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- noun Plural form of
highflier .
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Track the performance of some notable initial public offerings—the highfliers and flame-outs—of past and present.
For Zuckerberg, Riches up to $28 Billion Geoffrey A. Fowler 2012
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Track the performance of some notable initial public offerings—the highfliers and flame-outs—of past and present.
Facebook Sets Historic IPO Shayndi Raice 2012
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Other stocks that cratered in 2011 include former highfliers such as movie-rental company Netflix, down 63% on the year, and solar-module provider First Solar, off 63%.
What Worked in 2011... and What Didn't Gregory Zuckerman 2011
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Here's a look at some highfliers and flame-outs of the past and present.
Eight Deals Aim to Hit the Market Lynn Cowan 2012
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Smaller highfliers like OpenTable and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters are down some 28% and 7%, respectively.
Fed-Fueled Momentum Can Quickly Fade Kelly Evans 2011
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Those on his side include his mother, Marina, his ex-wife, and his eldest son, Pavel, who lives in exile in the US – as well as ex-Yukos highfliers Leonid Nevzlin and Mikhail Brudno, both now hiding from Interpol in Tel Aviv.
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Goods from cotton to zinc that were highfliers last year have turned into laggards, with several turning in double-digit declines in futures markets.
What's News— 2011
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Goods from cotton to zinc that were highfliers late last year have turned into laggards in recent weeks.
Commodity Surprise: Some Are Now Heading Down Liam Pleven 2011
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Early in 2011, technology stocks were the highfliers, soaring 8.4% in the first six weeks of the year and fueling chatter about a new tech bubble amid sky-high valuations for privately held companies like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Investors Take Defensive Turn Jonathan Cheng 2011
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Facebook: The most anticipated of the social-media highfliers, Facebook is estimated to be worth $77.8 billion.
Playing the IPO Boom Ben Levisohn 2011
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