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Article: Planning now for a 2010 IPO.(initial public offering)
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- Financial Executive
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- June 1, 2009
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Market conditions contributing to declining numbers of companies going public last year are expected to last through this year. Raising capital to fund operations and grow through the public capital markets could return in 2010, and it's never too soon to start preparing for an initial public offering now.
United States public companies have been subjected to unprecedented regulatory scrutiny as a result of the economic crisis. They have also been contending with significant declines in the value of U.S. equities; scandals involving various investment vehicles and their promoters; and the failure, bailout or forced mergers of a number of household-name financial ...