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courtesy Dell Inc.Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners did not get the voting rules change they sought from a special committee of the board of directors of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). The special...
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is accomplishing two key things this morning after its quarterly earnings report. The first key accomplishment is that the stock hit a new 52-week...
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courtesy of Sony Corp.Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb continued his battle to increase Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: S) shareholder value as he pressed the Japanese company over management of its studio. The...
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courtesy of DellWill another $0.10 a share make the difference? Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners have raised their price for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) from $13.65 a share to $13.75, and said this...
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Trian Fund Management, under Nelson Peltz, owns a stake more than $1.3 billion in shares of PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP). Now the fund group is becoming more of an activist as the group has just issued a...
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Jon OggDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is one of the most controversial buyouts in recent memory, certainly when you consider the size of this transaction going well above $20 billion. The fight between...
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courtesy of DellActivist Investor Carl Icahn is keeping up his hard court press against Michael Dell. Icahn said last week that he was raising his offer to acquire Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) in his...
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Courtesy United Parcel Service Inc.United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) cut its second-quarter and full-year earnings guidance this morning, citing overcapacity in the air freight market, a slowing...
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courtesy of DellActivist investor Carl Icahn is trying to do whatever he can to win his buyout efforts for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). This fight has been a legendary fight in the world of mergers and...
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Adrian Pingstone, via Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) may soon have a new friend and foe alike. Market rumors have been out on Tuesday that activist investor Bill Ackman may be taking a...
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ThinkstockIt seems that investors suddenly have grown to dislike dividend-paying stocks, if you have been watching many of the riskier, high-dividend and high-payout sectors while interest rates have...
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ThinkstockOne of the bigger acquisitions of the year is getting a negative review from a major shareholder. Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) has agreed to be acquired by China’s Shuanghui...
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.U.S. Representative Linda Sanchez has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting that the agency begin an investigation into allegations that Herbalife Ltd....
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Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SWHC) is showing that gun sales are still booming. The firearm manufacturer reported that its preliminary sales for the quarter ending on April 30,...
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thinkstockDo you ever get spam emails touting “public” companies on an unsolicited basis? If your email address appears anywhere online, chances are high that you have been sent a spam email that...
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