How to Use initial public offering in a Sentence
initial public offering
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The listing held the record for the world’s largest initial public offering, or IPO, from then until 2019.
— Win McCormack, The New Republic, 23 June 2023 -
The company took in $2.5 billion in revenue last year and is on the cusp of an initial public offering.
— Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023 -
At any time in these 24 years Berkshire Hathaway could have cashed in all or part of See’s through an initial public offering.
— Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Zeekr is planning an initial public offering in the US later this year.
— Linda Lew, Bloomberg.com, 23 Feb. 2023 -
The strong open marks the largest initial public offering this year — and the biggest since electric truck maker Rivian in 2021.
— Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023 -
The dot-com bubble began in August 1995 with the initial public offering of Netscape — provider of a Web browser.
— Peter Cohan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The $531 million initial public offering is Malaysia’s largest in seven years.
— Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024 -
Yanai, second from left, at the initial public offering of Fast Retailing in 1994.
— Time, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Setting the scene The initial public offering market was booming in 2021.
— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Its initial public offering, or IPO, was the largest in years for a company based in the Sacramento area — and a boon for the region’s small tech community.
— Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024 -
Reddit plans to price its initial public offering on 20 March and start trading the following day, two sources told the Financial Times.
— Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 12 Mar. 2024 -
The move comes after the company’s plan in 2020 for an initial public offering in mainland China didn’t end up taking place.
— Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2024 -
It’s been on a collision course toward an initial public offering (IPO) for years.
— Scott Nover, Quartz, 20 June 2023 -
The goal is for Cainiao to raise least $1 billion in an initial public offering in the Asian financial hub, according to people familiar with the matter.
— WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023 -
Nongfu Spring is trading at its lowest price since its initial public offering in 2020.
— Yue Wang, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 -
When the company made its initial public offering in 2018, the IPO filings named Sonos' reliance on competitors as a key weakness.
— Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023 -
Speaking about Physics Wallah’s future, Pandey said an initial public offering will happen, but wouldn’t be drawn on a timeline.
— Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024 -
The shares had popped 25% in regular trading Thursday, after the initial public offering was priced a day earlier at $51.
— Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023 -
After years of eyeing an initial public offering, Reddit is finally planning to take the plunge next week.
— Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024 -
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment spun off from the self-help book publishing outfit via an initial public offering in 2017.
— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 1 July 2024 -
The company failed to convince investors to buy into its planned initial public offering, forcing it to cancel those plans.
— Peter Eavis, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023 -
No local tech companies have completed an initial public offering in almost two years, but that’s about to change.
— Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023 -
The deal is far bigger than any other initial public offering globally so far this year, Dealogic data shows.
— Summer Said, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023 -
Asked during an interview whether the investment was a bid to burnish its image and a prelude to an initial public offering, Tang demurred.
— Samantha Conti, WWD, 9 July 2024 -
Alibaba, which is preparing to spin off Cainiao via an initial public offering, did not respond to a request for comment.
— Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023 -
In another sign that Greece has put its debt woes behind it, the sale of a 30% stake in Athens International Airport two months ago marked its biggest initial public offering in more than two decades.
— Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024 -
Star Plus Legend Holdings postponed its first attempt at an initial public offering in June, after seeking to raise up to the equivalent of around $102 million.
— Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 13 July 2023 -
Aramco, based in Dhahran in eastern Saudi Arabia, carried out an initial public offering in 2019.
— Paul Wallace, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2023 -
An earlier report stated the company plans to raise up to $6 billion for an initial public offering.
— Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023 -
But a part of Neumann might be thankful he was forced out in 2019 following the company’s disastrous first attempt at an initial public offering.
— Tom Maloney, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
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