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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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) Is Your...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE: LUK) is generally touted as one of the baby Berkshires…. meaning it is treated along the same lines as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) and Warren Buffett. The...
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