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Monthly Archives: May 2011

M&A Watch: Biotech Deals Keep Rolling, Who Is The Next Buyout Target? (TEVA, VRX, CEPH, CRA, ALXN, DNDN, CBST, HGSI, UTHR, CADX, AMAG, SGMO)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 7:46 pm

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) has trumped Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX) after it agreed to acquire Cephalon Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH) in a $6.8 billion deal.  The merger will give ...
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Easier Bank Lending and Higher Loan Demand: Fact or Fiction?

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 3:18 pm

Banks are more willing to lend to consumers and businesses alike, or at least that is what they claim.  A study released today from the Federal Reserve outlined the bank ...
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Commodities Watch: Pullback in Silver; Cotton Prices Continue Slide; Grains Also Lower (SLV, SIL, GLD, GDX, GDXJ, RL, GPS, LTD, LIZ, CORN, DBA)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 2:37 pm

Today's commodities news reflects on the sharp drop in silver, continuing softness in cotton prices, and another fall in grain prices. The fall in silver prices immediately following the announcement ...
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Nortel Patent Sale Progress, Closer to Becoming No-Tel (NRTLQ, GOOG)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Nortel Networks Corporation (NRTLQ) was one of our Unusual Suspects this weekend for issues to watch this week.  The death of Nortel has been years in the making and this ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: All is Not Bright for BrightSource; A Geothermal Bankruptcy; Mexican Biofuels; First Quarter Venture Capital Funding (GOOG, RZTI, FSLR)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Today's roundup of alternative energy news covers a potential stumbling block for BrightSource Energy's Ivanpah solar thermal plant, the expected bankruptcy of a geothermal company, a shortfall in Mexico's biofuels ...
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Troubles With Verizon’s 4G Network, Again (VZ, T, S)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 12:41 pm

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) had already suffered one outage of its new heavily marketed 4G network.  It appears that the data portion of that 4G network is suffering yet ...
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Gabelli Changes All ‘Focus Five’ Stock Picks (ASCMA, CCE, CVS, NAV, YHOO, BLK, ITT, MSG, NFG, NIHD)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Gabelli & Co. is rather well-known for looking at companies for their value in special situations and in possible mergers, to the point that Mario Gabelli is known as "Dr. Love" ...
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Dividend Watch: ClickSoftware vs. ‘Others’ (CKSW, AMSWA, MSFT, QADA)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 11:07 am

It was just last week that ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CKSW) managed to beat earnings, but what the company also did was begin a dividend policy.  The company has a mere ...
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Merger Bonanza, The Shrinking Coal Sector (ACI, ICO, ANR, MEE, WLT, RIO, RFLMF, CNX, BTU, PCX, JRCC, KOL)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 10:12 am

Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) has finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition that has probably been in the works for months. The coal miner has announced an all-cash acquisition ...
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Large American Companies Excluding Women And Minorities

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 10:11 am

There are still a few large American public companies that have kept women and minorities off of their boards. It must be hard to do in an age of activism ...
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Bin Laden ETF Move Muted: Dollar, Silver, Gold, Oil, Bonds (SLV, SIVR, GLD, USO, UNG, UUP, TBT)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 9:47 am

The reaction to the death of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden has had what feels like a very limited impact on key financial markets, particularly if you go back and ...
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Debate Over Debit Card Regs Misses Some Potentially Pro-Consumer Rules

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 9:29 am

by Marian Wang, ProPublica, April 29, 2011, 11:58 a.m.April 28, 2011 Controversy over the Fed’s proposed debit card regulations has largely focused on the proposed cap on interchange fees—the fees banks ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CEPH, DISH, SATS, TEVA, TIVO, SPPI)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cephalon, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH), Echostar (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/2/2011) FTC Google Probe, Facebook Revenue

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. The FTC has readied a complete investigation into Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) dominance in search. (Bloomberg) A sale of Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) could happen as ...
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M&A Watch: The Good & Bad Of Tenet Getting Higher Buyout Price (THC, CYH)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 8:33 am

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) has good news and bad news this morning.  Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) has done what many expected by raising its buyout offer for ...
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