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Electric-car maker Tesla said to be planning stock offering

... going to present a very interesting possibility for other companies coming to the market," said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com.A123 Systems Inc., a Massachusetts company that makes lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles, went public in September at $13.50 a share. Its stock closed Friday at $14.70, down 53 cents.Investor enthusiasm for cutting-edge transportation...

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Computer security co. Fortinet plans IPO this week

... from those shares. The integrated approach is intended to simplify management and cut costs.David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial, said the public offering should be a straightforward opportunity for investors. "The growth rate of the company continues to improve," he said. "There's no rocket science with this."Fortinet, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., said its revenue climbed from...

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Archipelago Learning's $106M IPO planned this week

... to be continued cutbacks, that does represent a potential problem," said IPOfinancial president David Menlow.However, Sweet said that Archipelago's subscription growth so far this year has been "exponential" despite the cuts in school budgets. He said testing programs like Archipelago's, which are geared toward individual states' educational standards tests, may be one of the last...

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Archipelago Learning's $106M IPO planned this week

... to be continued cutbacks, that does represent a potential problem," said IPOfinancial president David Menlow.However, Sweet said that Archipelago's subscription growth so far this year has been "exponential" despite the cuts in school budgets. He said testing programs like Archipelago's, which are geared toward individual states' educational standards tests, may be one of the last...

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Archipelago Learning's $106M IPO planned this week

... to be continued cutbacks, that does represent a potential problem," said IPOfinancial president David Menlow.However, Sweet said that Archipelago's subscription growth so far this year has been "exponential" despite the cuts in school budgets. He said testing programs like Archipelago's, which are geared toward individual states' educational standards tests, may be one of the last...

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Archipelago Learning's $106M IPO planned this week

... to be continued cutbacks, that does represent a potential problem," said IPOfinancial president David Menlow.However, Sweet said that Archipelago's subscription growth so far this year has been "exponential" despite the cuts in school budgets. He said testing programs like Archipelago's, which are geared toward individual states' educational standards tests, may be one of the last...

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Archipelago Learning's $106M IPO planned this week

... to be continued cutbacks, that does represent a potential problem," said IPOfinancial president David Menlow.However, Sweet said that Archipelago's subscription growth so far this year has been "exponential" despite the cuts in school budgets. He said testing programs like Archipelago's, which are geared toward individual states' educational standards tests, may be one of the last...

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Dollar General IPO is a keeper; shares climb 8%

... shares."I believe this was a litmus test of sorts for the private-equity companies," said David Menlow, president of . "If we continued to have private-equity-sponsored deals come into the marketplace and not work ... it was going to taint the waters for others that were certainly on their way."Investors, seeing it as a risky investment, shied away from IPOs during 2008, making it...

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Dollar General shares rise in first day of trading

... shares."I believe this was a litmus test of sorts for the private equity companies," said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com. "If we continued to have private equity sponsored deals come into the marketplace and not work ... it was going to taint the waters for others that were certainly on their way."Investors, seeing it as a risky investment, shied away from IPOs during...

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Hyatt Hotels, Ancestry.com jump in market debuts

... now, especially considering how many deals have recently missed their target or withdrawn," said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com. "It's easy to connect those dots and assume the entire IPO market has heavily stalled. But that was obviously not the case today."Five of the last nine IPOs have closed below their offering price in the first day, while others have suspended...

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Hyatt Hotels, Ancestry.com jump in market debuts

... now, especially considering how many deals have recently missed their target or withdrawn," said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com. "It's easy to connect those dots and assume the entire IPO market has heavily stalled. But that was obviously not the case today."Five of the last nine IPOs have closed below their offering price in the first day, while others have suspended...

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Hyatt Hotels, Ancestry.com jump in market debuts

... now, especially considering how many deals have recently missed their target or withdrawn," said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com. "It's easy to connect those dots and assume the entire IPO market has heavily stalled. But that was obviously not the case today."Five of the last nine IPOs have closed below their offering price in the first day, while others have suspended...

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Hyatt Hotels, Ancestry.com jump in market debuts

... now, especially considering how many deals have recently missed their target or withdrawn," said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com. "It's easy to connect those dots and assume the entire IPO market has heavily stalled. But that was obviously not the case today."Five of the last nine IPOs have closed below their offering price in the first day, while others have suspended...

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Hyatt Hotels rises from IPO price in debut on NYSE

... originally expected to price between $13 and $15 each.This story continues below Advertisement David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com, believes Hyatt's Thursday trading is evidence that "the IPO market is not unraveling as many would like to think that it is."Some industry experts had questioned how much investor demand there would be the 38 million shares Hyatt offered because...

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Hyatt Hotels rises from IPO price in debut on NYSE

... month, but the fruit and vegetable producer originally expected to price between $13 and $15 each.David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com, believes Hyatt's Thursday trading is evidence that "the IPO market is not unraveling as many would like to think that it is."Some industry experts had questioned how much investor demand there would be the 38 million shares Hyatt offered because...