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Daily Archives: December 27, 2007

Is Sallie Mae’s $2.5 Billion Raise Enough? (SLM)

Posted: December 27, 2007 at 6:04 am

SLM Corp. (NYSE: SLM), or Sallie Mae, was perhaps the worst merger-arb implosion in recent times. Late yesterday the announced that it is commencing a common stock and convertible preferred ...
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Nasdaq Short Interest Mid-December (LVLT)(SIRI)(INTC)(CSCO)

Posted: December 27, 2007 at 5:08 am

Based on figures for short interest in Nasdaq stocks at mid-December, traders increased their bets against a number of discount brokerage and technical stocks. The numbers compare figures on December ...
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Media Digest 12/27/2007

Posted: December 27, 2007 at 4:50 am

According to Reuters, housing prices had a record annual drop.Reuters writes that Sallie Mae (SLM) will raise $2.5 billion using stock and convertible notes. Reuters writes that Joseph Lewis has ...
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Asia Markets 12/27/2007

Posted: December 27, 2007 at 4:27 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell .6% to 15,567. NEC (NIPNY) rose 3% to 518. Yahoo Japan fell 1.6% to 50200.The Hang Seng fell 1% to 27,843. China Mobile ...
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