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Uber and Lyft are driving toward IPOs

by Emma Jacobs
Oct 18, 2018
Investors could pony up $140 billion for shares even though neither firm is profitable.
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Uber and Lyft are driving toward IPOs

by Emma Jacobs
Oct 18, 2018
Investors could pony up $140 billion for shares even though neither firm is profitable.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Private money rules Silicon Valley, so where does that leave Wall Street?

by Molly Wood
Sep 20, 2018
Private funding, like venture capital, can now grow companies as big as an IPO can. Small investors might get a slice, too.
Pedestrians walk by a sign outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
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5 things you need to know about IPOs

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Apr 13, 2018
What you need to know before you decide to invest.
The opening numbers are displayed on the floor during the Spotify IPO at the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, 2018 in New York.
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When companies choose not to go public, does that hurt the public?

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Feb 5, 2018
Fewer companies are going public than did 20 years ago. How does that change the fortunes of all Americans?
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The Source Code: Chamath Palihapitiya

by Stephanie Hughes and Molly Wood
Dec 19, 2017
Social Capital founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya on why he wants to change how tech companies go public.
The founder and CEO of Social Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya, speaks onstage at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit back in Oct. 2016 in San Francisco, California.
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Why fewer companies are going public with IPOs

by Gigi Douban
Aug 2, 2016
Some advantages of being a publicly traded corporation have gone away.
Unilever purchased the Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion in July.
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Weekly Wrap: On Wall Street and beyond

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 20, 2015
Catherine Rampell and John Carney join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week that was.
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Tech IRL: A popping tech bubble?

by Seth Kelley
Jan 30, 2015
David Lazarus talks with Katie Benner, a tech columnist with Bloomberg View.
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Companies are falling over themselves to go public

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Mar 10, 2014
Companies are selling shares at the fastest pace since 2007.
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