NEW YORK — It’s time to make the money. Shares of Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. soared nearly 47 percent on Wednesday, their first day of trading, feeding the demand of investors looking to trade in coffee and doughnuts. Shares closed ...

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U.S. Silica Co., the privately held, second largest domestic producer of commercial silica, said Monday it was planning a $200 million initial public offering. The Frederick-based company announced the IPO and said shares would be listed on the New York ...

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NEW YORK — The parent of Dunkin’ Donuts plans to raise as much as $461 million when it takes the company public, up from the $400 million it originally estimated. Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., which runs Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, ...

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NEW YORK — Zynga, the online game maker behind “FarmVille” and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public. Based on papers filed on Friday, Zynga Inc. hopes to raise up to $1 billion in an initial public offering. This amount ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Internet radio station Pandora Media’s IPO struck the right chord with investors Wednesday despite the static in the overall stock market. Pandora’s stock surged by as much 63 percent in their market debut before pulling back later ...

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NEW YORK — Fast-growing daily deal site Groupon Inc. has filed paperwork for its hotly anticipated initial public offering of stock. The regulatory filing Thursday sets the potential value of the IPO at $750 million. Groupon’s move follows an IPO ...

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NEW YORK  — Success breeds followers. So will LinkedIn’s blockbuster IPO lure scores of private companies to the stock market? “One company does not make a trend, but it can certainly help,” says Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture ...

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NEW YORK — LinkedIn’s stock more than doubled in its market debut Thursday because of huge investor demand for the first major U.S. social networking company to go public. The stock traded at $103 at midday under the symbol “LNKD” ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Investors are clamoring to connect with the online networking service LinkedIn Corp. in the latest sign of the fervor for Internet companies that specialize in bringing together people with common interests. The demand to buy a piece ...

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Dunkin’ Donuts made “Munchkins” something to eat rather than characters on “The Wizard of Oz.” It created Fred the Baker and coined the “Time to Make the Donuts” catchphrase. President Barack Obama worked at its sister company, Baskin-Robbins, when he ...

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