Dollar General plans an initial public offering of approximately 34.1 million shares of common stock priced between $21 and $23 per share, according to a regulatory filing.

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Private equity firm Blackstone Group's chief executive said the worst of the industry's slump is behind it, and dealflow and IPO investments are opening up again.

Stocks shot out of the gate Monday, fueled by earnings optimism, but then pulled back near the final hour of trading as investors took some profits.

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Hospital operator Select Medical Holding's initial public offering priced at $10 a share, below the estimated range, and raised $300 million, according to an underwriter.

After a year of virtually no IPOs as credit evaporated from the market, eight deals worth $3.5 billion are flooding the market this week.

The price of gold continued to give back some of its recent gains Monday and slipped below the psychologically important $1,000 level to its lowest price in almost a week.

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which operates KKR Financial Holdings, is preparing for an initial public offering of discount retailer Dollar General, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter.