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go public

a. (of a private company) to issue shares for subscription by the public

b. to reveal publicly hitherto confidential information

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com/updates-on-our-work-to-build-a-21st-century-company/) statement , Airbnb CEO and Head of Community Brian Chesky said the company will not go public this year.

Airbnb Announces CFO Is Leaving, Company Won't Go Public This Year

Periods of higher uncertainty can also provide firms with a comprehensive investment prospect, offering them better opportunities to go public.

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According to statistics compiled by the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), as of the end of November, 42 overseas Taiwanese firms had applied to go public via primary listing, half of them from the electronics, biotechnology and medical sectors.

No. of expat Taiwanese firms listing in Taiwan doubles in 2011

Therefore, the president's decision to go public must be conditional on the president's position being popular.

Going public when opinion is contested: evidence from presidents' campaigns for Supreme Court nominees, 1930-2009

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may be the only major firm on track to go public during fiscal 2009 until March 2010.

Only 6 firms go public in Jan.-March period due to market turmoil

China-based Founder Securities is expected to go public in 2009.

Founder securities to go public in 2009

Khalid Maniar, founder and managing partner of auditing and business advising firm Horwath Mak, agreed that with the current IPO laws such as in the UAE, it is not surprising that family businesses in the region are hesitant to go public "because they don't want to lose control of their businesses.

Mideast family businesses prefer control over growth

When we start up an investment in China, we have to put in place all the mechanisms to take it public on the Nasdaq or NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) or in Hong Kong because the markets in China won't be reformed in the next seven to 10 years to allow startups to go public inside China and get the money out," Doll explains.

Venture capital forecast: hot with a chance of storms; The venture capital market has come back strongly from its lows in 2001, but concerns linger over funding of startups, exit strategies for companies reluctant to go public and a surfeit of cash for generating realistic returns

Com" now that companies with no products and no profits, such as the Palo Alto concern Nanosys, are starting to go public.

This won't take a nanosecond: next up in the hype market: the nanofication of America

NewCastle Investment Corporation became the first New York area firm to go public since early July of last summer.

Publicly-traded firms face some obstacles

In an attempt to forgo the lengthy SEC registration procedure with its associated planning and costs, many companies wishing to go public are now engaging in something called a "reverse merger," or "reversing into a public shell.