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Goldman Sachs invests $450M in Facebook
Is Facebook the next Microsoft or Google? Goldman Sachs ( NYSE: GS ) is certainly making a huge bet on the social networking firm. The premiere bank will invest $450 million along side a Russian
Carlyle Group to go public in 2012?
Carlyle Group, the second largest U.S. private equity firm, aims to sell shares to the public sometime in 2012, reports Bloomberg. This is hardly surprising. The firm has long wanted to go public.
Ready for the largest IPO in history?
Blistering demand has pushed the price of GM shares to $33 each, from the initial $26-$29. GM aims to sell 478 million common shares, up from the initial 365 million. If the overallotment is also
Sarbox no problem; VCs take Chinese companies public in U.S.
The business climate in the U.S. has been punishing in recent years, worse than in many other countries. That reality is now being reflected in the venture-backed IPO market. According to the
Fiduciary standards to hurt broker IPO sales
We've noted that the Dodd-Frank act requires the SEC to undertake a six-month study to assess whether traditional stocks brokers should be held to a fiduciary standard when dealing with clients, the
Goldman Sachs winning lots of advisory work
One big question about Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) in the post-SEC settlement era is whether it will have a tougher time winning or retaining clients. Recent deals suggest corporate clients in need of
The meaning of the BankUnited IPO
Financial sponsor-backed IPOs ( IPO news) haven't fared well this year, and demand remains weak. But sometimes it makes sense to swim against the tide. So it goes with BankUnited. Bloomberg reports
Freescale to follow NXP to IPO?
NXP's initial public offering ( IPO news) didn't exactly wow the market. So what does that mean for Freescale? It was purchased in 2006 by Blackstone Group ( Blackstone Group news) and other private
New private equity game: Cut your losses
KKR and three private equity companies have sold shares of NXP Semiconductors NV in an initial public offering, raking in 46 percent less than they paid to buy the company at the height of the
Goldman Sachs fares well in IPOs
In the wake of the SEC's charges against Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ), there was some talk that Goldman Sachs would have a tougher time winning business mandates. Some suggested that its IPO performance
