The volume of withdrawn offerings provides a clear indication of rapid changes in markets.
The total estimated volume of the withdrawn offerings in 2008 is about $8.9 billion, compared with less than $3.2 billion in the same period a year ago.
This year, those carriers responded with larger-than-usual premium increases and, in some places, by withdrawing offerings altogether.
This would ensure that the old, withdrawn offering was not integrated into the later one.
Socially Georg claims to be quiet and withdrawn, offering as evidence the photo of him at left from Mo's wedding.
Given lackluster demand, some companies have been forced to cut the size of their offerings, watch their shares suffer or even withdraw their offerings altogether.
The buyers, mostly institutional investors and hedge funds, demanded discounts and stricter repayment terms, leading many banks to withdraw debt offerings, including that of Chrysler.
As many as a dozen were forced to postpone or even withdraw their offerings entirely.
Of the others, 14 have informed the regulator that they will stop offering payday loans, of which three have opted to withdraw from offering credit entirely.
The move by Goldman to withdraw the offering from its United States clients came after the plan had drawn regulatory scrutiny.
When the city tried to issue $34m in bonds, nobody bought them, forcing the city to withdraw the offering.
