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George Soros is getting out of the hedge fund business. Oddly enough, the regulatory climate under Dodd-Frank and other new legislation are the major reasons cited more than his age. That seems...
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24/7 Wall St. has long considered E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) as a buyout candidate in the world of online brokerage firms. The company made some big gambles in an effort to...
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Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI) is getting absolutely pounded this morning. After the close on Friday came word that Bridgepoint filed a registration statement with the SEC to register for...
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GSV Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: GSVC) is a regulated business development company which many investors still are unaware of. That may change now that the BDC has filed to raise more capital and...
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13D filings are often full of surprises, and this morning is no exception. Carl Icahn has an amended filing this morning regarding his 9.4% stake in Clorox Corporation (NYSE: CLX). Icahn not only...
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We have said it before… Some of the current initial public offerings with very low share floats and some of the valuations of these private (semi-public) companies are in some cases no different...
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After markets closed yesterday, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) announced a plan to create a $1 billion venture capital fund to promote increased demand for natural gas by replacing...
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In the shadow of Groupon’s IPO plans, the pubic offering of LinkedIn, and estimated valuations for Facebook that go as high as $100 billion, Twitter raised $400 million under terms that set its...
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Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev told an economic conference last month that he had ordered the government to reduce its controlling interests in some of the country’s biggest companies. He...
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Party City Holdings is a company you have probably run by if you have ever had to buy party favors. This was taken private back in 2005 and it is now coming public again. The offering terms of...
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TOYS “R” US, Inc. has been a perpetual IPO candidate and remains one of our Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2011. The company has now filed its fifth amendment to its IPO paperwork with the SEC. ...
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Now that it’s known that investor Carl Icahn is acquiring shares in Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) it appears that the stock in the maker of specialty vehicles is going to break back above its 200-day...
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Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) did get its buyout from private equity firm Providence Equity Partners. The deal is an all-cash buyout valued at $1.64 billion plus the assumption of approximately...
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Using the term “value stocks” in the same sentence as “I.T.” and “technology” can be a dangerous game. Still, many investors, particularly of the private equity acquiring type, do use...
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Trinseo S.A. has filed its foreign registration paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering of it shares. Trinseo is public limited liability company under the laws of Luxembourg. ...
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