Sep 30, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Data-analytics company Palantir Technologies has raised $196.5 million, the company disclosed Friday in a regulatory filing. The Palo Alto-based company, founded by former PayPal executives, builds analytics software for the...
Sep 26, 2013 | News, North America
Sept 25 (Reuters) – Mediterranean style restaurant chain Zoe’s Kitchen is beginning to speak with banks about an initial public offering that could come next year, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company is...
Sep 26, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Entrepreneur Nicole O’Rourke has a novel idea for raising cash that would have been illegal until this week: smacking a “fund me” sticker on every bottle or can of hair products from her start-up business,...
Sep 25, 2013 | News, North America
Reuters Sandwich chain Potbelly Corp expects its initial public offering to be priced at between $9 and $11 per share, raising as much as $82.5 million. Potbelly, which operates 280 shops across the United States, will have a market valuation of $280 million at the...
Sep 25, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
HONG KONG, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will pursue an IPO in the United States after talks with Hong Kong regulators broke down, a move bound to set off a dogfight between the two main U.S. stock boards for the...