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Bogus Home Appraisals May Derail Real Estate Recovery

Posted: June 24, 2009 at 5:10 am

A huge number of home value appraisals may be wrong, with most of them being much too high. That is causing banks to back away from mortgages. A house that ...
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BEA Capitulates; Oracle Wins (BEAS, ORCL)

Posted: January 16, 2008 at 7:40 am

After essentially a near-decade of rumors, bids, rejections, and infighting, BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) is finally being acquired.  The company has capitulated and Larry Ellison's empire is the winner.Oracle Corp. ...
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Hank Greenberg & AIG, Up A Rope & In The Wind (AIG)

Posted: November 3, 2007 at 5:02 am

Former head and oustered Maurice "Hank" Greenberg according to an SEC filing is leading a campaign to do a total makeover at his AIG (NYSE:AIG).  There is a problem besides ...
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If Seagate Won’t Sell, Why Not Buy Western Digital? (STX, WDC, KOMG)

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 3:17 pm

Seagate Tech (NYSE:STX) has been a great performer today after it raised guidance.  But it also noted strongly that it wasn't for sale.  This is in the 48 hours after ...
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SanDisk Earnings Outlook: When Will They Rival Hard Drives (SNDK, INTC, WDC, STX)

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 1:36 pm

SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) is expected to post earnings of $0.15 EPS on revenues of nearly $793 million, according to First Call.  SanDisk usually offers guidance, and First Call pes next quarter ...
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Web.Com Buyout: Right Move, 2-Years Late (WWWW, WSPI)

Posted: June 27, 2007 at 3:06 pm

Stock Tickers: WWWW, WSPI, GOOG, YHOO, EBAY, VRSN, AMZNWeb.com (WWWW-NASDAQ) last night finally made the right move, although they are doing it late and possibly with the wrong partner.  The ...
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Gabelli Challenging the 24/7 Real Media Buyout Price?

Posted: June 19, 2007 at 8:19 am

THIS IS A DRAFT ONLY.......The waiting period (more...) ...
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Finish Line Acquires Genesco; Too Much Diversity? (GCO, FINL)

Posted: June 18, 2007 at 7:26 am

It is always a bit puzzling when you see a $600 million company make an acquisition of a company for $1.5 Billion.  This morning, Finish Line (FINL-NASDAQ) has announced that ...
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Biomet Capitulates In Merger Fight, Accepts $46.00 Private Equity Buyout

Posted: June 7, 2007 at 8:40 am

Biomet, Inc. (BMET-NASDAQ) has recived and accepted a higher buyout price for shareholders.  The company announced that it has unanimously recommended to shareholders an increased offer from a private equity ...
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Big List of Private Equity Targets in Financial Services

Posted: May 31, 2007 at 9:32 am

There is a recent boutique research report from earlier in the week showing a list of potential private equity targets from a specialty brokerage firm that I was very positive ...
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After aQuantive, 24/7 Real Media Deserves a Much Higher Price

Posted: May 18, 2007 at 8:59 am

The 24/7 Real Media (TFSM-NASDAQ) buyout price now looks silly after this premium that Microsoft (MSFT-NASDAQ) is paying to acQuire aQuantive (AQNT-NASDAQ).  Lets forget about the percentage premiums and just ...
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aQuantive Massive Buyout Premium (AQNT, MSFT)

Posted: May 18, 2007 at 7:10 am

Stock Tickers: AQNT, MSFT, GOOG, TFSM, YHOO, VCLKaQuantive Inc. (AQNT-NASDAQ) just recived a huge premium buyout by Microsoft (MSFT-NASDAQ).  This is one that was a 50/50 chance of happening via ...
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24/7 Real Media Buyout: Is $11.75 High Enough?

Posted: May 17, 2007 at 7:18 am

Stock Tickers: TFSM, GOOG, MSFT, WPPGY, YHOO, AQNT, VCLK, TWX, IACI24/7 Real Media Inc. (TFSM-NASDAQ) is trading up 3.5% this morning on news that it has agreed to be acquired ...
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CME Bids Higher for CBOT AND Itself

Posted: May 11, 2007 at 8:09 am

Stock Tickers: CME, BOT, ICE, ISE, NMX, NYX, NDAQThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME-NYSE) decided it was not going to let the Chicago Board of Trade (BOT-NYSE) get acquired by The ...
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Alcoa Now Going After Alcan in a Takeover (AA, AL)

Posted: May 7, 2007 at 6:22 am

Alcoa (AA) has offered to buy Alcan (AL) for $73.25 in cash and stock with an actual breakdown of US$58.60 in cash and 0.4108 of a share of Alcoa common ...
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