WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on General Motors' initial public offering, marking a major milestone in the recovery of the American auto industry: General Motors' initial public offering is a sign of progress for America's auto industry, for our nation's workers, for our manufacturers and our long-term prosperity. In the midst of a severe recession, Congressional Democrats and President Obama took difficult emergency action to rescue American auto companies and strengthen critical pillars of our manufacturing sector, while protecting taxpayers. Today we have more evidence that those actions are paying off, and the American people are one step closer to being made whole.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on General Motors' initial public offering, marking a major milestone in the recovery of the American auto industry: General Motors' initial public offering is a sign of progress for America's auto industry, for our nation's workers, for our manufacturers and our long-term prosperity. In the midst of a severe recession, Congressional Democrats and President Obama took difficult emergency action to rescue American auto companies and strengthen critical pillars of our manufacturing sector, while protecting taxpayers. Today we have more evidence that those actions are paying off, and the American people are one step closer to being made whole.
This case concerns the Initial Public Offering of Google, Inc. in August 2004. Instead of using the traditional best-efforts style IPO, Google used a Dutch Auction to allow small investors to buy in on the IPO. This case is intended to be used in an advanced corporate finance class. It can be taught in two hours of class time and should take about two to three hours of outside preparation by the students.
General Motors returned to public trading in robust fashion Thursday, following an initial public offering that raised more than $20 billion. GM's stock closed at $34.19 on the New York Stock Exchange, after opening at $33 per share when GM CEO Daniel Akerson rang the opening bell. GM's initial stock offering could wind up as the largest in history.
NEW YORK - Zipcar Inc., the car-sharing company that rents rides for as little as an hour, is expected to get a warm reception from Wall Street for its planned initial public offering this week. Supporters think costly gas will make car sharing more popular. They praise Zipcar's technological savvy and its plans for overseas expansion.
This case concerns the Initial Public Offering of Google, Inc. in August 2004. Instead of using the traditional best-efforts style IPO, Google used a Dutch Auction to allow small investors to buy in on the IPO. This case is intended to be used in an advanced corporate finance class. It can be taught in two hours of class time and should take about two to three hours of outside preparation by the students.
An earlier paper (Song, Rhee & Adams, 2001) on initial public offering (IPOs) demonstrated that IPOs have significant marketing effects in terms of an increase in revenue from products and services. This paper presents an estimate of the value of the marketing effects. The substantial magnitude of the marketing effects indicate that the current academic view on the IPO as a financial phenomenon is limited and a broad perspective in the IPO including product market effects is useful in our information age. Considering for non-US firms to offer their stocks in the US markets, the marketing effects can be a significant sources of advantage that to be recognized for international firms.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong had an exuberant year in 2006 when it listed sixty-two companies. The listing of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited on its Main Board earned the exchange the enviable status of being home to the world's largest initial public offering. The HK$333.2 billion in initial public offering capital raised during the year propelled it to the position of second among global exchanges, behind London but ahead of New York. This Article examines an increasingly common feature of initial public offerings in Hong Kong, namely, the introduction of "cornerstone investors" whose participation enhances the general receptiveness to a stock offering. This approach does have a significant downside, however. The new category of "cornerstone investor" may not be...
Google, the famous Internet search provider, filed its prospectus for an initial public offering on April 29. The company hopes to raise $2.7 billion, which would be the largest Internet company IPO ever and the first since the dotcorn bubble burst. The Google IPO will have an unusual auction-based structure that may influence future initial public offerings. After having resisted the lure of going public for so long, Google may have to face changes in its culture and operations as a result of its IPO. Under the system outlined by Google, potential investors will register with the banks underwriting the offering, indicating how many shares they want to purchase and the price they are willing to pay. Using the information and other factors, Google and its bankers will determine a "clear...
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