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How Will the IPO Market Treat Zipcar?
Despite strong revenue gains, the car-sharing service has yet to turn an annual profit, faces increased competition, and has a tricky merger to execute.
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How to Prepare a Company for an Initial Public Offering
An initial public offering of stock can be viewed as the definitive sign of a company's success. Here is a look at the steps a company can take to prepare for an IPO.
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Crowd-Funding Websites Eye Shift
The SEC reviews rules that ban social network sites from facilitating equity investments, Gilt is valued at $1 billion, and the rest of today's news. Read more
Why Getting a Loan Just Got Harder
Peer-to-peer lending websites have become popular among business owners, allowing them to borrow directly from individual lenders instead of banks. But thank... Read more
SEC Confirms Sarbox Reprieve
Small firms have an extra year to comply with strict auditing rules created after Enron. Read more
Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading
The SEC says the Dallas Mavericks owner dodged $750,000 in losses by selling off shares in Mamma.com ahead of a discount stock offering. Read more
Impressing Your Audience
The first step is to find an audience for your great business idea. The second is being sure you make a great first impression. Read more
Small Firms Denied Break on Sarbanes-Oxley
The SEC ruled against giving small public companies an exemption from the corporate governance law. Read more
Shutterfly Files $92 Million Initial Public Offering
The Inc. 500 company, which is banking on growth in the photo print market, will trade on the NASDAQ. Read more
SEC Forum to Offer Advice on Raising Capital
The annual event will focus on the challenges facing small public companies. Read more
Is An Intrastate Offering Right For You?
Intrastate offerings may be cheaper and easier than traditional IPOs, but companies must meet the following criteria to qualify for the SEC exemption. Read more
Shutterfly Files $92 Million Initial Public Offering
The Inc. 500 company, which is banking on growth in the photo print market, will trade on the NASDAQ. Read more
Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations May Be Loosened
Dec. 13, 2005 --Small public companies could save millions of dollars now spent on audits required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to... Read more
SEC Head Nominee Would Back Options Expensing
Aug. 1, 2005 --As the Senate prepares to vote on the approval of Christopher Cox as the new chief of the Securities and Exchange Commissio... Read more
SEC Head Nominee Would Back Options Expensing
Aug. 1, 2005 --As the Senate prepares to vote on the approval of Christopher Cox as the new chief of the Securities and Exchange Commissio... Read more
Small Companies Get Sarbox Reprieve
Sept. 22, 2005 --Small businesses have an extra year to meet strict anti-fraud regulations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act following a unanimous... Read more
Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations May Be Loosened
Dec. 13, 2005 --Small public companies could save millions of dollars now spent on audits required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to... Read more
The Government's Take on E-mail
Regulators have (surprise) thought up lots of rules governing e-mail. It's your job to figure out which ones cover you. Read more
The Secret World of Finders
Unlicensed dealmakers are suddenly, uncomfortably, in the spotlight. Read more
Judging a legacy at the SEC
By now, you've surely seen Read more
The SEC Changes Direction
This morning, President Bush announced Christopher Cox got his nod for the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange... Read more
The Earnings Management Crackdown
The SEC is cracking down hard on corporate earnings management ? but is your board? Everything from abuse of special charges to stuffing the sales pipelin... Read more
Handy Online Audit " Financial Literacy" Test
It's coming up on a year since the SEC and major stock exchanges started cracking down on "financial literacy" requirements for U.S. board audit committee... Read more
IPO Alternatives: SEC Registration Exemptions
Sometimes, a company that needs more funding may not be quite prepared for an initial public offering. In such an instance, the company may consider a mor... Read more
IPO Basics: A Road Map
Registration Statement Before a company may offer its shares for sale, it must first file a registration statement with the Securi... Read more
IPO Basics: The Registration Statement
Registration statements have the following two principal parts: Part I is the prospectus, the legal offering or "selling" document. The "i... Read more
IPO Basics: Confidential Filings
Federal securities laws generally require any company that is publicly held or that is registering its securities for public sale to disclose a broad rang... Read more
Equity: 504 -- Whom Is It For?
A securities lawyer explains how a 504 stock offering can be an effective way to raise capital. Read more
New Warrants Please Investors
Explanation of why warrants are attractive to a company's investors. Read more
Inside Memo on Insider Info
When small companies go public, they often find themselves unprepared for the enormousfinancial and legal risks they face from complex Securities and Exch... Read more
Investor Demands: One Message for All Ears
A CEO explains some of the ways she had to change communicating with her private-equity owners after an IPO. Read more
Fishing for Investors
SEC has eased its registration and solicitation requirements relating to small companies. Read more
Keeping the SEC Happier
Summary of two SEC rules governing financial-reporting and insider-investment activities of public companies. Read more
Network: September 1992
Network questions and answers. Read more
Setting Up an SEC-Compliance Program
Some suggestions for avoiding insider trading mishaps once a company goes public. Read more
Selling Stocks
A number of states adopt a new process for small companies to sell to the public. Read more
A Capital Idea
The Securities and Exchange Commission's new rules may simplify means of receiving loans and equity. Read more
Over-the-counter Culture
Unless you're given to hanging out on the steps of the Securities and Exchange Commission and bribing postal workers, getting reliable data on companies t... Read more
Private Trading
There's a lot of private company stock around. So where are the buyers? Read more
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