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Psion Dips Into The Red
News Potter warned that Symbian would soon need an extra injection of cash, but insisted that plans for a stock market flotation, delayed by the slump in the technology sector, would still go ahead eventually.
[August 29, 2001, 9:32]
Online Estate Agent Plans Stock Market Float
News If Rightmove's floatation is successful, it could encourage other survivors of the dot-com crash to consider a stock market flotation. Online casino software developer Playtech announced on Friday that it hopes to raise £175 million pounds through...
[February 17, 2006, 16:35]
Tumbling Market To Calm IT Nerves?
News For companies who have stated plans to go public the problem is even more acute as they will not even be able to guarantee their flotation if the current bear market conditions prevail. That same factor has led to many startups seeking a flotation...
[April 17, 2000, 13:13]
Startup Spotlight: Waysearch.com
News Do you foresee a stock market flotation in the future? A flotation on the stock market has been discussed, and is definitely a possibility. After being written off as dyslexic at school, he left halfway through his A-levels to set up his new online...
[January 12, 2000, 15:56]
MmO2: We've Stopped The BT Rot
News BT sold off its Cellnet mobile operations in 2001 via a stock market flotation as the incumbent telco wrestled with massive debts. The chief executive of mobile operator mmO2 told the CeBIT trade show on Wednesday that his business had made a...
[March 17, 2004, 12:35]
Lastminute.com Shares Continue To Slide
News British e-tailer lastminute.com dropped below its flotation price for the first time Tuesday as shares began official trading on the London Stock Exchange. The ISP was Europe's biggest-ever Internet flotation when it came to market last week.
[March 21, 2000, 10:02]
Mediasurface Float A Success
News The news of Mediasurface's flotation comes in the same week as IBM announced its acquisition of CMS vendor Venetica. Web content management provider Mediasurface has floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange...
[August 27, 2004, 16:45]
Linux: The Pain After The Gain
News The firm is currently seeking to recruit a chief executive and chief information officer, and has no definite date in mind for its flotation. Also, although much of the attention on recent volatile stock market valuations has surrounded dot-com...
[April 25, 2000, 13:24]
PlusNet Plans Flotation On AIM
News A flotation could act as a catalyst for consolidation," said a source close to the company on Monday. A successful flotation could also enable the ISP to launch similar services. UK Internet service provider PlusNet is hoping to raise millions of...
[June 7, 2004, 13:30]
Will Third Time Be The Charm For LetsBuyIt.com?
News LetsBuyIt, which sells consumer products whose prices drop depending on the number of buyers, will use the flotation funds to consolidate and further expand in Europe. Most recently it was ranked tenth in The Bathwick Group's list of top European...
[July 21, 2000, 8:40]
LetsBuyIt.com Stock Crashes As Trading Resumes
News Other start-ups, such as Lastminute.com and Freeserve, have seen their share prices plunge below their flotation value. LetsBuyIt.com floated on the London stock market in July 2000 but only raised 66m euros, compared to its original target of 130m...
[January 2, 2001, 8:22]
Market Mayhem: Tech Stocks On A Rollercoaster
News UK markets hold steady -- T-Online flotation, hopes of gains in US markets hold UK stocks back from the brink - for now. Computer glitch locks up stock exchange -- The technical glitch that brought down the stock exchange Wednesday has been fixed...
[April 7, 2000, 14:28]
The Return Of The Tech IPO?
News Speculation is mounting that London's stock market will soon see the biggest flotation of a technology company for years -- a sign that the years of dot-com downturn and IT anguish could be over. According to the Financial Times, a final decision...
[August 11, 2003, 17:40]
Linuxcare CEO Leaves, IPO Delayed
News Linuxcare, which provides customer service for business Linux users, Friday announced the departure of its CEO and the delay of its stock market flotation. Linuxcare, which is in the "quiet period" which follows an IPO filing, said it will continue...
[April 10, 2000, 11:41]
QXL.com Reveals Floatation Details
News British online auction site QXL.com said Monday it hopes to raise up to £70m through its planned dual flotation on London's Stock Exchange and New York's tech-oriented Nasdaq market. And QXL's planned offering price is far below market expectations.
[September 21, 1999, 11:22]
ICL Reorganises Services Divisions
News ICL has made no secret of the fact it would like a stock market flotation in about three years. The company has to establish a track record of profitability to achieve that flotation goal," said company spokesman John Cheetham, who added the recent...
[January 21, 1997, 12:42]
The Year Of The Penguin
News As this story shows, the flotation affected the coders behind the Red Hat distribution very differently from the businessmen at the company's helm. It is impossible to mention the past year without reference to the Red Hat IPO which started off the...
[December 25, 1999, 6:00]
Dixons Pulls Out Of VoIP
News Vonage has had a variety of difficulties recently, notably a flotation on the stock market that resulted in the company being sued by its investors, and several patent suits. We still believe that VoIP telephony is an exciting and growing market...
[September 7, 2006, 13:30]
Startup Spotlight: UK Plus
News Do you expect a stock market flotation in the future? It uses a different USP to the market place, and offers a handpicked service. While some portals -- particularly Yahoo! continue to exploit the genre successfully, the likes of Disney (with its...
[March 2, 2000, 14:55]
Letsbuyit.com Shuts Up Shop In The UK
News This is because the company was in some turmoil back at the turn of the year, when its shares were suspended as it attempted to defer debt payments -- only six months after its July 2000 flotation. Its shares, which peaked at 6.45 euros the day it...
[August 31, 2001, 10:29]
