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Trulia Aims High, Prices IPO at $17 a Share

in News on September 19, 2012 at 4:49 pm PT

Analysts were expecting real estate marketplace Trulia to set its IPO price somewhere in the $14 to $16 neighborhood, but the market must have looked favorable, because TRLA will debut at $17 on the NYSE tomorrow. The six-million-share offering (one million of that from existing investors) will bring in $102 million. In going public, Trulia follows sector leader Zillow, which hit the market last year at $20 and closed Wednesday at $45.55.

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Shutterstock Shoots for an IPO

in News on May 14, 2012 at 10:57 am PT

Image licensing agency Shutterstock has filed plans for an initial public offering worth up to $115 million, intending to use the proceeds for capital expenditures, working capital and maybe a little shopping.

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Facebook Gives Nasdaq the Rose, Will Trade as FB

in News on April 5, 2012 at 11:41 am PT

Sources are telling CNBC and the New York Times that Nasdaq has won the prestigious hand of Facebook for the social giant’s approaching IPO, leaving the NYSE to chalk up a miss in its efforts to attract a hipper crowd of companies. Facebook will trade under the simple but elegant symbol FB.

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Bright Start for Brightcove

in News on February 17, 2012 at 1:48 pm PT

Shares of Brightcove, provider of cloud-based video publishing services, were welcomed onto the market in their first day of trading today. The company priced 5 million shares at $11, and the stock finished the day at $14.30, up 30 percent.