It's a bad idea to use the price-per-plate as a measure for how much you should spend on the wedding gift, says Jessica Silvester, a deputy editor and wedding expert with New York magazine. You wouldn't give your best friend a less expensive gift just because she was having a more casual affair..
An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the first time a company publicly sells shares of its stock on the open market. It is also known as  going public ..
IPO Basics Tutorial. Share. The term initial public offering (IPO) has been a buzzword on Wall Street and among investors for decades, and especially since the tech boom of the 1990âs. Back then, it seemed you couldn't go a day without hearing about a dozen new dotcom millionaires in Silicon Valley who were cashing in on their latest IPO. After the Great Recession following the 2008 financial crisis, IPOs ground to a halt, and for some years afterwards, new listings were rare.