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Daily Archives: May 19, 2008

IPO FILING: Metals USA Holdings (MUX)

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 8:20 am

Metals USA Holdings Corp. has filed to come public this morning via an initial public offering.  The company is taking the proposed ticker of "MUX" on NYSE.  For filing purposes, ...
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IPO Filing: Vought Aircraft Holdings, Inc.

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 8:02 am

Vought Aircraft Holdings, Inc. filed late Friday to come public via an IPO in a securities sale of up to $250 million.  Vought will take the proposed ticker of "VTC" ...
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Dell Trades One Known CFO for a New Known CFO (DELL, GE)

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 7:41 am

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has announced that Don Carty, Vice Chairman and CFO, will step down from the company.  He will remain a board member, but will end his direct ...
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IPO FILING: Safe Bulkers (SB)

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 7:27 am

Late Friday afternoon, a filing came from Safe Bulkers, Inc. for a proposed IPO of its shares.  The company has applied for the ticker "SB" on NYSE.  Pricing indications are ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AKAM, AEO, ARBA, BBI, CPWR, DVAX, FNSR, NCC, TOO, TXN)

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 6:31 am

These aren't the only analyst calls this Monday morning, but these are the ones we are focusing on early this morning:Akamai Tech (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold from Buy at ...
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National Association for Business Economics Call For Prolonged Problems

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 5:49 am

National Association for Business Economics members say that the housing disaster and credit problems "might" get better this year. The economic downturn and job losses could go on much longer. ...
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More Bad News For Yahoo! (YHOO): Display Ad Market In Trouble

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 5:36 am

Recent data on advertising buying patterns show that online marketers are moving toward search advertising and away from display ads. Some of the numbers are more than worrisome. The New ...
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A Chance For Electronic Arts (ERTS) To Walk On Take-Two (TTWO)

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 5:12 am

It is about the time that Electronic Arts (ERTS) is expected to extend its hostile bid of Take-Two Interactive (TTWO). Take-Two has argued that it is worth much more than ...
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Big Asia Money See “Sucker Rally” In Region

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 4:56 am

Asian markets are way up since March. Investors hope that the region has dodged the bullet of a slowdown in the West. A sharp recession in America could cause a ...
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Bell Canada (BCE): The Battle For The Last Great LBO

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 4:43 am

The skulduggery of banks who want out of LBOs is already widely known, and expected. Big financial companies have tried to put the legs out from under a deal to ...
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Media Digest 5/19/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 3:02 am

According to Rueters, Microsoft (MSFT) has proposed a partnership with Yahoo! (YHOO), in place of a buy-out, which may push Carl Icahn to try to get a deal for Yahoo! ...
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Asia Markets 5/19/2008 (CN)(SNP))

Posted: May 19, 2008 at 2:28 am

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei rose .4% to 14,270. Kobe Steel was up 4.6% to 344. Mitsubishi Corp was up 4.8% to 3870.The Hang Seng rose .2% to ...
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