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Private Equity IPO Class of 2011: No Love For Rich Old Men (RATE, FSL, HCA, BAC, KKR, KMI, GS, VHS, BX, MTGE, ACAS, AMTG, APO, VNO, DOW)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 11:29 am

The 2011 Class of Private Equity-Backed IPOs is really off to a rough start.  The market conditions of late have all culminated to create a cautious IPO environment and ...
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Major Growth Trends Continue… Doubling ETF Assets By 2015 (BK, BX, STT, SIL, GDXJ, VOO, AMLP, ELD, REMX)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 10:23 am

At the end of 2010, US ETFs held assets of $1.005 trillion. By the end of 2015 that number will more than double to $2.091 trillion. That's a compound annual ...
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IPO Watch: Freescale Value Around $5.6 Billion (FSL, BX)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings is closer to its IPO.  It has now set the initial terms for the initial public offering and it plans to trade under the ticker "FSL" on ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/29/2011) Golf M&A

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 9:06 am

Updated throughout the day Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Callaway (NYSE: ELI) may buy Fortune Brands (Reuters) Alcatel Lucent and Siemens may have an IPO of their enterprise joint venture (Bloomberg) ...
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Media Digest 4.29.2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 4:07 am

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and ICE may make a hostile bid for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (Reuters) Silver and gold are near all-time highs (Reuters) The House Budget Chair favors a cut ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, ALTR, AMZN, MT, BX, CLF, DFS, ENDP, KIRK, ERIC, M, MCD, NOK, POT, LEDS)

Posted: April 13, 2011 at 8:12 am

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, APOL, BIIB, BX, ELNK, ELN, HAL, LVLT, LULU, MS, NYX, ONXX, R, TSCO, URBN)

Posted: April 12, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Overweight at Barclays; Cut ...
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Data Break-in Affects Millions (ADS, WAG, JPM, COF, C, USB, BX, KFT)

Posted: April 4, 2011 at 10:25 am

Dallas-based Epsilon reported a break-in to the company's email system that exposed some of the data the company maintains for clients using its email marketing services. Epsilon is a subsidiary ...
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IPO Watch: Day Two… Apollo Brings Some Concern (APO, KKR, BX, FIG)

Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:45 pm

Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) is looking like a bit of a dud of an IPO.  Some will think that this could temper some of the excitement around private equity ...
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IPO Rethink: Apollo (and a private equity curse?) (BX, KKR, FIG)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 1:20 pm

The world of private equity is not what it once was, but the remaining private equity leaders that survived out there do now seem to be stronger if they survived.  ...
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Daily M&A: Rethinking Irish Banks As Buyout Targets (AIB, IRE, BKU, BX)

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Something happened in recent weeks which was easy to miss out on and easy to have forgotten about, but which Irish bank investors need to consider.  Other geopolitical news has ...
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Icahn Bargain-Hunting for Dynegy (DYN, IEP, BX, NRG)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:37 am

When Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) reported earnings, or rather, losses, yesterday, the company also included the dreaded "going concern" statement telling investors that unless the company could restructure its debt, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 3.3.2011 SEC Examination, Citi Sale

Posted: March 3, 2011 at 8:39 am

Updated throughout the day. The SEC is examining the structure of small bank loans to see whether they mask weak balance sheets (WSJ) Blackrock may buy a Citigroup (NYSE: C) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BX, COP, DISCA, GGP, HOLX, AGN, NVDA, STRA, TKC, UNH, URI, WM, WLP)

Posted: March 3, 2011 at 8:02 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Started as Buy at ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Goldman Hit By Legal Fees, Blackrock M&A

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 10:07 am

For reasons that are hard to understand, Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) was hit with a wave of bad news after it announced that the company had received a permit drill ...
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