While seemingly the entire world was focused, self-referentially, on the Facebook IPO, from my perspective far larger issues were being ignored.  The S&P 500, traded as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (AMEX: SPY) ...

* Goldman, M.Stanley, UBS among banks added to PICC deal-IFR* Number of banks could reach record for AsiaPac IPOs* PICC to launch Hong Kong tranche ahead of Shanghai listing* Deal would be biggest IPO ...

* Exec says continues to be in talks with potentialinvestors* Little recent progress in talks with Carlyle,Blackstone-source* Reliance Comm also planning Singapore IPO of underseacable unit* Tower arm ...

Yongda Shelves Hong Kong IPO

* Goldman, M.Stanley, UBS among banks added to PICC deal-IFR* PICC to launch Hong Kong tranche ahead of Shanghai listing* Deal would be biggest IPO in Asia-Pac so far this yearHONG KONG, May 28 (Reuters) ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - State-owned People's Insurance Company of China Group (PICC), one of China's largest insurers, added 14 banks to a group of institutions managing a planned Shanghai and Hong Kong ...

I knew that Facebook was in trouble when my mother asked me how she could get some shares. FB touched $45 on its market debut but is now well below its $38 IPO price. It is early, to be sure, and this ...

China Yongda Automobiles Services decided to pull an up to $434 million Hong Kong initial public offering because of deteriorating market conditions, IFR reported on Monday, citing two sources with direct ...

* Automobile dealer's move is due to weak marketconditions-IFR* China Yongda had extended bookbuilding by four days* Asian markets down 11.5 in May, weighing on new listings (Adds underwriters, details ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Yongda Automobiles Services (3669.HK: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) decided to pull an up to $434 million Hong Kong initial public offering because of deteriorating ...

HONG KONG, May 28 (Reuters) - China Yongda AutomobilesServices decided to pull an up to $434 million HongKong initial public offering because of deteriorating marketconditions, IFR reported on Monday, ...

A Bay Area gathering of women in tech is hosted by Facebook, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s hacker ethic reigns, writes Therese Poletti.

The botched offering of Facebook stock has raised several troubling questions, but at least we don't have to worry about the one that plagues many IPOs: How are a few select investors able to buy in early ...

Disappointing May for U.S. IPOs

London luxury jeweler Graff Diamonds has seen "tremendous interest" for its Hong Kong IPO of up to $1 billion, which is entering its final stretch in the shadow of a global stock market rout. ...

Image via CrunchBase Ross Douthat shares my personal visceral dislike for Facebook, but I'm afraid he's let this warp his analysis of the economics of Facebook. For those note really paying attention, the issue is that Facebook went public last week, meaning it's shares were made available for the public to [...]

* Company plans to price IPO on Thursday* Hong Kong benchmark share index down 9pct since early MayBy Denny Thomas HONG KONG, May 27 (Reuters) - London luxury jeweller GraffDiamonds has seen "tremendous ...

* Saudi Airlines Catering Co gets long-awaited IPO nod* First unit of national airline to be listed* June 18-24 offer period preceded by bookbuild (Adds background, analyst comment)RIYADH, May 27 (Reuters) ...

RIYADH May 27 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Capital MarketAuthority (CMA) has given approval to Saudi Airlines CateringCompany for an initial public offering of 30 percent of itsstock, the regulator said ...

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Dead silence. For nearly 20 minutes on the morning of Facebook Inc's trading debut last Friday, the line Nasdaq had opened up to keep traders informed about the social media company's $16 billion IPO had ...

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Facebook's splashy debut raised the second-most money of any American company since 1986.

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* Net profit 3.32 bln rupees vs 1.43 bln rupees consensus* Profit jump helped by sharp fall in depreciation andamortisation costs* Investors waiting for tower arm deal, unit IPO (Adds details)May 26 (Reuters) ...

This is his company. You'd think he would want more control over what happened.

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I knew that Facebook was in trouble when my mother asked me how she could get some shares. FB touched $45 on its market debut but is now well below its $38 IPO price. It is early, to be sure, and this ...

It raised a ton of money for itself.

Bill Hambrecht, Google’s auction banker, says that Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg missed a valuable opportunity, writes John Shinal.

By Rodrigo Campos and John McCrank May 25 (Reuters) - Dead silence.For nearly 20 minutes on the morning of Facebook Inc's trading debut last Friday, the line Nasdaq had opened upto keep traders informed ...

MUSCAT (Reuters) - Omani lender Bank Nizwa, the sultanate's first Islamic bank, attracted 681 million rials ($1.77 billion) of bids in its initial public offer of shares, 11 times the sum which it was ...

Omani lender Bank Nizwa, the sultanate's first Islamic bank, attracted 681 million rials of bids in its initial public offer of shares, 11 times the sum which it was raising, the lead manager for the IPO ...

MUSCAT, May 26 (Reuters) - Omani lender Bank Nizwa, thesultanate's first Islamic bank, attracted 681 million rials($1.77 billion) of bids in its initial public offer of shares,11 times the sum which it ...

It now looks like every securities class-action firm in the country is going to file a lawsuit about the mishandling of the Facebook IPO. After coming public at $38 last week, the stock closed Friday at $31.91. Total slide for the week: 16.5%. Ugh. Ugh, unless you happen to make a [...]

By Rodrigo Campos and John McCrank May 25 (Reuters) - Dead silence.For nearly 20 minutes on the morning of Facebook Inc's trading debut last Friday, the line Nasdaq had opened upto keep traders informed ...

After the Facebook IPO, Zynga and Groupon's lock-up periods are expiring next week. What will happen next with their stock?

Botched IPOs... alleged favoritism enraging small investors... and the list goes on. WSJ's Dennis Berman makes a stop on Mean Street to continue his conversation about whether we're seeing the end of Wall ...

(Reuters) - Chilean multi-brand retailer Cencosud S.A. CEN.SN filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $718 million in an initial public offering of its American Depository Shares.The company in March ...

Chilean multi-brand retailer Cencosud S.A. filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $718 million in an initial public offering of its American Depository Shares. The company in March won shareholders' ...

The ripple effects of Facebook Inc's botched IPO appear to already be hitting the market for initial public offerings as two companies this week pushed back their market debuts. PC hardware components ...

* Plans to list ADSs on NYSE under the symbol "CNCO"* J.P. Morgan, UBS lead underwritersMay 25 (Reuters) - Chilean multi-brand retailer CencosudS.A. filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to ...

By Olivia Oran May 25 (Reuters) - The ripple effects of Facebook Inc'sbotched IPO appear to already be hitting the market for initialpublic offerings as two companies this week pushed back theirmarket ...

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four of Wall Street's major market makers involved in Facebook's botched initial public offering last Friday expect their losses from technical glitches on Nasdaq's ...

Four of Wall Street's major market makers involved in Facebook's botched initial public offering last Friday expect their losses from technical glitches on Nasdaq's exchange to be around $115 million. ...

Bill Hambrecht, Google’s auction banker, says that Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg missed a valuable opportunity, writes John Shinal.

Just hours before Facebook Inc made its stock market debut last Friday, Seuk Kim put in a limit order $4 above the initial public offering price. "I thought it was going to have that first day pop," ...