Payments company Square has informed US regulators privately that it is exploring going public with a stock market debut, according to reports Friday.
The mobile payments and financial services startup launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stealthily looking into an initial public offering of stock.
He’s doing so under legislation that lets young, growing companies secretly begin the process if they […]
Twitter’s Richard Costolo, Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone await the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on day of the firm’s IPO in November. Photograph: Lan/CorbisTwitter shares fell more than 10% as Wall Street opened for business on Tuesday, marking the end of the lockup period that prevented executives, early investors and other insiders selling […]
Investors Bank On Twitter Insiders SellingBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 5th, 2014
Share on StockTwitsWhen the lock breaks, Twitter could become unhinged. Investors on StockTwits.com prepared for the worst ahead of Tuesday’s share lockup expiration. Starting tomorrow, Twitter insiders will be able to sell 480 million shares that were previously restricted. The amount […]
Twitter Inc.’s (TWTR) insiders and early backers finally have the option to relinquish their stakes in the company as the ‘lockup period’ – a 180-day restriction imposed on selling Twitter stock on certain classes of shareholders – has expired today. The expiration makes nearly 480 million shares eligible for sale, which equals nearly 83% of the basic outstanding shares issued […]
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Jay Yarow/Business InsiderTwitter CEO Dick Costolo on the floor of the NYSE.Twitter had a relatively steady first day as a public company.
The IPO was priced at $26 a share. The opening trade was at $45.10. That price took a little longer than expected for the NYSE. Trading opened at 10:49. People were expecting to start at 10 AM. The extra […]
