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Article: United States Issuers Lead Record Global IPO Activity In 2006 According to Ernst & Young.
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- December 18, 2006
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Capital Raised By U.S. IPOs Reaches Highest Level Since 2000
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In a record year for global IPO activity, U.S.-based companies generated the largest number of IPOs (186) during the first 11 months of the year, and raised the second-largest amount of proceeds ($34.2 billion) - up 14% from $29.9 billion through November 2005, according to data released today by the global Ernst & Young organization(1). This represents the most amount of capital raised by U.S. domiciled companies since 2000, when $59 billion was raised in 338 IPOs during the same 11-month period.
"U.S. issuers continue to find an eager and receptive ...