After sitting on their large holdings since mid-2008, private equity firms are preparing their companies for initial public offerings -- meaning 2011 could see a spurt of billion-dollar plus IPOs. The Wall Street Journal does some IPO predicting for the coming year: "In 2011, we will see some very large multibillion-dollar IPOs. Obviously, some are already on file, but there will be more to come from private-equity firms that have large holdings they are more likely to exit through the public markets," says Mark Hantho, global co-head of equity capital markets at Deutsche Bank. Yes, HCA is among them.