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Lyft a step closer to becoming a publicly traded company

Dec 6, 2018
The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
The number of Lyft shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
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SoftBank is taking its mobile division public. But what is SoftBank?

Nov 12, 2018
SoftBank Group Corp., the massive Japanese holding company, is planning to take its mobile division public. The company is trying to raise $21 billion in its IPO, and it’ll list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December. You may not have heard of SoftBank, but it has a hand in a lot of our consumer technologies […]
Softbank group CEO Masayoshi Son delivers a speech during his company's financial results press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018.
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How a company’s value is determined

Oct 16, 2018
Uber is valued at $120 billion according to proposals from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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How a company’s value is determined

Oct 16, 2018
Uber is valued at $120 billion according to proposals from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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Hot pot IPO heats up the competition

Sep 24, 2018
Haidilao's IPO comes at a time when hot pot chains are expanding globally.
Yu Li’s Tang hotpot offers a range of premium menu items, as the hot pot world gets more competitive.
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Trade war forces automakers Ford and Volvo to cancel big plans

Sep 10, 2018
President Donald Trump’s tariffs — and talk of more — are driving global automakers to make some big decisions. Volvo, which has a Chinese parent company and makes a couple vehicles on the mainland there, canceled a planned initial public offering of its stock, citing the dark cloud of tariffs. Ford, which makes a version of […]
This photo taken on May 22, 2018 shows an imported Ford Mustang displayed at a showroom in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province
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Why Tesla is flirting with the idea of going private

Aug 8, 2018
The company is weathering growing pains and may retreat from the stock market spotlight.
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Electronics giant Xiaomi heads for Hong Kong IPO

Jul 6, 2018
Xiaomi isn’t a household name in the U.S., but with a $54 billion valuation, its initial public offering is one of the biggest the world’s seen in years. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

What's Dell up to? Going public again

Jul 6, 2018
The personal computing giant will go public after 5 years as a private company.
Dell CEO Michael Dell delivers a keynote address during the 2013 Oracle Open World conference on Sept. 25, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
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