Among the initial public offerings stories for Wednesday, March 19, from AP Financial News:
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Catapulted by the biggest IPO in U.S. history, Visa Inc. shares soared 28 percent in their stock market debut Wednesday as investors bet an accelerating shift to electronic payments will enrich the world's largest processor of credit and debit cards.
NEW YORK (AP) _ CardioNet Inc. shares fell in their first day of trading on Wednesday after the heart monitor maker's initial public offering priced at $18 per share, the low end of its already-reduced expectations.