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Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has been at the center of a process that would have fallen under the ‘de facto control’ pursuit by Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA). The...
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Third Point LLC’ Dan Loeb is now attacking Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) over what is a highly unusual incidence: discrepancies of the company’s educational background of CEO Scott Thompson and...
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Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) is almost magically trading lower this morning on a sell-the-news reaction after the auction house (and oldest listed company on the NYSE) posted a record auction price of...
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Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) may be back in favor after the huge $600 million or so investment from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). Jana Partners disclosed in April that it had taken a...
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Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNT) already had problems before a fund called Tang Capital accused it of being insolvent this week. Over the last year this stock has fallen down steadily...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is still deep in the soup. Since the news broke over the weekend over bribes in Mexico involving its current and former top-brass, Wal-Mart shares have slid and...
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Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) is supposed to be getting a takeover offer soon, or at least it is expected to receive or disclose several possible bids soon. Now the company has one more bit...
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If something can rise in value, investors and speculators may be involved. The world of art is one of the true alternative investing venues as investors often compete head-to-head with museums,...
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Earth Day is April 22, 2012, which is this Sunday. Many Americans and many people elsewhere will be thinking about how they can be more green. Sadly, there are going to be many investors who are...
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If any of the major US railroads needed a good quarter, it was Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP). The company has been fighting a running battle with activist investor William Ackman for over...
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Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was touted as a hot IPO but became a sizzling hot IPO. The company priced 13.5 million shares at $17.00 per share, but this was a premium to the already-raised range of...
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Sirius XMLiberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA) sure appears to want to take control of SiriusXM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) without really taking full control. If you have not been keeping up with...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world’s most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We...
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Bernie Madoff was the ultimate scum if you consider the size, time period and numbers of clients that his Ponzi scheme damaged. It was billions of dollars lost. There may be a new scum bag in the...
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GS.COMGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) just seems as though it cannot get out from under the negative spotlight. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged that the brokerage and trading...
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