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courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) can use all of the good news, or good rumors, that it can get. After all, the situation has turned into a death-spiral. MarketWatch is one...
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Timken Co. (NYSE: TKR) has been in business for more than 100 years, making bearings and steel for a variety of industrial products. Now the company’s largest single shareholder, activist firm...
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The market has seen better weekly jobless claims, a higher revised Q3 GDP report and better home sales data this morning. Shares are also higher on more hopes that a fiscal cliff resolution will be...
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Jon OggAre big mergers really worth it? After this week’s merger implosion news by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 24/7 Wall St. wanted to review and analyze many of the really bad mergers of...
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ThinkstockInsiders are using the recent market sell-off to purchase weak shares, at least that is the case for these stocks. Insiders can sell shares for a multitude of reasons. But when they buy...
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Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia CommonsBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings. Many changes had been made in...
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Carl Icahn is going after Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). A 13D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Carl Icahn, via investment entities under him, has taken a stake of 9.98%...
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Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) is still in trouble after it had to cancel its big engine initiative. While that blunder may have cost billions of dollars when all was said and done, the...
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The writing has been on the wall for a couple of weeks, ever since Third Point, the hedge fund managed by Daniel Loeb, announced that it had put together a “significant” stake in Murphy Oil Corp....
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Activist investor Carl Icahn said in a statement today that he will make a tender offer of $32.50 per share in cash for the outstanding shares of Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK). Icahn owns about 9.5% of...
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Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) may still want to remain an independent company, but the troubled truck and engine maker has managed to avoid a proxy fight. The price reaction on Monday is...
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In early September, activist investor Carl Icahn demanded four seats on the board of Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), calling the appoint of Lewis Campbell as chairman and interim CEO...
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More change is coming to Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF). Well, maybe. After yesterday’s news reports that it had hired Goldman Sachs to seek strategic alternatives, shares shot up to $38...
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Activist investor Carl Icahn is nothing if he is not persistent. He is now calling on Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) to make four board seats available to shareholders immediately. Icahn,...
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Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman is already out with an amended filing after his activist investor activities increased against General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), which also brings up a bit...
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