pre-announcement

The loose talk pre-announcement is that Facebook will be valued at anywhere between $75bn and $100bn.

Facebook's IPO announcement – as it happened 2012

And Jobs' carefully orchestrated product announcements have long been successful at creating not only news, but months of pre-announcement coverage simply anticipating the news.

CES: Tech throws a party, and Apple stays home Jena McGregor 2011

As we begin 2011, the Republican 2012 contenders begin some pre-announcement posturing and their supporters hope to push along the more reluctant candidates.

Mitch Daniels's (boys and) girls? Jennifer Rubin 2011

"It was a neat premium to pre-announcement trading levels, but DuPont is buying a well-performing business and will be able to create value from the acquisition," he said.

DuPont Succeeds in Bid for Danisco Jens Hansegard 2011

Your pre-announcement announcement on Sept. 7 ( "I, Jon Stewart, am announcing that I will have an announcement sometime ...") was a great tweak of all the useless "exploratory committees" and "listening tours" that politicians serve up and that, for no good reason, are treated as a big deal.

The case against Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity, by a 'Daily Show' fan Carlos Lozada 2010

It doesn't take an experienced branding person to figure out that the hypothetical iTablet name that was floating around pre-announcement would not be the name of the new device.

Marc Hershon: How iPad Is Naming the Game Marc Hershon 2011

Perhaps if there hadn't been quite so much drumroll – in his report on the Today programme, Evan Davies even refers to the pre-announcement chatter – the result wouldn't have felt quite so lacklustre.

Did Radio 4's A History of the World end with a damp squib or a big bang? Vicky Frost 2010

In 2009, 30.6% of takeover announcements generated so-called abnormal pre-announcement price movements though these statistics include people making good guesses and price rises after press speculation, as well as insider deals.

Unremarkable couple who amassed a fortune from insider trading 2011

It doesn't take an experienced branding person to figure out that the hypothetical iTablet name that was floating around pre-announcement would not be the name of the new device.

Marc Hershon: How iPad Is Naming the Game Marc Hershon 2011

Although oil prices have already returned to pre-announcement levels, some analysts have said it is too early to judge whether the release is a success since the oil is just starting to hit the market.

Oil Stockpile Jump Damps Prices Dan Strumpf 2011