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When Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) reported earnings, or rather, losses, yesterday, the company also included the dreaded “going concern” statement telling investors that unless the company could...
After failing to pull the trigger on two buyout offers, Dynegy Corp. (NYSE: DYN) stated in its 10-K filing yesterday that it still has plenty of problems: “Our accompanying consolidated financial...
HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCA) is coming public this week in what is expected to be roughly a $3.5 billion IPO.  The sale is for about 124 million shares in a price range of $27.00 to $30.00 per...
HCA is on deck for its IPO this week.  The IPO is expected to raise close to $3.5 billion from the sale of about 124 million shares.  Be advised that this is yet another huge private equity-backed...
Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) now has a serious issue for its shareholders to consider this weekend. The dollar store chain has rejected a $7.6 billion buyout offer from Nelson Peltz.  While...
J. Crew Group Inc. (NYSE: JCG) is perhaps one of the more strange mergers out there involving retail and private equity. TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners offered $43.50 to acquire the...
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is getting hit hard today on news that Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group has sold shares in the stock in a registered offering.  Don’t be fooled...
The leading online music streaming service in Europe, Spotify, is reportedly in line to get an injection of $100 million in venture funding as it seeks to launch its service in the US. If the funding...
Medical marijuana is easily one of the most controversial businesses in America today.  It is also one super-fast growth industry.  24/7 Wall St. is always on the lookout for issues where Wall...
You already knew about the insider sale secondary offering from the Molycorp. Inc. (NYSE: MCP) in last week’s key sale.  This has hit the stock in recent trading days, but an SEC filing showed us...
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) soared last night after announcing that it has received an unsolicited conditional buyout proposal from Nelson Peltz’ Trian Group to acquire Family Dollar in...
Pandora Media, Inc. will likely soon be a public company.  The leader in internet radio filed its preliminary IPO paperwork on Friday evening.  Terms such as a share count and a price range were...
Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd. has just filed to come public in yet another large private equity re-IPO.  The company filing is for up to $1.15 billion in common shares to be sold.  While...
We have been calling for a premium IPO and a higher share count deal for Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and its highly anticipated IPO.  Technically this is a re-IPO and is the largest private...
Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) is supposed to price tonight.  While many already expected the IPO to be hot, the talk is that hot became hotter.  The last formal count was 80 million shares at a...