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Twitter Reveals Revenue in IPO Papers

Social media giant has lost $419M in all

(Newser) - Twitter unsealed the documents today for its planned IPO and says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion. The company is also revealing for the first time the amount of money it makes: Founded in 2006, Twitter has never turned a profit and has an uninterrupted history of losses...

Chrysler Files for IPO
 Chrysler Files for IPO 
Sep 23, 2013 5:24 PM CDT

Chrysler Files for IPO

Valued at up to $100M

(Newser) - The Chrysler Group has filed paperwork for an initial public offering for some of its shares—the first time the company's shares will be publicly traded since 1998, the AP reports. The move comes at the behest of a United Auto Workers retirement trust, which owns 41.5% of...

Twitter Going Public, Files for IPO
Twitter Going
Public, Files
for IPO
Sep 12, 2013 4:43 PM CDT

Twitter Going Public, Files for IPO

But financial details will be under wraps for a while

(Newser) - Twitter is indeed going public, which it announced today via tweet , of course. "We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO," it reads in part. The Wall Street Journal pegs the value of the company at about $10 billion, but those looking for...

IPO Rumors Chirp for Twitter
 IPO Rumors Chirp for Twitter 
Jan 4, 2013 9:29 AM CST

IPO Rumors Chirp for Twitter

Recent moves have analysts looking to public offering in 2014

(Newser) - Twitter could finally be going public. Well, in 2014, according to a new report by IPO-watchers Greencrest Capital. With an estimated valuation of more than $11 billion and a recent spate of high profile management hires and reshuffles, "you can begin to see Twitter’s potential flightpath," writes...

SeaWorld Plans 2013 IPO
 SeaWorld Plans 2013 IPO 
Dec 28, 2012 8:32 AM CST

SeaWorld Plans 2013 IPO

Waterpark franchise profitable, but faces $1.83B debt

(Newser) - It could be a whale of a deal. SeaWorld Entertainment has filed the paperwork to go public, three years after being bought for $2.3 billion by Blackstone Group, reports the Wall Street Journal . Media reports vary on what the move is expected to raise, with the Journal citing figures...

After Facebook Debacle, SEC May Pull IPO Gag

Committee tells Darrell Issa he raised valid points

(Newser) - The SEC is considering eliminating the rule forbidding company executives from hyping their stock before they go public, after a string of disastrous high-profile IPOs like Facebook's. SEC chair Mary Schapiro sent a letter to Darrell Issa letting him know that her team was reviewing the so-called "quiet...

Key Groupon Investors Ditch the Troubled Stock

Critics say big pre-IPO investments overvalued the company

(Newser) - With Groupon having lost three-quarters of its IPO value, several of its key early investors, including web icon Marc Andreessen, have left the building, reports the Wall Street Journal . Andreessen's firm, Andreessen Horowitz, invested $40 million of the $950 million pumped into Groupon in the months before it went...

Facebook IPO Proves Need for Overhaul: Lawmakers

Darrell Issa raises concerns for small investors

(Newser) - Lawmakers led by Rep. Darrell Issa have penned a letter to the SEC urging an overhaul of the IPO system, saying Facebook's shaky public offering underlines the raw deal handed to small investors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Republican House Oversight chair wrote that investment banks "dictate...

Get Ready for More Facebook Shares for Sale

Lock-up expiration will free 268M shares in less than three months

(Newser) - Just as investors are souring on their plunging Facebook shares , comes a depressing reminder that millions of shares will likely soon flood the market. Starting in less than three months, select insiders and early investors will be allowed to sell their Facebook shares as the "lock-up period" currently preventing...

Facebook Stock Falls Below $30
 Facebook Stock Falls Below $30 
May 29, 2012 11:54 AM CDT

Facebook Stock Falls Below $30

Social network sees 20% plunge since IPO

(Newser) - Facebook shares continue to plummet: They've now dropped more than 20% from their $38 IPO price, falling below $30 today to their lowest point yet, reports Reuters . At about 12:45pm EDT they were trading at $29.44. But among tech stocks, $30 per share still gives it a...

Facebook Stock Plummets
 Facebook Stock Plummets 
May 21, 2012 9:52 AM CDT

Facebook Stock Plummets

Second day on the market goes poorly without underwriter support

(Newser) - Facebook's underwriters pulled off the training wheels today, and the infant stock fell—hard. After a lackluster first day on the market, Facebook shares fell some 12% in the first minute of trading this morning, Reuters reports, dropping below the $38 IPO price to $33.67, where it continues...

Keep Track of Zuck's Wealth—in Real Time

Wall Street Journal offers Mark Zuckerberg widget

(Newser) - Just how rich is Mark Zuckerberg? The answer is changing rapidly, but the Wall Street Journal will keep you posted. Facebook's IPO has helped make Zuck one of the world's richest people. Of course, his wealth is shifting along with the stock price—so the Journal is providing...

Facebook's First Trades: Shares Climb, Cool Off

Company doesn't see expected 'pop'

(Newser) - Facebook has seen a mixed start to its IPO: Initially priced at $38 each , shares in the company quickly jumped about 11%, opening at $42. But things cooled off, and at one point in the first half-hour, shares were back down to about $38, notes the Wall Street Journal . They...

Facebook's IPO Day Is Here —and Nasdaq Braces Itself

Trading opens at 11am ET

(Newser) - Facebook shares will go on sale at long last today, in the biggest tech IPO in US history—and Nasdaq is desperate to make sure nothing goes wrong. Facebook has set an initial price of $38 per share, meaning it will make some $16 billion on the sale. Trading will...

Facebook IPO Almost Settled: $38 Per Share?


 Facebook 
 IPO Settled: 
 $38 Per Share 
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May 17, 2012 3:24 PM CDT

Facebook IPO Settled: $38 Per Share

That puts the valuation at $104B

(Newser) - The endless guessing is over: Facebook shares will go at $38 apiece tomorrow, putting the total valuation at $104 billion, the highest ever for US company at its IPO, reports the Wall Street Journal . That's on the high end of the site's predicted pricing, even after it hiked...

Facebook Kicking Off IPO With All-Night Hackathon

All employees are invited, and Zuckerberg will probably attend

(Newser) - Facebook is holding an all-nighter tonight, in advance of tomorrow’s IPO and its first day as a public company. The company will hold a "hackathon," a long-standing tradition involving employees working quickly on whatever they want, which has produced products including Facebook chat. It will culminate tomorrow...

Facebook Co-Founder Gives Up US Citizenship

Eduardo Saverin aims to save on taxes

(Newser) - One of the billionaire co-founders of Facebook has renounced his US citizenship in a bid to slash his tax bill ahead of the gigantic IPO. Eduardo Saverin, 30, owns about 4% of the social network—a chunk that could be worth as much as $3.84 billion, reports Bloomberg . “...

Zuckerberg's Hoodie: Gleeful Snub to Wall Street?

One analyst thinks it's a 'mark of immaturity'

(Newser) - On the first day of Facebook's IPO roadshow yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg showed up to a meeting with potential investors wearing a hoodie—a wardrobe choice that one Wall Street analyst says is a glaring "mark of immaturity," reports Bloomberg . "He’s actually showing investors he doesn’...

Facebook's IPO Roadshow Off to a Frustrating Start

Things got off to a late start because Zuckerberg was ... in the bathroom?

(Newser) - Facebook kicked off its IPO roadshow yesterday, and while some elements of day one were perfectly predictable—Mark Zuckerberg showed up in a hoodie and sneakers—others were a little more frustrating. Things began an hour behind schedule, Zuckerberg showed up late to the Q&A ( CNBC's explanation:...

10 Biggest Internet IPOs
 10 Biggest 
 Internet IPOs 
May 3, 2012 5:59 PM CDT

10 Biggest Internet IPOs

Google, Yandex lead the way, but Facebook will trounce them

(Newser) - Facebook hopes to raise as much as $13.6 billion in an initial public offering of stock, probably in mid-May. It would be the largest IPO ever for an Internet company. Here are the top 10, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO investment adviser:
  1. Google: $1.67 billion, 2004
  2. Yandex
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