DealBook: Zynga Prices Secondary Offering at $12 a Share

By Paul Aertker:In the fields of PokerVille, it's plowing time again.

Social gaming company Zynga priced its secondary offering Wednesday in a deal totaling $515.6 million.

By Ian Wyatt: Zynga (ZYNG) is set to go public in two weeks. In the meantime, the online game company is taking steps to make sure that its IPO doesn’t suffer the same fate as fellow technology stocks Pandora (NYSE: P) and Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN).

By Ian Wyatt: By Chris Preston Zynga (ZYNG) is set to go public in two weeks. In the meantime, the online game company is taking steps to make sure that its IPO doesn’t suffer the same fate as fellow technology stocks Pandora (P) and Groupon (GRPN).

Nexon, a fast-growing Asian online game company, set the price for its initial public offering at $16.68 a share, a debut that could value the company at $7.2 billion.

By Zvi Bar:On Tuesday, July 17, after the markets closed, American Capital Agency Corp (AGNC) announced a large secondary offering. The REIT also released some Q2 2012 pre-earnings information in order to help support the issuance. This secondary offering is likely to bring in approximately $1.2 billion, depending upon pricing and over-allotments.

By Dane Bowler:Over the past few months we have seen a wave of secondary stock offerings throughout the REIT market. This behavior is largely fueled by one or both of the following triggers which I will refer to as offering types: acquisition pipelines and opportunistic deployment. Acquisition pipelines

Todd Johnson submits:American Capital Agency (AGNC) recently offered a $1.2-billion secondary offering to raise additional funds. Based upon the temporary share weakness due to the secondary, AGNC shares presently offer a 19.4% annual dividend. This is based upon the current $1.40-quarterly dividend.