In fact, the support it is offering followed a government pilot programme.
Her latest online offering follows the inquest into Peaches Geldof's death.
The stock offering follows the equally frenzied debut of Renren, a social media firm often described as China's Facebook.
The Kors offering follows stock sales over the summer by the European fashion houses Prada and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Greengrass's new offering follows close on the heels of United 93, his highly acclaimed and compelling reconstruction of the hijacking of the fourth 9/11 plane.
In the case of Facebook, the social networking giant tapped Morgan Stanley to lead the public offering, followed by JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.
Set in Paris in the early 20th century, this latest offering follows a "La Ronde -esque concatenation of eRonde -esquengs among a concatenationcters that includes a maharajah, cofrterotic soldiers, et al. Its title is purely and simply (or impurely and simply) "D?r".
Pandora Internet radio, which extrapolates individual playlists from users' likes and dislikes, raised hundreds of millions of dollars with a huge initial public offering (followed, however, by a steep drop in stock price; with operating costs and royalties to copyright owners, the company has never made a profit).
With the help of the Republican National Committee, the adviser said, the Bush campaign has assembled a thick book of research into Mr. Gore's debate performances and has even diagrammed Mr. Gore's typical debate response: an expression of empathy for the issue at hand, followed by an explanation of the remedy he is offering, followed by a pointed attack on his opponent's record or proposal.
I was selling the owner of the company a complex bond offering, followed by an equity offering.
One idea: a 20% initial public offering followed by a split-out to shareholders that would allow dissatisfied investors a way to get out of Pfizer stock.
