IPOs are most often done by newer companies that are growing quickly and need fresh capital to fuel this growth, or by government owned entities that are being privatized through the equity markets.
Karremans said a long Serb blockade before the attack had left the lightly armed Dutch battalion desperately short of food and fuel, but requests for fresh supplies went unheeded.
In a deal reached in the small hours of Thursday morning, Mr Mahuad gave way: fuel prices partly down again, fresh agreed measures (notably, the reinstatement of income tax) to raise revenues, an end to the emergency, and withdrawal of the non-tax bills, to be sent to Congress one-by-one later.