Facebook Follies: How Not To Get Burned

Box Inc., the Web-storage provider with more than 140,000 business customers, is planning to hold its initial public offering in 2014, Chief Executive Officer Aaron Levie said yesterday in an interview.

By Stone Fox Capital:On Friday, the IPO for the cash-transfer service provider Xoom, Inc. (XOOM) soared 59% after being priced above the initial range. After reading the final prospectus, the company harkens back to the technology IPOs of the late 1990s when a stock had as much hope as hype.

By greg group: The initial public offering (IPO) market has been stymied by the failure of the Facebook (FB) IPO on May 18. The number of initial public offerings in the second quarter ground to a halt because of Facebook's disappointing public debut.

Hi-Crush Partners LP (HCLP) went public on August 16, 2012, at a price of $17 per unit, well below the anticipated initial public offering (IPO) range of $19 per unit to $21 per unit. The initial offering was also downsized to 11.25 million units plus 1.6875 million units as an overallotment for the underwriters.

By Kofi Bofah:In most cases, a technology company initial public offering (IPO) is cause for celebration. The IPO is supposed to mark a new beginning, where executives finally cash in on the chips from their sleepless nights, transition into the nouveau riche class and party it up. Meanwhile, the prevailing economy is likely to be on the uptick, as IPO and merger and acquisition activity trigger a self-reinforcing loop of riches between Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

By Robert Broens: The Initial Public Offering market remains red hot with the much anticipated offering of Facebook (FB) just weeks away and equity markets trading around four-year highs, despite this week's pullback. This week I will review the initial public offerings for the week of 9 April till 13 April 2012. Last week's IPO's

By Robert Broens: The Initial Public Offering market remains red hot with the much anticipated offering of Facebook (FB) just weeks away and equity markets trading around four-year highs. This week I will review the initial public offerings for the week of 26th till 30th of March 2012.

By StreetAuthority: By David Sterman We're in the final stretch of 2011, and I say good riddance! The market has been so volatile, I've exhausted my supply of Pepto Bismol. This up-and-down nature of the market is really evident when you examine initial public offering (IPO) deals. It's been cold, hot, cold and hot again. But I'm still convinced that it brings opportunities for investors to make money.