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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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thinkstockWith this being just after the election, you have to wonder about the timing even if it does make sense. Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) announced on Wednesday that it is embarking on a...
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ThinkstockApollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) this morning said it swung to a third-quarter profit from a year-ago net loss as its total assets under management rose 69%. The company also...
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ThinkstockSuperValu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) was up nearly 20% last week, largely on buyout speculation. Buyout firm Cerberus Capital Management is the likely frontrunner to take over the third-largest U.S....
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Chemical maker TPC Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TPCG) in late August agreed to a buyout by private equity firms First Reserve Capital and SK Capital Partners at $40 a share. That valued the company at about...
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Electronic health-records provider Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) said late last month that it would explore a sale of the company. Bloomberg is reporting this morning that...
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The IPO market may have several winners that are up 50%, 100%, or more from their summer IPO prices, but the IPO game for Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) is not looking too hot. The IPO of...
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Dan Loeb’s hedge fund, Third Point LLC, has put together a “significant” stake in Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) and filed with the SEC to buy even more. Murphy today acknowledged that it...
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Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is still a buyout candidate. That is what Reuters has said in a report. Founder Richard Schulze and four named private equity firms have reportedly started the process...
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The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) is going big into home automation, and we would note that there is a solar angle here as well. The private equity giant is paying a sum of $2 billion to acquire...
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If a retail company gets in trouble or starts to lag on its growth and business model, it seems like the great response is always a chance of a private equity-led buyout. Reports have Best Buy Co....
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Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) has been one of the ‘rumor mill’ merger candidates for months. Some would argue that it has been a potential takeover candidate even longer. The jobs...
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Following a months-long auction process, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) has agreed to sell its performance coating unit (DPC) to the Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) for $4.9 billion in cash....
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Plenty of action on the merger and acquisition front today, with founder Richard Schulze getting an okay from the board of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) to conduct his due diligence; Hertz Global...
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As a condition of regulatory approval for its acquisition of El Paso Corp., Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: KMP) agreed to divest some assets in the Rocky Mountains. Today the company made...
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