Stock offerings
Gig economy riders for app-based meal delivery platform Deliveroo demonstrate outside the company headquarters in London, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The strike coincides with the first day of unconditional trading for Deliveroo shares, which went public last week in a stock market offering.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
UK Deliveroo riders strike over pay, gig work conditions

By Kelvin Chan Apr. 07, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 10, 2020 file photo, a Frontier Airlines jet heads down a runway for take off from Denver International Airport as travelers deal with the effects of the new coronavirus in Denver. Fans of Frontier Airlines can now buy a piece of the budget carrier. Frontier shares were expected to begin public trading Thursday, April 1, 2021, and company executives are hoping to get a tailwind from what seems to be a recovery in air travel. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Frontier Airlines hopes IPO rides wave of travel recovery

By David Koenig Apr. 01, 2021 10:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday Feb. 15, 2021, a Deliveroo food delivery worker pushes his bike in front of restaurant in Paris. Shares in the app-based meal delivery service Deliveroo tumbled by as much as a third in their U.K. stock market debut on Wednesday March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, FILE)
Deliveroo shares slump in UK IPO as investors lose appetite

By Kelvin Chan Mar. 31, 2021 07:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo thousands of garments are stored on a three-tiered conveyor system at the ThredUp sorting facility in Phoenix. Shares of ThredUp rose 30% in their stock market debut Friday, March 26, 2021, reflecting investor enthusiasm for the online marketplace for second-hand fashion goods. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
ThredUp's shares pop in stock market debut

By Anne D'innocenzio Mar. 26, 2021 01:35 PM EDT

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2019, file photo shows a WeWork logo at the entrance to one of their office spaces in the SoHo neighborhood of New York. WeWork is merging with BowX Acquisition in a transaction that would value the embattled communal office-space company at $9 billion plus debt and take it public, according to a report.The Wall Street Journal said Friday, March 26, 2021, that WeWork would also raise $1.3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
WeWork stock offer comes amid doubtful need for office space

By Tom Krisher, Michelle Chapman And Kelvin Chan Mar. 26, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 10, 2020 file photo, a Frontier Airlines jet heads down a runway for take off from Denver International Airport as travelers deal with the effects of the new coronavirus in Denver. Frontier Airlines says its hopes to gross about $630 million by selling some of its stock to the public. The discount airline said in a regulatory filing Tuesday, March 23, 2021, that it expects to sell 30 million shares at between $19 and $21 per share. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Frontier Airlines gives more details around stock offering

Mar. 23, 2021 11:45 AM EDT

Currency traders watch computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 12, 2021. Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asian shares mixed after stimulus lifts Dow, S&P to records

By Elaine Kurtenbach Mar. 11, 2021 06:39 AM EST

FILE - This Feb. 22, 2018, file photo shows an Airbnb logo during an event in San Francisco. Home-sharing site Airbnb posted a $3.9 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2020 as it suffered from the pandemic downturn in travel and recorded one-time costs for becoming a public company. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Airbnb reports huge loss in first time out as public company

By David Koenig Feb. 25, 2021 05:27 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2013 file photo, Nobel prize-winning Yale University economist Robert Shiller smiles at a news conference in New Haven, Conn. Now, even the pros on Wall Street are asking if stock prices have shot too high. The U.S. stock market has been on a nearly nonstop rip higher since March 2020, surging roughly 70% to record heights. “You might say a bubble occurs when people think that the market is going to go up but worry that it may drop,” said Shiller (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
It's not just GameStop worrying Wall Street about a bubble

By Stan Choe Feb. 02, 2021 02:06 PM EST

FILE - This Nov. 12, 2018 file photo hows a store sign at a Petco store in Chicago. Petco, the San Diego-based pet store chain, went public again Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 hoping to bank on people’s obsession with their furry friends. Petco’s stock, which opened at $18 Thursday, rose 66% to $29.89 in afternoon trading, valuing the company at more than $6 billion. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Petco goes public again as spending on dogs and cats soars

By Joseph Pisani Jan. 14, 2021 01:51 PM EST

This photo provided by Poshmark shows Manish Chandra. Shares of Poshmark soared in their debut trading in the public markets Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, a testament to the strength of the online marketplace for second-hand goods even during a pandemic. The company, founded in 2011 by Chandra, marked its debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market and is listed under the ticker POSH. (Jen Kay/Poshmark via AP)
Poshmark's shares soar in debut to public markets

By Anne D'innocenzio Jan. 14, 2021 12:09 PM EST

California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his 2021-2022 state budget proposal during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)
Newsom defends California business climate, status of rich

By Kathleen Ronayne Jan. 08, 2021 07:43 PM EST

A security guard mans a checkpoint into the Alibaba Group headquarters in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Friday, May 27, 2016. Chinese regulators on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 announced an anti-monopoly investigation of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, stepping up official efforts to tighten control over China's fast-growing tech industries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China steps up pressure on Alibaba with anti-monopoly probe

By Joe Mcdonald Dec. 24, 2020 02:11 AM EST

FILE - In this May 14, 2020 file photo, Terry Sullivan, general manager of Fondren Fitness, a Jackson, Miss., fitness center, sanitizes a workout machine. Fitness regimens shifted from the gym to the home in a big way during 2020. Interactive fitness bike maker Peloton was one of the biggest winners of the workout-from-home trend as gyms did not fare so well as people avoided crowded places. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Some businesses thrived, many lagged during pandemic in 2020

The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2020 11:50 AM EST

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, a board above a trading post on the floor, shows the symbol for Northern Star Acquisition Corp., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Bark is heading to the stock market through a $1.6 billion deal in which Northern Star Acquisition Corp. buys the company and takes it public. (Colin Ziemer/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
Another dog company heads to Wall Street: Bark to go public

By Joseph Pisani Dec. 17, 2020 10:27 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks during an event in San Francisco. Thirteen years after its founders first rented air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment, Airbnb is making its long-awaited stock market debut. The home sharing company priced its shares at $68 apiece late Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 giving it an overall value of $47 billion. Starting Thursday, it will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “ABNB.” (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Airbnb shares more than double in price in long-awaited IPO

By Dee-Ann Durbin Dec. 10, 2020 12:04 AM EST

FILE - New York Stock Exchange floor governor Rudy Maas, left, calls out prices during the IPO of MGM Growth Properties on the floor of the NYSE, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Wall Street has rolled out the welcome mat for companies going public this year, boosting proceeds from initial public offerings to the highest level in six years. Companies that have gone public this year have averaged a return of 53.8% above their IPO price, including a return of 23.4% after their first day of trading, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO research provider. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
Blockbuster IPO market still calls for cautious approach

By Alex Veiga Dec. 10, 2020 12:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks during an event in San Francisco. Thirteen years after its founders first rented air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment, Airbnb is making its long-awaited stock market debut. The home sharing company priced its shares at $68 apiece late Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 giving it an overall value of $47 billion. Starting Thursday, it will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “ABNB.” (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Airbnb prices shares at $68 ahead of Thursday IPO

By Dee-Ann Durbin Dec. 09, 2020 11:40 PM EST

FILE - New York Stock Exchange floor governor Rudy Maas, left, calls out prices during the IPO of MGM Growth Properties on the floor of the NYSE, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Wall Street has rolled out the welcome mat for companies going public this year, boosting proceeds from initial public offerings to the highest level in six years. Companies that have gone public this year have averaged a return of 53.8% above their IPO price, including a return of 23.4% after their first day of trading, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO research provider. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
Blockbuster IPO market still calls for cautious approach

By Alex Veiga Dec. 09, 2020 06:23 PM EST

FILE - The DoorDash app is shown on a smartphone on Feb. 27, 2020, in New York. DoorDash is capping a year of explosive growth with an initial public offering, hoping to keep the momentum going even if demand for food delivery eases in a post-pandemic world. (AP Photo)
DoorDash delivers 86% gain in stock market debut

By Dee-Ann Durbin Dec. 09, 2020 12:01 AM EST