US BioEnergy Raises $140 Million

US BioEnergy Corp., an Inner Grove Heights, Minn.-based ethanol production company, priced 10 million common shares at $14 per share, for an IPO take of approximately $140 million. It originally had planned to offer 9.4 million shares at between $15 and $17 per share. It will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol USBE, while UBS and Piper Jaffray served as co-lead underwriters. Shareholders include Capitaline Advisors. www.usbioenergy.net < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />