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Generac Investor Sells More Shares

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 9:35 am

Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) is seeing another instance where insiders are selling out of shares in a secondary offering. The power backup generator company is selling 9 million shares ...
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Private Equity Better Than Stocks for Your Money (APO, BX, CG, KKR)

Posted: December 20, 2012 at 11:25 am

Private equity took a bit of a bruising on its image during the presidential election in 2012. This sector of the financial services market was basically portrayed as the modern-day robber ...
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Coinstar Rising on Going-private Rumor (CSTR, NFLX, VZ, AMZN, SBUX)

Posted: August 16, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Shares of the maker of the ubiquitous Redbox video rental machines, Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), have gotten a nice jolt today from a story in the New York Post that ...
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When Private Equity-Backed Secondary Offerings Are Good (DG, KMI, KKR, GS, CG, PSP)

Posted: June 6, 2012 at 11:55 am

We had two rather large secondary offerings today where private equity firms are unloading stock.  The tally was about $3.4 billion that the market had to absorb in new shares ...
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Carlyle Aims For Value In Private Equity IPO Pricing (CG, BX, APO, KKR)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 11:33 am

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is originally being viewed as a mixed debut for an initial public offering.  The market remains a bit cautious when it comes to investing into private ...
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Carlyle IPO Moves Closer

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 9:55 am

The Carlyle Group L.P. is still planning to come public via an initial public offering.  The move will make one more private equity group public.  If you have tracked the ...
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Private Equity Value for Best Buy (BBY, GME, WMT, AMZN)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 7:35 am

After losing about a third of its value in the last year, Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) may start to be thrown around as a private equity takeover name.  A ...
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How Many Retailers Can Be Taken Private? (BIG, BJ, JAS, JCG, AEO, ARO, DG)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 1:59 pm

Shares of Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) jumped more than $5/share just before closing yesterday on a report from Bloomberg that the company may sell itself to a buyout firm.  ...
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KKR Kills $500 Million IPO–A Sign Of The Times

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 5:48 am

KKR, the private equity firm, pulled its $500 million IPO. It made a similar move in 2007 as the investment markets fell apart. The large financial operation said the market ...
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Media Digest 7/26/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 26, 2010 at 3:59 am

MarketWatch:   A number of economists now expect Q2 GDP to be below 2%. Reuters:   BP plc's (NYSE: BP) CEO Tony Hayward is expected to resign. Reuters:   Hayward will leave with ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/23/2010)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 8:38 am

Updated throughout the day. GM plans to file for an IPO the week of August 16 (various) Bank of America Corporation NYSE: BAC) plans to sell some of its private ...
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