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Initial public offerings are grabbing the spotlight, with today's launch of
Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) being just the latest in a spree of high-priced IPOs getting huge first-day run-ups. Yet the fact that ordinary investors have to pay as much as double what privileged clients of Wall Street institutions are charged for shares of hot IPOs has grabbed everyone's attention. Some companies are doing something about it, and increasingly, regular investors are paying attention.