Bear Stearns was such an amazing deal for JPMorgan that it quickly raised its offering price to $10 a share from $2, rather than let rivals pick up the scattered pieces of Bear Stearns, Sanati notes.
The online bookseller is expected to begin trading today after raising its offering price yesterday to $18 a share.
Facebook, for example, also raised its offering price before its IPO and the number of shares that were for sale.
Singapore Airlines will reduce the price it is offering to raise its stake in the troubled carrier, according to Air New Zealand's board.
Virgin Mobile USA Inc. has raised its IPO offering to $506 million five times the original target.
Ultimately, while Sprint envisioned holding a series of bond offerings to raise its desired cash, potential investors signaled that they would prefer one big offering and ensuring that the telecom had the money in hand right away.
Optimism over its prospects prompted Thai Oil in August to double the amount of cash it aimed to raise from its offering, to $600 million from $300 million.
Facebook has raised its initial public offering price to between $34 and $38 a share after being "swamped", confounding sceptics who say the social network is overvalued.
Longyuan plans to devote all $2 billion or so it raises in its offering to construction and debt repayment.
Demand Media said the $71 million it was raising in its offering was pegged for "investments in content, international expansion, working capital, product development, sales and marketing activities, general and administrative matters and capital expenditures".
The money that Dentsu raised from its offering also makes other investments likely.
