Anyone, regardless of background, could buy shares in the flotation of previously nationalised industries.
In Brazil itself, the real's flotation sparked a 33% one-day surge on the depressed bourse.
Visa's flotation will at least provide some distraction on Wall Street from the subprime battering.
In part, because the flotation will raise money that it can invest in its own products.
Most of Ziff-Davis's subsidiaries have fallen dramatically in value since their flotation nearly two years ago.
Enel's shares have languished and are now worth around one-fifth less than at flotation.
Even so, that the flotation went with a bang should not make them too confident.
It accused NASDAQ of mishandling the flotation and warned it would take steps to recover the loss.
The biggest was its own flotation in 1999, after years of often rancorous debate among the partners.
In spite of its plummeting share price, Facebook has oodles of cash from its recent stockmarket flotation.
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Raising money by the back door suits the companies, because it avoids the scrutiny surrounding stockmarket flotation.
Murdoch ran short of capital, too, but Mike Milken bailed him out with a high yield debenture flotation.
Mr Ferragamo, who has reservations about flotation, sits on Marzotto's board and has a stake in the company.
Clubs to consult supporters on major decisions such as ground relocation, Stock Market flotation, and major share sales.
The firm had been criticised for a sharp rise in its original flotation price target shortly before its listing.
Dr Burnie has raised millions via a share flotation to pursue the project.
When the instructor strapped a flotation device around Bella's waist, everything got better.
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Their mandate is to prepare the bank for eventual flotation on the stockmarket.
The share price, euro12.80 at flotation in 1997, sank to euro4.50 earlier this month, but has since climbed a little.
One way to look at the Facebook IPO is thus to regard it more as an introduction than a flotation.
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"They are now trying to force an IPO because they absolutely need the proceeds from the flotation, " one analyst said.
And with so much ill-will being generated by the internal bickering, a successful flotation suddenly looks a pretty distant prospect.
But given the rapidly growing interest in share ownership among ordinary Germans, flotation is unlikely to remain taboo for long.
Wit, a 16-month-old veteran, was formed by Andrew Klein, who in 1995 completed the first-ever Internet flotation, of a brewery.
Worse, one of Italy's flagship sell-offs, the flotation of Enel, its electricity monopoly, has been badly mishandled (see article).
Others have hired marine architects to determine how boats can increase stability, by adding ballast or filling compartments with flotation foam.
The government approved the New York flotation some weeks ago, but only on condition that foreign ownership would not exceed 49%.
Its boss is Guo Shuqing, who ran China's foreign-exchange fund before taking CCB public in 2005 in the first big bank flotation.
The low flotation price means some of Iberia's investors - including British Airways - will get a rebate from the Spanish government.
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