Francesca’s prices IPO

New York — Francesca's Holdings Corp. will price its initial public offering of 10 million shares between $14 and $16 a share, the Houston Business Journal reported. The women’s specialty apparel retailer will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol FRAN, the report said. In March 2011, private equity firm CCMP Capital acquired a controlling interest in Francesca’s, which operates 160 stores.