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Is BEA Systems Any Closer To An Offer? (BEAS)

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 12:20 pm

BEA Systems (BEAS-NASDAQ) is a name that just came back under fire yesterday after lowering its quarterly revenue projections.  The drop in the stock was not massive as estimates were ...
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BISYS: A Buyout? No, It’s Giving Itself Away (BSG, C)

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 9:09 am

BISYS Group Inc. (BSG-NYSE) is doing one of the more foolish things they could do.  The company is selling out to Citigroup (C-NYSE) for what would amount to a $12.00 ...
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What’s Valero Worth Now? Back to the Drawing Board… (VLO)

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 12:15 pm

Valero (VLO) stock is breathing fresh all-time highs today, and it still trades at less than 10-times forward earnings projections.  The company reported net income for the March quarter of ...
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Alcoa: “We’re For Sale, Part Of Us Anyway!”

Posted: April 25, 2007 at 8:40 am

Alcoa (AA-NYSE) has just announced that it will explore strategic alternatives for the disposition (sale/spin-off/etc.) of its PACKAGING & CONSUMER segment.  This unit generated $3.2 Billion in revenues and $95 ...
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Cramer & Another Bank Merger Pick

Posted: April 19, 2007 at 1:46 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Cramer said that he went back over the Merrill Lynch (MER-NYSE) conference call and he thinks that the other mergers in the sector ...
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Cramer Has a Bank Buyout Pick; So Do We

Posted: April 18, 2007 at 5:26 pm

Cramer on MAD MONEY tonight noted a stock that has upside is Downey Financial Corp. (DSL-NYSE), but Cramer said you have to review this one deeply before you go buy ...
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The Week of Buyout Picks (April 9-13, 2007)

Posted: April 14, 2007 at 7:55 am

Stock Tickers: GOOG, AQNT, VCLK, TFSM, MSFT, YHOO, TWX, SLM, NNI, FMD, MEDI,HAL, WHT, MEH, AAI, COT, IPS, PALM, DELL, NFI, BCE, AA, DOW, WYN, NDAQ,GFI, KR, ABN, BNI, DCXThis ...
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Rumor Friday (APR 13, 2007)

Posted: April 13, 2007 at 12:54 pm

Stock Tickers: SLM, NNI, FMD, MEDI, HAL, WHT, MEH, AAI, COT, IPS, PALM, DELL, NFI, BCE, AA, DOW, WYN, NDAQ, GFI, KR, ABN, BNI, DCXWhat preceeds "Merger Monday"?  The answer ...
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Circuit City: What Is the Implied Floor For Shareholders?

Posted: April 4, 2007 at 2:00 pm

After Circuit City (CC-NYSE) disappointed the street with earnings (again), this one started to get interesting.  Back on December 19, 2006 we added this one to a "watch list" for ...
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Will a Buyer Save Openwave From More & More Bad News?

Posted: March 23, 2007 at 7:16 am

How do you stave off horriffic news?  Announce you are for sale. Openwave (OPWV) is not a name that has been without controversy, and its shares are up almost 6% ...
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Cramer on Halliburton & Other Buyout Candidates

Posted: March 20, 2007 at 1:52 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer was out on the road at UT in Austin.  On the Halliburton (HAL-NYSE) he said the company begins a $3 Billion ...
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Palm: What Would a Buyer Need to Pay?

Posted: March 20, 2007 at 9:43 am

Well the reports are rampant again on Palm (PALM) being a takeover candidate with a bid as soon as Thursday.  Why Thursday?  Because its earnings are Thursday.  This batch of ...
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XM-Sirius at the Senate Today: Witnesses For & Against

Posted: March 19, 2007 at 11:45 pm

Today may be another important juncture in the XM (XMSR) & Sirius (SIRI) merger because this follow-on meeting could further set the tone of how regulators treat the proposed merger ...
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TXU Competitor Line-Up: Before & After

Posted: March 19, 2007 at 3:40 pm

Stock Tickers: TXU, DUK, FPL, ETR, FE, AEP, EIX, AES, PPL, CEG, PGN, XEL, DTE, NRG.On the Friday of February 23 that CNBC's David Faber broke the TXU (TXU-NYSE) merger ...
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Triad (TRI): How Much Higher of a Bid Is There?

Posted: March 19, 2007 at 1:35 pm

Is this the LAST buyout offer for Triad (TRI)?  Based on all of the old data, this is now toward the higher end of the band we gave on numerous ...
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