The stock, which tripled the first day, to $48.50 a share, adjusted for a subsequent split, did not peak until July, when it reached $107.

(Both the number of shares and the price are adjusted for a subsequent split.)

(All prices are adjusted for a subsequent split.)

However, a subsequent split within the organisation meant that German was not able to use the party's name in the election.

Royal went public last August at $7.75 a share, adjusted for a subsequent split, and reached a high of $31 in February.

At the time, Merrill's stock was about $54 a share, adjusted for a subsequent split.

It rose from $13 a share in August, adjusted for a subsequent split, to a peak of $333 on March 10.

Neither stock has done well since the broadcasts; Integrated Resources was at $13.75 the day of the report, adjusted for a subsequent reverse split.

Warnaco went public in 1991 at a price of $10 a share, adjusted for a subsequent split.

(The numbers are not adjusted for the subsequent reverse split.)