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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,...
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) shares are lower on WSJ reports that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) may look to unload its 34% (approximate) stake in the money management giant.  With a $28.6...
The Blackstone Group, L.P. (NYSE: BX) has agreed to purchase electricity generator Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN). Blackstone will pay $4.50/share in cash, for a total of about $543 million, and assume...
Failing bookstore company Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), maker of the also-ran e-reader, the Nook,  has settled with raider Ron Burkle, who bought enough shares in the company so that he could...
KKR, the private equity firm, pulled its $500 million IPO. It made a similar move in 2007 as the investment markets fell apart. The large financial operation said the market conditions were not...
MarketWatch:   A number of economists now expect Q2 GDP to be below 2%. Reuters:   BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) CEO Tony Hayward is expected to resign. Reuters:   Hayward will leave with $10 million....
Updated throughout the day. GM plans to file for an IPO the week of August 16 (various) Bank of America Corporation NYSE: BAC) plans to sell some of its private equity assets (Bloomberg) Credit Card...
The latest and M&A deal in the world of technology and communications came to ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) this week, where Tyco Electronics, Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) is paying $12.75 per...
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is touting its new initiative for smarter power usage, which is from the power grid to plug-in electric vehicles, and a home energy command center.  More importantly,...
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA) saw its shares hit a 52-week high today, although long-term shareholders who were in before the last two years are still finding themselves in the ‘long and...
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) had a surprisingly small reaction today considering that when banks rise it tends to rise even more.  Thomson Reuters, via PEHub, reported today that Citi has agreed to...
Today may seem like a poor example of growth and sector dominance when you consider that the news catalyst has a shadow over its peers.  Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) beat earnings, but its...
Restructuring never ends in many large corporations.  After a week’s worth of reading through dozens of corporate deals in the pipeline and analyzing others which could be close, it seems that...
It was during the most recent meltdown that we gave a list of companies where the stocks could still double, and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) was one of them.  Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square disclosed...
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is trading higher today on hopes that a higher buyout offer will be heading its way.  There is at least some caution despite the notion that the company is a niche play...