Today's Best Market Rumors (2/4/2011) Ally IPO, Beckman Coulter M&A

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Published: February 4, 2011 9:09 am

Last Updated: February 4, 2011 9:56 am

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New pension finance treatment could change earnings at AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE VZ). (Bloomberg)

Ally picked Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) for its IPO (NYT)

Beckman Coulter (NYSE: BEC) has received two buy out offers, one from Blackstone (NYSE: BX)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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