One initial public offering has been labeled a success, while the other has been tagged as a failure from the beginning.
It was up to the bankers and the execs to figure out a stock price where everyone won. In the end, the little guy got the shaft.
If common ground is found, a strategic relationship could benefit both companies.
The CEO of Morgan Stanley sits down with CNBC to discuss what happened.
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The infamous Pets.com IPO from 2000 may turn out to be a bigger success than Facebook's.
Market sours after long recovery from dot-com mess.
These days, investors want safe assets -- not risky tech IPOs.
For all the hype, most retail investors weren’t buying in, and it took some alleged buying on the part of the underwriters to keep the stock from losing on opening day.
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