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In 1926 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today, we don’t call people rich because that smacks of class warfare. Instead...
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Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is shrinking its empire, sort of. The company is spinning off its Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation holdings to its shareholders. Sears holds...
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Relational is going after L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL). From May 25 to June 16, Relational Investors and its affiliates have acquired enough stock to become the company’s top...
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Oaktree Capital Group, LLC has filed to come public in an initial public offering. No financial terms were given but the firm did initially note a sale of up to $100 million in securities (Class A...
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Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) may have just wiggled its way into being one of the few top banks in America. The company is acquiring ING Direct USA from ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING). ...
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BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE: BJ) is the latest private equity buyout target in the retail segment. Two active players in retail industry buyouts, Leonard Green & Partners and CVC Capital...
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Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) is public again. The company priced its 20 million share IPO at $15.00 per share. This was right in the middle of the expected price range of $14 to $16 per share. ...
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Bill Ackman and his Pershing Square could soon become a much more formidable activist when it comes to dealing with companies. Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) might have not been one of Ackman’s...
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Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) finds itself as the latest rumored acquisition candidate for private equity. The company is worth about twice as much as when it came public in 2004 and its...
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The pace at which the market trades stocks, bonds, currencies, and futures seems to have once again become faster than anyone could have ever imagined. Forget a few hundred automated trades a...
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Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEN) is soon to just be Wendy’s again, sort of. The company has been exploring alternatives to try to unlock the value of the two unsuccessfully merged...
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Avaya Inc. is going to soon be public again. After being taken private during the private equity peak it has now filed for its initial public offering. No terms were disclosed but the offering is...
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Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) has not noticed that there have been five weeks of selling off in the broader equity markets nor that the economic data has faltered. Shares have held up better than...
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Cost Plus Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) is one company which we might generally skip due to its size and volume. The insider buying of late has been too large to ignore. This is one of the retailers that...
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Ally Financial Inc. has filed a second amendment to its S-1 filing as a mark that its IPO is likely closer rather than farther away. The company’s stock will be listed on the NYSE under the...
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