red herring issue

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• Red Herring (magazine) — Red Herring is a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market. It also sponsors a number of conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. It is …   Wikipedia

• red herring — red her·ring /ˌred her iŋ/ n [red herring something that distracts attention from the main issue, diversion]: a preliminary prospectus (as for the sale of securities) that is not yet approved by the appropriate body (as the Securities and… …   Law dictionary

• red herring — n. 1) A smoked herring having a reddish color. 2) Something that draws attention away from the matter being discussed or dealt with. ╂ [Sense 2, probably from the use of smoked herrings to lay scent trails for hounds to follow.] Word History: A… …   Word Histories

• red herring — n. 1. a smoked herring 2. something used to divert attention from the basic issue: from the practice of drawing a herring across the trace in hunting, to distract the hounds 3. Finance [Informal] Finance Informal a preliminary prospectus, subject …   English World dictionary

• red herring — smoked herring early 15c. (they turn red when cured), as opposed to white herring fresh herring. Supposedly used by fugitives to put bloodhounds off their scent (1680s), hence metaphoric sense (1864) of something used to divert attention from the …   Etymology dictionary

• Red herring prospectus — A red herring prospectus is a document submitted by a company (issuer) who intends on having a public offering of securities (either stocks or bonds) in the United States. Most frequently associated with an Initial Public Offering (IPO), this… …   Wikipedia

• Red Herring — A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock and the prospects of the issuing company. There is no price or issue size stated in the red herring, and it is sometimes updated several times… …   Investment dictionary

• red herring — noun 1. any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑diversion, ↑deviation, ↑digression, ↑deflection, ↑deflexion, ↑divagation 2. a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color …   Useful english dictionary

• red herring —    If something is a distraction from the real issues, it is a red herring.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    A red herring is a fact or argument introduced into a discussion which draws attention away from the main point.     Look,… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Red herring — A preliminary prospectus containing information required by the SEC. It excludes the offering price and the coupon of the new issue. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * *    US term for the preliminary prospectus for a new issue, which may… …   Financial and business terms

• red herring — A preliminary prospectus providing information required by the SEC. It excludes the offering price and the coupon of the new issue. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * *    US term for the preliminary prospectus for a new issue, which may be used… …   Financial and business terms