Death of the IPO
As the media, investors and investment banks swarm around companies selling shares to the public, what’s lost is that this year’s 90 completed IPOs is a paltry figure when viewed in historical terms.
Julie Segal
October 13, 2010
Jeff Jordan, chief executive officer of OpenTable Inc., center, celebrates with company representatives after the opening bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Friday, May 22, 2009. OpenTable Inc., the restaurant-reservation service, soared 59 percent after the company's initial public offering yesterday defied the slowest IPO market in decades. Photographer: Zef Nikolla/Nasdaq via Bloomberg News EDITOR'S NOTE: NO SALES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
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