CNNMoney.com: JPMorgan Chase Makes $1B-Plus on Visa IPO. Thanks to its stake in Visa’s initial public offering this week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has enough money to pay for its Bear Stearns purchase and still have about a billion dollars left over.
I’ve added Visa Inc. contracts to the site. I’ve also added ViewSonic Corp. contracts, even though their IPO got pulled.
Current Media contracts, from the company founded by Al Gore, Jr. He’s also the Executive Chairman and Director.
MarketWatch: RiskMetrics Soars in Stock-Market Debut. In markets, like comedy, timing is all-important. So it was highly fortuitous for RiskMetrics Group Inc., a provider of risk-management and corporate-governance products and research, to make its stock-market debut one day after Societe Generale, France’s second-largest bank, stunned the financial world with the revelation of its $7.1 billion trading loss at the hands of a single rogue employee.
I’m not a believer in rogue traders. If an employee managed a series of trades that netted $7.1 billion, no one will be calling that person a rogue trader. The lesson is that you are only a rogue trader if you bet incorrectly. Funny how we don’t apply that derogatory term to other professions, even when they stumble as badly or worse. We don’t talk about a rogue politician that has led our country into war that has resulted in a $488 billion loss. Anyways, RiskMetrics Group Inc. contracts are online.
Levittown was the first mass-produced suburb and built by Levitt & Sons, Inc. Last November, the builder, a victim of the real estate downturn, declared bankruptcy, laid off its employees, and left a line of homebuyers in limbo. Levitt Corp. contracts have been added.
Hollywood Reporter: Digital Domain Enters IPO Ring. The market for initial public offerings is getting interesting, with a special effects company filing for an IPO, while a social networking firm has canceled one. The effects company, Digital Domain, wants to raise about $100 million to pay off debt and maybe produce films, apparently in an attempt to compete with the DreamWorks Animation and Disney’s Pixar Animation, though an executive declined comment Wednesday.
I’ve added Digital Domain contracts, which include a Stockholders Agreement with Dan Marino.
Silicon Alley Insider: Accoona IPO: RIP. Accoona, the odd New Jersey e-commerce company that thought it was a search company, has finally given up on its quixotic quest to go public.
OK, Baidu surprised me, but is there really room for yet another search engine? Google works pretty well most of the time. However, I’ve seen Google fail before when it does not return any relevant result on some of my long tail searches. I’ve added Accoona Corp. contracts to the site. However, several are as PDFs because they curiously filed many of their material contracts as scanned images instead of as text.
RCR Wireless News: Sidekick Maker Danger to go IPO Route. Danger Inc., the “software-as-service” company that enables data and Internet services to T-Mobile USA Inc.’s Sidekick devices, will pursue an initial public offering to pay down $7.2 million in debt and raise working capital, the company said.
I’ve posted the Danger Inc. contracts to the website. Potentially interesting documents include their contracts with T-Mobile and Motorola.
Reuters: Internet Brands Files for $100 million IPO. Internet Brands Inc. filed with regulators on Friday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its Class A common stock.
I’ve added Internet Brands Inc. contracts to the website. Mostly CarsDirect.com agreements.
CNET News.com: China Sunergy Goes Public as Solar Panels Get Cheaper. China Sunergy, a solar cell manufacturer out of Nanjing, sold 8.5 million depositary shares (the vehicle foreign companies use to list their stocks in U.S. exchanges) on Nasdaq this week. The stock went out at $11, shot up to about $16, and is now resting between $14 and $15.
That was a month ago. Now, the stock made a round-trip and is back at $11.11. I’ve added China Sunergy contracts to the website. Seems like a lot of Chinese solar companies have been listed lately.
Prime Newswire: Investor Notice: KGS Announces Investigation on Behalf of Purchasers of Sourcefire, Inc. Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC (“KGS”) announces that it has commenced an investigation into Sourcefire, Inc. (“Sourcefire” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:FIRE) to determine whether it has violated federal securities laws by selling stock pursuant to a materially false and misleading prospectus in or about March, 2007.
Sourcefire’s stock has sunk since it’s IPO. We haven’t found any violations of federal securities laws, but we just want to let you know that we’re starting to look into it. And, that is worth a press release? Sourcefire Inc. contracts have been added. No, we will not be issuing a press release. Bah!