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Some Facebook Underwriters Helped Short Sellers

Tom Lauricella, Jenny Strasburg and Jonathan Cheng, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 25 at 6:00 am PT

As traders at Morgan Stanley were frantically trying to shore up Facebook Inc.’s share price following the company’s initial public offering, other managers on the deal were helping short sellers bet that the newly minted stock would fall.

Will Mr. Zuckerberg Have to Go to Washington?

Mike Isaac in Social on May 23 at 5:55 pm PT

Can Congress resist a juicy Facebook IPO hearing? (Of course not — it’s an election year, people!)

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Investors File Suit Against Facebook, Underwriters

David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 23 at 9:57 am PT

Three Facebook Inc. investors filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, alleging the company and its underwriters failed to properly disclose changes to analysts’ forecasts made at the underwriting banks.

Security Firm AnchorFree Lands $52 Million From Goldman Sachs

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 21 at 7:27 am PT

AnchorFree, maker of a popular VPN application, raises some serious capital.

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Viddy Raises $30 Million in Series B Financing Round

Mike Isaac in Social on May 11 at 6:00 am PT

Social video application Viddy has raised $30 million in venture capital in a Series B round of financing, the company announced on Friday morning. Investors in the round include NEA Ventures, Battery Ventures, Goldman Sachs and Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures. The additional funds come after an initial $6 million Series A raised in February, which was led by Battery Ventures and included Qualcomm and Greycroft Ventures.

Exclusive: Workday Picks Its Bankers for a Fall 2012 IPO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 10 at 11:04 am PT

Having started a search for bankers in December, Workday has settled on four who will take it through the IPO process, starting with an S-1 filing expected in mid-July.

Code Advisors Takes a $25 Million Investment From J.P. Morgan

Kara Swisher in News on May 2 at 9:01 pm PT

Big and little investment banks join hands to take on Silicon Valley better.

Goldman Sachs: This Is the Beginning of a Big Year for Apple

John Paczkowski in News on April 18 at 11:39 am PT

Apple’s recent Wall Street losing streak hasn’t shaken Goldman Sachs’ faith in the company in the slightest.

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Analysts Give Yelp a Lukewarm Review

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 11 at 4:20 pm PT

Now that Yelp’s quiet period has expired, analysts have started to issue their first report cards. The results are unanimous: Out of four reports issued by Jefferies, Citi, Goldman Sachs and Oppenheimer, there are zero buy recommendations, Forbes writes. But that’s because the company’s stock price, which has soared 72 percent since last month’s IPO, hovers near or above all of the analysts’ price targets. Today, the stock fell 38 cents, or 1.5 percent, to close at $25.43 a share.

How Will the JOBS Act Affect Tech IPOs?

Liz Gannes in News on April 5 at 10:39 am PT

The JOBS Act makes it easier for some companies to stay private, reduces regulatory burdens associated with U.S. IPOs, and may move away from secondary markets for private companies.