Even as RenRen is using this IPO to float its shares into the U.S. market, Wall Street seems to be using it to float a trial balloon.

人人网正在利用此次IPO在美国股市上大肆散发其股份，另一方面，华尔街却似乎把人人的IPO看成了一个试验气球。

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Hartmut Mehdorn, chief executive of DB, has turned a chronic loss-making railway into a powerful international business which plans to float some 30% of its shares next year.

德国铁路股份公司的执行官Hartmut Mehdorn（哈特穆特媒栋恩，参5）将一个很长时间都亏损的铁路业变成了一个强有力的跨国企业，明年还计划将其30%的股份出售发行呢。

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And it issues a series of indices, properly weighted by the free float of shares.

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Now Riyadh wants to clean up the bank and float its shares on the Saudi Stock Exchange.

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DKSH, a Zurich-based trade-and-services firm, said it plans to float its shares on the Swiss stock exchange this month.

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