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The majority of key IPO markets witnessed a significant number of newly issued IPOs

Global IPO activity 'cautiously optimistic' in Q1 - EY

The global IPO market began the year on a cautiously optimistic note, according to analysis by EY, with activity declining in volume in the first quarter of the year, but increasing in value.

Business • 11 Apr 24

Denis O'Brien first established Digicel in Jamaica in 2001

Digicel sets expected price for US flotation

Telecoms group Digicel has today set the price range for its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Business • 22 Sep 15

Fiat Chrysler plans to spin off Ferrari as it seeks to raise money for new cars

Ferrari files for initial public offering in US

Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari NV filed with US regulators for an initial public offering of its common stock.

Business • 23 Jul 15

Etsy has been described as Amazon for handmade goods and craft items

Online craft marketplace Etsy files for IPO

Etsy, the online marketplace for handmade goods, has filed for a stock offering to raise at least $100m.

Business • 05 Mar 15

Eircom cut its debt burden following an examinership process but its owners wants to reduce that figure further

Eircom files with Central Bank as it eyes IPO

Eircom has filed a prospectus with the Central Bank as it looks towards a fresh stock market flotation, according to sources cited by news agency Bloomberg.

Business • 12 Sep 14

Richard Branson owns 22% of the airline - along with a 51% stake in Virgin Atlantic

Virgin America files for US IPO

Virgin America, the low-cost airline partly owned by Richard Branson, has filed for an initial public offering of shares as it looks to expand in the recovering US airline market.

Business • 28 Jul 14

Alibaba's IPO is likely to rival - or even out-do - Facebook's flotation

Alibaba IPO 'will not take place until September'

The highly-anticipated US stock offer by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will take place after 1 September, China’s official Xinhua news agency has quoted an anonymous source as saying.

Business • 18 Jul 14

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has been working to turn the web company around

Yahoo to retain higher Alibaba stake after IPO

Yahoo has pledged to pay its shareholders at least half the proceeds from Alibaba Group Holding’s mega-IPO this autumn and plans to keep a larger stake in the Chinese e-commerce company than expected.

Business • 16 Jul 14

GoPro cameras have proven popular with those involved in high-octane sports

GoPro shares rise following market debut

Shares of GoPro Inc, a maker of cameras used by surfers, skydivers and other action junkies to record and post their exploits online, rose as much as 38% in their market debut.

Business • 26 Jun 14

Samsung is preparing to pass control of the group to the current chairman's son, Jay Y Lee

Samsung Everland to seek IPO next year

Samsung Everland has said it would seek an initial public offering next year, spurring moves to restructure the family-run Samsung conglomerate ahead of a generational ownership succession.

Business • 03 Jun 14

Weibo had previously said it could raise $500m in its IPO, but the final figure was considerably lower

Weibo shares surge in Nasdaq debut

Shares of Sina Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, have jumped more than 25% in initial trade, after a disappointing initial public offering on the US Nasdaq exchange.

Business • 17 Apr 14

Alibaba's initial public offering could be worth $16bn

Alibaba to file IPO documents next week - report

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding is expected to file the prospectus for its US initial public offering next week, sources have said, moving closer to what could be the biggest-ever listing by a technology firm.

Business • 16 Apr 14

The value of European IPOs hit $15.2bn in Q1 2014 - the highest since 2000

Value of global IPOs doubled during Q1 2014

The value of global initial public offerings almost doubled in the first quarter of 2014, Thomson Reuters data has shown, with Europe leading the way thanks to a nascent economic recovery that lifted investors' confidence and stock markets.

Business • 31 Mar 14

More than 100 companies floated in Europe in the last three months of 2013

Money raised by European IPOs up 135% in 2013

PwC says total money raised by Initial Public Offerings in Europe last year grew 135%, with the bulk of activity taking place in the second half of the year.

Business • 24 Mar 14

Facebook's 2012 listing on the Nasdaq was beset with problems

Facebook must face lawsuit over IPO issues

A US judge has said Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of banks must face a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading investors about its financial condition before its $16 billion initial public offering.

Business • 18 Dec 13

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