1.  Bennett said the newly public company even sought a buyer but found none because of its weakened condition.

2.  But he warned that the easy gains made in taking companies public in recent years could dry up.

3.  But it currently has no positions in public Linux companies.

4.  Despite a dicey market for taking companies public, Home Express would like to kick off the process this year.

5.  Despite its explosive growth, the family of Kristiansen has never taken the company public, at least in part to assure continuity of its traditional values.

6.  Despite the reputation of public Internet companies as money pits, a handful are in fact succeeding.

7.  For now, heady prospects for the entire teleservice industry are pulling up almost all the stocks of the newly public companies.

8.  He plans to take his company public within the next three years.

9.  Historic rivals in the highly lucrative business of taking companies public, managers of these two firms might not take kindly to being put under the same corporate roof.

10.  If so, investors reason, the newly public company will take off and bring great profits.