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Dell, Icahn Strike a Deal

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 10:45 am

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try, you might get what you need. That seems to be the outcome of the deal announced today between Dell ...
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Sprint Share Price Finally Returns to 2008 Levels

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 6:47 am

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (NYSE: S) stock price has returned to 2008 levels, which indicates just how badly off the company has been. And it begs the question why, on that ...
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Does It Matter Who Owns Sprint?

Posted: April 15, 2013 at 2:18 pm

Now that Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) has made a better offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) than the one on the table from Japan’s Softbank, we might pause ...
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Thermo Fisher to Acquire Life Technologies

Posted: April 15, 2013 at 9:15 am

The world’s second largest maker of laboratory equipment, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) has agree to acquire competitor Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: LIFE) for $13.6 billion in cash ($76 ...
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Dish Offers $25.5 Billion for Sprint (DISH, S)

Posted: April 15, 2013 at 6:37 am

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) made a $25.5 billion offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S). The offer puts Dish in direct competition with Japan firm Softbank, which appeared to ...
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BMC Buyout Rumors Resurface, but Options Signal Low-Premium Price

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 2:38 pm

BMC Software Inc. (NASDAQ: BMC) has rallied a bit more on Thursday, due to the existing ongoing takeover rumors that have been present on and off for years in this ...
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How J.C. Penney Could Start the Fall of Bill Ackman (JCP, MBI, TGT, WEN, AAPL, CP, HLF, VNO)

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 7:45 am

There has always been a Wall St. trend for the spotlight to shine on the smartest guy in the room at any given time. Whether they be one hit wonders ...
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GE Gets Bolt-On Deal in Oil and Gas with Lufkin Industries Acquisition

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 7:20 am

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is sticking with its plan of making acquisitions, but on the bolt-on and opportunistic side of the equation rather than on the aggressive mega-merger side ...
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Tick Tock — T206 Honus Wagner Going, Going, Gone

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 11:15 am

When people think of investing, they generally think of stocks, bonds, commodities or even real estate. They probably do not think about sports memorabilia and baseball cards. That may be ...
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Nine Famous Companies That Can’t Get Bigger

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 6:22 am

After years of flourishing, some of America’s largest public corporations have stopped growing. In several cases, this trend began years ago. The companies that cannot grow fall into two categories. ...
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Nineteen Stocks Expected to Rise 50% to 100% — or More

Posted: April 4, 2013 at 6:56 am

Investors and traders alike always seem to be on the lookout for new investment ideas. With the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average having recently hit new highs, 24/7 ...
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What Does Icahn Want from the Best Speech Recognition Software Maker?

Posted: April 2, 2013 at 12:54 pm

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a great company, and its Dragon Naturally Speaking has a handy lead in the world of speech-to-text software. It is fair to say that ...
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The Big Bull Market Road Map for April

Posted: March 29, 2013 at 9:30 am

The end of March brought on the last trading of the quarter, with the S&P Index hitting new all-time closing highs in what felt like a very choppy couple of ...
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Michael Dell’s $3.5 Billion Severance Package

Posted: March 25, 2013 at 6:48 am

It is one thing to own 250 million shares of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), as Michael Dell does. It is another to take what is relatively illiquid and turn it into ...
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Merrill Lynch Identifies Leveraged Buyout Candidates (BAC, DELL, LO, GRMN, CA, NOC, ZMH, SIAL)

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 8:00 am

Investors love to track the world of mergers and acquisition, and careers have been made and shattered around the speculation of which companies will be acquired next. We saw a wave of deals come ...
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