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Shares of Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) jumped more than $5/share just before closing yesterday on a report from Bloomberg that the company may sell itself to a buyout firm. If the report pans out,...
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Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) is soon to be public again. We have covered this on multiple occasions and listed it as one of our Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2011. Unless things drastically change...
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A famous Bain & Co research report issued in 2004 said the 70% of mergers fail to create shareholder value. A Southern Methodist University study of 193 mergers which happened between 1990 and...
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BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU) is coming public again today, for the second time. The bank you used to know as “BKUNA” is now “BKU” and is far more healthy and more focused. The...
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The world of IPOs is getting off to a good start in 2011. We have two companies coming public this Wednesday morning after the deals have formally priced. The first to look at is the larger Nielsen...
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The slate of 2011 initial public offerings is about to kick off into gear. We have three top IPOs we will be closely watching this week. In internet publishing we have a controversial offering...
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SPACs, the special purpose acquisition companies, were very popular during the private equity bubble and before the recession took hold. You hardly ever hear about them now. This week brought on...
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is being viewed differently because of its Facebook investment that gave the social networking monster a valuation of about $50 billion. In order to not throw...
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The reaction to the news of a conglomerate break-up in a three-way separation was incredible for ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) yesterday. Shares closed up 16.5% rather than over 20% and the closing...
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The market for Initial Public Offerings is booming. After seeing so many IPOs trade exponentially higher than expected in 2010, the market should continue to be strong in 2011. We have created...
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Smith & Nephew plc (NYSE: SNN) is trading higher today on reports that it rebuffed an approach for a takeover by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). What is interesting about the implied $10.9...
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA) has been in talks to go private for some time. It appears to be happening. The company just announced this morning that Icon Acquisition Holdings, L.P., a...
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Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) and Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) may seem like unlikely companies to get in a bidding war over a rival retailer. Logic and analysis aside, the Wall...
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There is a notion that Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) should not be allowed to buy shares in Facebook for $450 million and sell them to clients. The SEC plans to look into the trading of shares in...
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The craze surrounding Facebook is getting even more out of hand, this time with Wall Street setting the valuation of the company at some $50 billion. A fresh investment from Goldman Sachs Group...
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