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Sirius-XM Brace for More Hearings Tuesday (XMSR, SIRI)

Posted: March 19, 2007 at 12:39 pm

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights has a scheduled hearing on “The XM-Sirius Merger: Monopoly or Competition from New Technologies” for Tuesday, ...
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IPO’s For Private Equity & More Hedge Funds Coming

Posted: March 16, 2007 at 9:08 am

More and more discussions of IPO's for hedge funds and private equity firms are more forthcoming today.  Blackstone, one of the largest private equity players in the US, may be ...
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Intercontinental Exchange Confirms Rival CBOT Offer Over CME Offer

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 6:48 am

There is now confirmation from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE-NYSE) that it is indeed making a rival Offer for the Chicago Board of Trade (BOT-NYSE).  CNBC's David Faber first reported that ...
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ICE Tries to Break Up the CME/CBOT Merger (ICE, CME, BOT)

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 6:30 am

CNBC’s David Faber just announced a new twist to mergers among the exchanges.  Faber is reporting that the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE-NYSE) is making a rival offer of 1.42 shares for ...
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Cramer Has Rumors To Profit From

Posted: March 13, 2007 at 5:51 pm

Also on MAD MONEY toght, Jim Cramer wanted to review RUMORS that can make you mad money.On FEB 26 there was a British report that Dow Chenmical (DOW) could be ...
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Dollar General Acquired by KKR; Are Other Dollar Stores Next?

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 7:14 am

Dollar General (DG) is being acquired by KKR in a $7.3 Billion combined offer after the stock and debt that valued the dollar store at $22.00 per share.  This is ...
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How Long Can XM and Sirius Survive on Their Own?

Posted: March 11, 2007 at 5:01 pm

A crucial point may be getting lost in the shuffle in the XM/Sirius (XMSR-SIRI) merger approval process.  Both of these companies NEED the merger in order to survive as they ...
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Revisting Valero’s Break-Up Value (VLO)

Posted: March 7, 2007 at 2:28 pm

Crude oil and natural gas prices have quietly been on the rise for most of 2007, and Valero (VLO-NYSE) has greatly been the beneficiary.  Spot prices for North Sea Brent ...
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US Cellular Left in the Lurch by TDS

Posted: March 5, 2007 at 8:46 am

US Cellular Corp. (USM-AMEX) shareholders were just delivered some less than great news.  Telephone & Data Systems (TDS-AMEX) is ceasing its activity related to acquiring the rest of US Cellular ...
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SIRIUS Defended at S&P, Sort Of (SIRI, XMSR)

Posted: February 27, 2007 at 11:47 am

S&P is actually out discussing the SIRIUS Satellite Radio (SIRI-NASDAQ) as having Improving metrics inside its core operations.  While it says the company is giving cautious guidance (conservative), it still ...
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How High Could Dow Chemical Really Fetch?

Posted: February 26, 2007 at 11:54 am

A British tabloid called the Daily Express was the one yesterday that reported private equity firms KKR, Blackstone, and Carlyle are considering a $60.00 buyout offer for Dow Chemical (DOW-NYSE).The ...
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TXU Confirms KKR-led Buyout

Posted: February 26, 2007 at 7:21 am

TXU Corp. (TXU-NYSE) has confirmed the approval of a merger reported late Friday with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (‘KKR’) and Texas Pacific Group. Goldman Sachs is also participating in ...
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TXU To Be Acquired by KKR in Largest Deal of Its Type (TXU, BRK/A)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 5:43 pm

CNBC's merger star watch dog and scoop artist David Faber just announced that TXU Corp. (TXU) will be acquired by KKR over the weekend.  TXU is the Texas power plant ...
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CMGI Earnings Preview: Has CMGI Tansformed Itself?

Posted: February 22, 2007 at 1:00 pm

Recently CMGI Inc. (CMGI-NASDAQ) announced that it will report earnings after the close on Monday, February 26, 2007 and will present at the Robert W. Baird Business Solutions Conference on ...
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Meckler Confirms Jupitermedia & Getty Image Talks (JUPM, GYI)

Posted: February 22, 2007 at 8:48 am

Jupitermedia (JUPM-NASDAQ) has confirmed that it is in discussions with Getty Images, Inc. (GYI-NYSE) regarding a potential sale of the company to Getty Images in a cash transaction that would ...
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