Zoe’s Kitchen has strongest debut among IPOs
A Mediterranean-style restaurant chain, a maker of animal nutritional supplements and the owner of natural gas and oil pipelines rose in their stock market debuts Friday.
GrubHub delivers on IPO, with shares up 30 percent
Investors sent shares of GrubHub Inc. up over 30 percent Friday after an initial public offering that valued the online food ordering service at more than $2 billion.
2U begins selling stock on Nasdaq
2U Inc., of Landover, a maker of software for institutions of higher education, became a public company on Friday with an initial public offering of 9.175 million shares of common stock priced at $13 per share, trading on Nasdaq under the symbol TWOU.
Twitter surges in opening trade on NYSE
NEW YORK — Shares of Twitter went on sale to the public for the first time Thursday, instantly leaping more than 70 percent above their offering price in a dazzling […]
Tangling over Twitter: NYSE, Nasdaq fight for IPO
NEW YORK — Twitter’s stock debut is the biggest coming-out party since Facebook, and Wall Street’s largest exchanges are fighting to host it. The company has yet to announce an […]
Report of possible company sale lifts BlackBerry stock
NEW YORK — Shares of BlackBerry Ltd. rose more than 3.5 percent Monday on a report that the company is in sale talks with a handful of companies. Reuters reported […]
Twitter tunes in to TV partnerships ahead of IPO
NEW YORK — People don’t just watch TV anymore; they talk about it on Twitter. From the comfort of couches, they share reactions to touchdowns and nail-biting season finales — […]
Marriott transferring listing to Nasdaq
BETHESDA — Marriott is voluntarily transferring its listing to the Nasdaq Global Select Market from the New York Stock Exchange. The hotel and timeshare company said that its shares are […]
Cel-Sci announces reverse stock split
Cel-Sci Corp., of Vienna, Va., and Elkridge, a biotechnology company that is developing new immune system-based treatments for cancer and infectious diseases, announced Friday it is implementing a 1-for-10 reverse stock split, effective on Wednesday.
First woman member of the NYSE Siebert dies at 80
NEW YORK — Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, who started as a trainee on Wall Street and became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, has […]
Priceline stock flirts with historic $1,000 mark
NEW YORK — Priceline.com came close Friday to becoming the first stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to ever cross $1,000. Investors jumped onboard after the travel booking […]
Choice Hotels 2Q profit slips, but still tops view
ROCKVILLE — Choice Hotels International Inc., whose brands include Comfort Inn, Econo Lodge and its namesake, said Friday that its net income fell 11.4 percent in the second quarter, weighed […]





