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It was rather surprising when we saw that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) had suddenly sold all of the Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) holdings back in mid-November. ...
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When Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) reported earnings, or rather, losses, yesterday, the company also included the dreaded “going concern” statement telling investors that unless the company could...
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YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) has not gone without loss, nor without shareholder controversy. Now investors who are already facing severe losses get to digest news that the company’s Chief...
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Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) now has a serious issue for its shareholders to consider this weekend. The dollar store chain has rejected a $7.6 billion buyout offer from Nelson Peltz. While...
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Investors generally look to low price-to-earnings ratios to find “Value Stocks.” The trick is to avoid companies which look like value but may actually be in a state of decline. This is where...
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PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) almost seems odd that its shares are trading higher after making such a premium acquisition. The electric utility is paying more than $5.5 billion to acquire the second...
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YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) announced a deal that saves the company from bankruptcy, but the deal also dilutes holders yet again. The troubled trucking giant reached a deal with creditors and...
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Irony or Paradox? BP plc (NYSE: BP) “could” potentially see far less liability from its Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon disaster from 2010. This almost seems impossible, yet here we are. ...
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Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) is finding that no good deed goes unpunished. The dairy seller reported that adjusted earnings were $0.15 EPS versus the Thomson Reuters target of $0.14 EPS. On a...
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Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) soared last night after announcing that it has received an unsolicited conditional buyout proposal from Nelson Peltz’ Trian Group to acquire Family Dollar in...
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Reports have been circulating since late yesterday that Blockbuster Inc. (Pink Sheets: BLOAQ) has put itself up for sale rather than trying to emerge as a new operating company that can healthily...
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Despite being grossly disappointed with John Chambers and the earnings guidance from Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), it is still hard for us to believe that Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) is causing...
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In a major reversal from a policy promoted in the early 1990s, the US Defense Department is now warning defense contractors to beware of mergers and acquisitions in the defense industry. The Pentagon...
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Corporate turnarounds are almost never engineered by a single person. A CEO who takes a failing company and makes it successful again obviously got help from management, a board, along with customers...
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Even if 2011 has gotten off to a rough start for gold, everyone knows that the value of gold is at historic highs. What is interesting is that there is rarely a discussion about which countries...
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