Original sentence: Byrne initiated a dutch auction IPO of Overstock.Byrne said he believes that competing banks shorted his company's stock prior to a July 2002 Wall Street Journal article in order to sully the auction's effect.He contended that "from day one, I think they set out to sabotage it.It was one of the first companies to go public under a system advanced by W.When Google also later went public via a Dutch Auction IPO,Byrne commented that Wall Street firms "had to be dragged into" participating in the Google stock offering.com in 2002
Edited sentence: "A lot of pressure was brought to bear by going with Hambrecht," says Byrne, who believes that competing banks shorted his company's stock prior to a July 31, 2002, Wall Street Journal article in order to sully the auction's effect."It was an orchestrated campaign by the banks that just didn't want to see it succeed.Byrne's first fight against alleged Wall Street unfairness started with his 2002 dutch auction IPO of Overstock.When Google also later went public via a Dutch Auction IPO, "That's when I smelled a skunk," said  Byrne.com, one of the first companies to go public under a system advanced by W