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Mergers and Acquisitions are still coming in the world of technology and communications. Many deals have been announced in technology that are around the Ciscoization of the data center and around...
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Last week private equity firms Apollo Management LP and TPG filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., the gaming firm the two firms...
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Tower International, Inc. (NYSE: TOWR) is about to be public. The former Tower Automotive supplies welded assemblies, body structure stampings, frames, and other auto structures. Tower has also...
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Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) was one of our “Deep Value Tech Stocks” we recently screened as technology stocks with dirt cheap valuations. We had noted a prior interest with private...
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Loose lips sink ships. Maybe mergers are not as secretive as discussing military secrets, but the world of M&A and private equity has some new buzz: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) is considering...
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Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: (NASDAQ: DELL) is seeing some unusual activity ahead of its earnings report. Perhaps more interesting is what is causing the move. There are a couple of rumors that either Dell...
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The Gymboree Corporation (NASDAQ: GYMB) has hardly been on the market for much time after shares had a great ten days or so on word that it was reviewing alternatives in hope of getting a private...
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Harbin Electric, Inc. (NASDAQ: HRBN) is going private, at least that is if the deal is accepted. The company has received a proposal letter from its Chairman and CEO, Mr. Tianfu Yang and Baring...
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Reuters: The panel that will give advice to Obama about the deficit met but experts were concerned that it will offer few concrete answers. Reuters: The House may approve a bill aimed that...
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is back at the buyout trough. The newest target is a Montreal rival in Canada called Van Houtte Inc. from an affiliate of Littlejohn & Co.,...
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The recession is over, at least for companies which want to raise money through IPOs. There have already been a large number of initial public offerings this year despite uneven markets. That may be...
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The cast of characters in this week’s Unusual Suspects is not any ordinary group of companies. There are many key stocks to watch for investors that have carryover issues from last week or which...
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Perhaps the biggest news of the week was that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) was closing down its proprietary trading operations. The ramifications were taken out of context. On the...
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$100 billion… That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements. This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the most active months of...
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Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) may be stealing a page from the global M&A playbook. The Sunday Times reported that Campbell is considering making a 1.5 billion pound, roughly $2.3 billion today,...
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