IPOs of Venture-Funded Cos. Raise &#36;5 Bln
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The initial public offerings of 67 venture capital-funded U.S. companies raised &#36;4.98 billion in 2004, more than tripling from the &#36;1.41 billion raised in 22 deals during 2003, VentureOne said on Saturday.
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NEW YORK, December 16  - Goldman Sachs Group (GS.NYS) reported sequential earnings growth of 36% for 4Q today. The renowned brokerage firm reported earnings of $1.19 billion or $2.36 per share
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Shares of Google Inc. (GOOG.O) rose 15 percent to &#36;98 in the first minutes of their Nasdaq stock market debut on Thursday after the year's most anticipated initial public offering priced far below initial estimates.
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Ziff Davis - Fresh out of its &#36;20 million settlement with Microsoft, the company says it "won't be forced into a cut-rate IPO by a fickle stock market." Instead, it plans to wait until conditions improve.
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Lazard, the 156-year-old investment bank, aims to raise up to $850m (Â£440m) in an initial public offering, it revealed last night.
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. will find out this week if box office success can be turned into Wall Street cash in a widely anticipated initial public offering that could raise up to &#36;725 million.
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Private equity firms are setting records in the size of Asian buyout funds, adding to an existing pool of more than $35 billion that is waiting to be invested in deals in the region.
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Venture capital investments in U.S. startups climb to a six-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007, raising hope that ample money will still be available to back promising new ideas even if the staggering economy falls into a recession.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Key shareholders in StarHub Ltd. (T54.SG) raised S$458 million (US$271 million) by selling 23% of Singapore&#39;s second-biggest telecommunications operator to the public at S
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Venture capital investments in U.S. startups climbed to a six-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007, raising hope that ample money will still be available to back promising new ideas
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You don't have to be Google to challenge the way Wall Street manages initial public offerings. A little southwest Virginia biotechnology company has just gone public using the same innovative "open IPO" process as Google.
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HONG KONG Air China, the nation&#39;s biggest international carrier, has raised 8.36 billion Hong Kong dollars, or $1.08 billion, in an initial public offering after pricing its shares at the high end of a target range, bankers involved in the sale said
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PRAGUE- Czech government agency CzechInvest mediated 145 direct investment projects worth Kc50 billion last year, deputy chief executive Karolina Bockova said.
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The private equity firm Apollo Management raised its offer for the chemical company Huntsman by 2.8 percent, to $6.5 billion.
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. on  Tuesday set its planned initial public offering at 29 million  shares that could raise up to $725 million, announcing the  terms after its new film "Shark Tale" snagged the No. 1 U.S.  box office spot for the second straight weekend.
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Air China, the country&#39;s largest airline, will raise HK$8.36 billion after pricing its Hong Kong and London initial public offering (IPO) at the high end of its price range, sources said.
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Eli Lilly &amp; Co. bumped up its offer for ICOS Corp. by 6 percent, to $34 per share, or $2.3 billion yesterday in advance of a vote on the deal .