It's a bad idea to use the price-per-plate as a measure for how much you should spend on the wedding gift, says Jessica Silvester, a deputy editor and wedding expert with New York magazine. You wouldn't give your best friend a less expensive gift just because she was having a more casual affair..
An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the first time a company publicly sells shares of its stock on the open market. It is also known as  going public ..
IPO stands for initial public offering.. When the news media report that a company is going public, this means that company is making an initial public offering. This means that the company is offering its shares for sale to the public for the first time.