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Daily Archives: August 26, 2007

Home Depot Cuts Price Of Supply Unit And Guarantees Some Debt

Posted: August 26, 2007 at 7:32 pm

For Home Depot (HD), it is the worst of all worlds. After getting private equity interests to agree to buy the company's wholesales unit, Home Depot Supply, for $10.3 billion, ...
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Nasdaq Short Interest August 2007

Posted: August 26, 2007 at 1:38 pm

Below is the short interest for major company stocks traded on the Nasdaq. The figures are from August 15 and compare to numbers from July 13, 2007. Investors were not ...
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Apple: An iPhone Bonanza

Posted: August 26, 2007 at 1:05 pm

According to The New York Post, Apple (AAPL) "get 10 percent of the revenue from voice calls and data usage" in the new deal it has cut with T-Mobile to ...
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Heart-Argyle: A Low Ball Bid

Posted: August 26, 2007 at 12:55 pm

Privately held Hearst Corp is bidding for the portion of Heart-Argyle (HTV) that it does not already own.Hearst owns just over 50% of HTV and has offered $23.50. According to ...
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Home Depot Should Keep Its Supply Operation

Posted: August 26, 2007 at 11:17 am

Home Depot (HD) seems desperate to get rid of its HD Supply unit which handles wholesaling of its products to builders. The deal was set for private equity interests Bain ...
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Breaking Up Altria Makes No Sense

Posted: August 26, 2007 at 7:39 am

This week, Altria (MO) will probably announce that it will split its domestic and international operations into separate companies. The reason would be to allow the overseas operations to be ...
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GM and Ford: A UAW Ultimatum

Posted: August 26, 2007 at 7:19 am

The UAW is being threatened by Ford (F) and GM (GM). Agree to cost cuts, or we move production overseas.The sight of the gallows focuses the mind.The UAW is being ...
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