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Candy Crushed as King.com stock drops 9 per cent on first day of IPO

Charlee Gothard

Charlee Gothard

26 March 2014 • 2 min read

Mobile game firm proves that not all tech IPOs are a golden goose

King Digital's IPO doesn't seem to have gone to plan so far, as the mobile game company's public offering on the New York Stock Exchange has seen its stock value plummet by nearly 9 per cent of its...

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