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IPO Disasters

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IPO Disasters

In August 2005, this New York financial firm made a $4 billion stock market debut. Just weeks later, its value plunged amid revelations that an entity owned by Refco CEO Phillip Bennett owed the company $430 million. It went bankrupt before the end of the year.

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