return to normalcy as far as securities offerings are concerned.  We are actually set to have several IPOs and we have flagged three of the IPOs we will be...
Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE) had already released data last week that it was conducting a note exchange offering after it had shown a loss after items.  A filing was put in on Friday...
This story was updated for live coverage throughout the day…. with 6 updates….    Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) not only made it to the public market, but it managed to come at a premium. ...
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) is raising capital.  The company announced the sale of $400 million in Convertible Senior Notes which will mature in 2018. These notes are convertible into...
Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) has set its initial IPO terms and the valuation is still astronomical yet far less than what had been expected before.  The social couponing website plans to sell some...
Groupon is fighting a serious headwind to come public.  We have raised flags of caution on this numerous times and the calls against the company are only seeming to become more vocal in the...
After no IPOs for about two months, we finally have an IPO.  Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBNT) is said to be a “next-generation communications technology company” that is actually a...
Zynga Inc. is still planning to come public in an initial public offering.  The online and social gaming company has been making strides of late to distance its dependence solely on Facebook and the...
Carl Icahn was supposed to be done and through with his efforts against Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: LGF).  That was what we thought at any rate based upon prior news releases and...