IPOs

The micro-blogging site's chief financial officer faced the big task of sidestepping the problems that beset Facebook on its first day of trading.

Twitter’s initial public offering on Thursday is likely to be the hottest launch of the year.Here's your cheat sheet.

Developing: Twitter shares opened at $45.10 on the New York Stock Exchange, after pricing Wednesday evening at $26.   

Twitter revised a filing with the SEC to double cash-and-stock grants for five outside board directors to $16 million each.

Shake Shack is bringing its burgers, milkshakes and crinkle-cut fries to Wall Street.

Shares of cancer treatment company Juno Therapeutics Inc. are surging 60 percent in their stock market debut.

Bluebird Bio is capitalizing on a recent stock price spike with a public offering of more shares that it expects to raise over $211 million, most of which will go toward clinical research.

Software provider Actuate has agreed to be purchased by Open Text for approximately $330 million to help enhance its product offerings.

By day, Ma Baoli was a high-ranking officer in a seaside city police force.

Virgin America says its initial public offering of 13.3 million shares has priced at $23 apiece.

Small business lender On Deck on Monday filed for an initial public offering valued at up to $150 million.

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba's second-quarter net income fell 39 percent as it spent more on acquiring businesses and investing in its mobile business and marketing, but its revenue surged 54 percent on strong user demand.

NorthWestern Corp. plans an offering of up to $348 million in stock to help pay for its $900 million purchase of 11 hydroelectric dams in Montana from PPL Montana.

Shell Midstream Partners LP is set to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. says it will raise its offer for Botox maker Allergan Inc. to $200 or more per share.