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The market for Initial Public Offerings is booming.  After seeing so many IPOs trade exponentially higher than expected in 2010, the market should continue to be strong in 2011.  We have created...
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is back again in the capital markets.  Once a seller, always a seller.  The company will offer $300 million in eight-year maturity notes, pushing out its...
Greenwich Kahala Aviation Ltd. has filed its F-1 (foreign issuer) paperwork with the SEC for a proposed Initial Public Offering today.  Terms were not set but the filing is for up to $250 million in...
SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) is trying its hand again at getting its asset focus better for return of shareholder value.  The company has announced that has filed its paperwork with the SEC for...
The oil refining business was a tough business for much of 2010 and 2009.  Now that some of the stocks have recovered, there is a move happening which could be used to further unlock shareholder...
Another Chinese wind turbine maker is preparing to hold an Initial Public Offering of shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Sinovel Wind Group Co. has priced shares at 80-90 yuan, or about...
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is taking a very opportunistic approach to raising more capital to buy mortgages.  The mortgage REIT is raising roughly $1.3 billion in gross proceeds. ...
We do not need to bother telling you that 2010 was a great year for stocks with a return of the economy for the 90% of you with jobs.  We probably don’t even need to bother need to tell you that...
Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON) is generally too small to cover because of its low share price but the company has announced the pricing of a capital raise.  The advanced energy storage...
Zipcar Inc. is closer to becoming a public company.  The company’s amended S-1 filing with the SEC was filed on Friday.  While we still have no pricing data, updated information has been provided...
Data from Reuters shows that global M&A activity rose to $2.2 trillion in 2010. The 2010 improvement was the first since 2007.  Most comments about the news said that 2011 should be an even...
GAIN Capital Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) is coming public this morning via an initial public offering.  The company priced 9 million shares of common stock at $9.00 per share. The company is an FX...
RigNet Inc. (NASDAQ: RNET) has priced its initial public offering of 5 million shares at a price of $12.00 per share.  The company hooks up remote energy sites such as offshore drilling rigs with...
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD), a provider of commercial real estate financial services focused on multifamily lending, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering.  The offering...
FleetCor Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FLT) is coming public.  The company sold some 12.675 million shares at $23.00 per share, at the bottom of a $23.00 to $26.00 per share range.  This is another...