Rovio, the Finnish company behind the addictive smartphone game Angry Birds, is planning to go public “as early as next month”, as reported by Bloomberg. If confirmed, this IPO could…
The image messaging app Snapchat differs from Facebook and Twitter with its early focus on monetization, an investor has pointed out – adding their opinion that, were the app’s parent…
Germany’s Rocket Internet is bringing its planned initial public offering (IPO) forward by a week, citing “exceptional investor demand across all points of the price range” for its shares. The…
Alibaba’s stock is surging as the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse begins its first day trading as a public company. The stock opened at $92.70 and nearly hit $100 on the New…
Alibaba Group Holding priced its initial public offering at $68 a share, the top end of the expected range, raising $21.8 billion on Thursday, in the latest sign of strong…
Facebook Inc said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dropped its probe into the social networking company over events surrounding its controversial initial public offering. In its quarterly report filed…
Web hosting company GoDaddy is filing for an initial public offering. The company known for its racy Super Bowl commercials says it has 12 million customers and is the largest…
The mammoth IPO planned by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group highlights founder Jack Ma’s improbable rise to China’s entrepreneur-in-chief. Ma, a former English teacher who flunked his college entrance exam twice,…
The three lead underwriters of King Digital Entertainment Plc’s IPO started coverage of the stock with “buy” ratings or the equivalent, two days ahead of the release of the “Candy…
Yahoo is benefiting once again from its stake in China’s hottest Internet company, Alibaba Group. Investors latched on to Yahoo Monday in anticipation of a huge windfall from Alibaba’s initial…
Will Wall Street have a crush on King Digital Entertainment? The London-based maker of the highly addictive smartphone game Candy Crush has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Shares of Twitter have rocketed from their November 2013 IPO and enjoyed a breathless run for months. Shares of the online service for small messages were initially sold to investors…
The stock market was unstoppable in 2013. A U.S. government shutdown, fear of a default, the threat of military action in Syria, big budget cuts, and a European country looking…
Twitter tips for beginners Twitter has long been the province of the technorati. But after its IPO last month, it’s a good bet that a whole new cadre of folks…
It was an easy year to emulate Warren Buffett even as Congress almost wrecked the U.S. economy. U.S. stocks rocketed to new heights, and markets in Japan and Europe jumped,…