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ThinkstockThe Nasdaq and NYSE short interest for Feb. 15 is out, and there have been some big changes in the short interest compared to January 31. While Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) saw a big gain in...
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Jon OggShort sellers have increased their bets by and large against our universe of go-to quality dividend stocks. We tracked the short interest changes from the February 15 settlement date, versus...
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Jon OggIf you are growing about as sick of David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital in his fight against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) as we are, there is an interesting twist that took place on Thursday. We...
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ThinkstockThe proposed management-led buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is far from being without controversy. When the deal was still in the rumor stage, we came up with a maximum valuation of...
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Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors, Inc. is a hedge fund manager that can move stocks. The newest 13-F filing at the SEC shows that he made some significant portfolio changes as of the end of Q4-2012....
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Jon OggInsiders are still selling shares. Most investors have heard that Eric Schmidt is selling out of about $2.5 billion worth of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares, but there are many other large...
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courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not yet at the point that it really wants to take David Einhorn too seriously. At a Goldman Sachs investor conference today, CEO Tim Cook called...
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courtesy Dell Inc.Southeastern Asset Management intends to push harder against the buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) by founder Michael Dell and his partners. Southeastern, which owns a stake of...
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Jon OggActivist investor and corporate raider Carl Icahn is showing his investors that he will be able to keep making more and more money in his efforts ahead. This morning came news from Icahn...
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Jon OggApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has formally responded to the call from Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn. This is strange to see from a company where Steve Jobs might have told Einhorn to go...
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.Hedge fund honcho William Ackman fired off another set of questions directed at Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) in yet another move to back up his contention that the nutrition and...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital has taken a move against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in an Securities and Exchange Commission filing, and he is trying to drum up shareholder...
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ThinkstockSandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD) and its chief executive, Tom Ward, have been getting crosswise with investors since at least last November. Ward has been a particular target of two...
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Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia Commons2013 is yet another year getting off to a great start for stocks, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is actually outperforming the broad stock market so far in...
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CNBCThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released 192 complaints filed against Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) over the past seven years in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the New...
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