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Carlyle Group said Tuesday that it plans to raise $100 million through an initial public offering. The private equity firm wants to go public even as fears about the global economy have punished stock markets. Many companies canceled their IPOs in August. Only four companies went public during the month, down from 14 in July and 13 in August of last year, according to data from Renaissance Capital. Carlyle, based in Washington, did not say how many shares it plans to sell, when it intends to go public, or predict a price for its stock. While a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said Carlyle plans to raise as much as $100 million, the offering's value may change as the IPO's bankers gauge demand for the stock.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's stock market regulator will require listed companies to keep records on anyone who may have access to price-sensitive information, in its latest effort to crack down on widespread insider trading. The China Securities Regulatory Commission has been waging a campaign against rampant market manipulation, insider trading and other stock market malpractice that have hurt domestic capital markets and triggered public outcries.
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The colorful "open outcry" trading in the "pits" of the Chicago futures exchanges and the bell-ringing opening of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange have long dominated the public perception of how those markets operate. Those exchanges are now in the midst of radical changes that will soon be erasing those images. Exchange trading floors are fast fading into history as the trading of stocks and derivative instruments moves to electronic communications networks (ECNs) that simply match trades by computers through algorithms. The amazing growth of the ECNs and their displacement of the traditional exchanges have raised regulatory concerns. The securities industry provides a good example of future trends in the business aspects of the commodities industry while the commod...
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Growing interest in seasonal and locally sourced foods has created a fanfare for indoor public markets, where heirloom tomatoes are sold alongside artisan breads and freshly pressed olive oil. Tourists have crowded places like San Francisco's gleaming new Ferry Building market and the Granville Island market in Vancouver, B.C., and the markets have encouraged nearby residential and commercial redevelopment.
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NEW YORK - Hospital operator HCA Holdings Inc.'s record-setting return to the New York Stock Exchange is expected to encourage more private-equity firms to look to public markets for a return on their investments. The Nashville-based company's offering raised $3.79 billion Wednesday in an initial public offering of more than 126 million shares, even after warning potential investors that it carried a high debt load and that it wasn't sure how the massive health care overhaul passed last year by Congress will ultimately affect its business.
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A North Jersey shipping container company raised $95 million in the equity markets as it went public Thursday and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd. in Park Ridge is among the world's largest lessors of shipping containers with more than 500,000 units used on trains, trucks and ships.
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Uncertainty and fear about the future sparked the worst financial start to a year ever.The market was down over 24 percent as of March 6. Investors passed a resounding vote of no-confidence in the current policy choices of the political party in charge. The vote was significant. Of the estimated $19.6 trillion of stock holdings, 61 percent are held by households and mutual funds - the public, in other words. Stock markets matter.
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GNC Holdings Inc. plans to add more than 200 stores in other countries next year and hopes to crack new markets in Russia, Brazil and the European Union, CEO Joe Fortunato told the Tribune-Review on Thursday. The Pittsburgh vitamin and nutritional product retailer, which had the top-performing initial public stock offering this year, has about 2,500 international stores. "The markets have grown much faster internationally than we anticipated," Fortunato said. GNC plans about 160 new stores in the United States, where it has about 5,000 stores.
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Vocus prices public offering Vocus Inc., of Lanham, which makes Web-based automation software for the corporate communications and public relations markets, said it has priced shares of its previously announced public stock offering at $19.50 per share. Vocus said a total of 3,047,082 shares will be offered, and underwriters have an option to purchase an additional 457,062 shares to cover over-allotments, if any. The company said it expects to net about $22 million from the offering, which it will use for general corporate purposes and to support future growth, possibly including acquisitions.
