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His company, the owner of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or trophy properties such as Library Tower and Gas Co. Tower, didn't exactly set the world on fire with its June 25 initial public offering. The issuance was delayed for months while Maguire waited out a sickly market, and when it did arrive, it was greeted with some skepticism in the investment community over access to the firm's details. Nevertheless, after a slow start, the stock finished its first week of trading with a pop, closing at $19.73 a share on July 2, or 3.8 percent higher than its IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. price of $19. Maguire had the good fortune to be among the first entrants in a recovering IPO market that raised more than $2 billion over a one-week period, according to Bloomberg News. Joining L.A.-based Maguire was Long Beach-based Molina Healthcare Inc., which raised $115.5 million in its IPO on July 1. While Maguire sold its shares at the low end of the expected price range, Molina's were priced at $17.50 each, near the high end of expectations. In its first day of trading July 2, Molina shares closed at $20 each, a 14.3 percent gain. Renaissance Capital Corp. analyst Paul Bard expects at least 10 new share sales in the next two months, equaling the amount that hit the market in the first six months of the year. More chief executives are considering equity financing Equity Financing The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation. , holstered hol·ster n. 1. A case of leather or similar material into which a pistol fits snugly and which attaches to a belt, strap, or saddle so that it may be carried or transported. 2. by the 23 percent rise in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index since March 11 and increased investor appetite for IPO shares. "We're going to see more IPOs relative to the depressed levels of the first half," said Jay Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r , a professor of finance at the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. , who tracks initial sales. "I still think it's going to be a long time before we get back to the levels of the 1980s or 1990s," he added. |
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