SHARES in Burger king (BK) soared on September 1st on reports that the fast-food company was talking to several private-equity firms interested in buying it.

有报道披露，快餐企业汉堡王(BK)正在与数个有收购意向的私人股本接洽，9月1日，汉堡王的股值随之飙升。

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And it was private. It was not a public company with shares traded on the stock market.

这是一家私营公司，并非一家股票在股市交易的上市公司。

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And it was private. It was not a public company with shares traded on the stock market.

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The Nasdaq Private Market will provide a platform for buying and selling private company shares.

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Nasdaq OMX and SharesPost will join to create a new exchange that will allow accredited investors to buy private-company shares.

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On January 3rd SecondMarket, a broker-dealer in private-company shares, said it had been asked by the SEC for data about pooled investment funds formed to buy private-company stock precisely the kind of vehicle that Goldman has in mind for would-be Facebook investors.

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