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Wikimedia CommonsWhenever you see huge restructurings and reclassifications for a major corporation, the first thing that should come to mind is whether a company is about to break itself up...
ThinkstockAfter markets closed on Friday, News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) formally split itself into two pieces: a publishing company still to be called News Corp. and a movie and TV company named...
ThinkstockAfter withdrawing a planned spin-off of a master limited partnership in November, SunCoke Energy Inc. (NYSE: SXC) this morning announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary SunCoke Energy...
ThinkstockAt an investor conference this morning, the CEO of Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) that the company will commit some of its oil and gas transportation (midstream) assets to the formation of a new...
ThinkstockWhen Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reported second quarter earnings last July, the company said it would seek a tax-efficient spin-off of its retail business. In a presentation to...
Timken Co. (NYSE: TKR) has been in business for more than 100 years, making bearings and steel for a variety of industrial products. Now the company’s largest single shareholder, activist firm...
ThinkstockCasino owner and operator Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) announced this morning that it will spin off its real estate assets into a separate, publicly traded REIT in a transaction...
Here we go again. We’d all feel cheated if a year were to pass without chatter about the possibility of a takeover of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). In 2007, BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) was said to be...
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) announced this morning that it has received a “favorable private letter ruling” from the US Internal Revenue Service “confirming the tax-free status of the planned...
So far this year we’ve noted a couple of major spin-offs in the energy section. Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) spun out its downstream business into Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) and Tesoro...
Looks like the whispers we were hearing yesterday about a split-up of some sort at oil major ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) were true. The company has announced this morning that it will spin-off...
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...
2010 has been a positive year for the markets.  IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue.  Many spin-offs have been...