Preview: ‘Candy Crush’ maker King to go public

By Barbara Ortutay

Published March 24, 2014 1:33pm ET

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Preview: ‘Candy Crush’ maker King to go public — NEW YORK (AP) — King Digital, the company behind the wildly mobile game “Candy Crush Saga,” is scheduled to make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange this week. The company could be valued as high as $7.6 billion if its initial public offering prices at $24 per share, the upper end of its […]

NEW YORK (AP) — King Digital, the company behind the wildly mobile game “Candy Crush Saga,” is scheduled to make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange this week.

The company could be valued as high as $7.6 billion if its initial public offering prices at $24 per share, the upper end of its expected range. That’s nearly twice as much as its closest rival Zynga Inc., the creator of “FarmVille.”

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