Mergers and Acquisitions
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ThinkstockHydra Industries Acquisition Corp. has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) as of August 19. The offering is 10 million units, which are valued at $100 million. The company plans on...
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Berkshire Hathaway is supposed to be one of the squeaky clean companies as far as accounting and operational oversight are concerned. It turns out that even the cleanest of the clean can run into...
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It is not a secret that for the past month Shutterfly reportedly has been looking for another firm to buy it out. Could this sale prove to be a disappearing act of sorts for this company?
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ThinkstockPetSmart Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) has been all over the place, and it appears that the stock will remain all over the place going into earnings. Word has surfaced, what we would argue is...
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courtesy of ComcastOne of the arguments that Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) makes in support of its $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is that wireless broadband is a...
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Nearly everyone expected a higher bid for Family Dollar Stores after the first buyout offer from Dollar Tree. Could another super discounter afford to let a competitor grow?
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Dollar General said Monday morning that it has proposed to acquire Family Dollar Stores in a deal worth $9.7 billion. In late July, Dollar Tree entered a definitive merger agreement to acquire Family...
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Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) bought city guide app creator Jetpac and immediately announced it would withdraw its product from Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) store. The battle between the...
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courtesy of SodaStreamThe Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), which already has a 16% stake in Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), announced Thursday it will purchase a 16.7% stake in Monster...
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Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) has come closer to being considered a special situation investments. The largest ammunition manufacturer in America has now filed with the Securities and...
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ThinkstockThe last time we checked on Chiquita Brands International Inc. (NYSE: CQB), it was preparing for a merger with Fyffes PLC. Yogi Berra once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.” Those...
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Kinder Morgan Inc.Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) CEO Richard Kinder takes a salary of just $1 a year for his role as chairman and CEO of KMI and the other companies in the Kinder Morgan stable....
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Thinkstock Update: When Richard Kinder did not get the CEO job at Enron, he put together a deal to acquire Enron’s pipeline assets. The resulting company, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, was a...
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ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) was added to the prized Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs on Friday. While the rating was already a “Buy” with a $21 price target, the price...
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Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) may be losing its chance to operate as an independent company. All of the metrics that would show Zynga might make even desperate progress were missing in its latest quarterly...
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