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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Invesco, Prudential, Shire and More

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 8:35 am

Investors often get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors frequently do not get to see is when those same analysts issue downgrades or when ...
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Hertz Private Equity Insiders Selling Out

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 9:55 am

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) is joining the ranks of large companies with private equity backers selling out. A huge offering took place after the sale of a whopping ...
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Going Private — an Option for China’s Solar Companies?

Posted: March 28, 2013 at 11:40 am

Chinese for-profit education company Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (NYSE: AMBO) got some bad news earlier this week. A proposed buyout by private equity firm Barings Asia Private Equity Fund V ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 21, 2013: Markets Turn South Early (GOOG, NKE, BHP, GRPN, UNH,CROX, ETP, PAAS, TSLA, WLT, AUY, CG, CHK, CDE, ESV, SWY, WMT, AGU, AIG, FTR, HPQ, MRVL, NEM, JWN, ANF, EGO, PAY, PRKR, QCOM, RPRX)

Posted: February 21, 2013 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and continued a slow downward slide throughout the day. In Europe, flash PMI data from the eurozone came in below expectations on both ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 20, 2013: Markets Open Low, Slide Further on Fed Minutes (WIN, LOW, BIDU, BCS, GMCR, ADI, CF, DELL, HLF, AVA, CLH, DISH, LEAP, MGM, SODA, TOL, CROX, ETP, PAAS, TSLA, WLT, AUY, CG, CHK, CDE, ESV, SWY, WMT, OMX, ODP, NTSP, TSS, HNR)

Posted: February 20, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as it waited for data on U.S. housing starts and producer price inflation. In Europe, markets got some downward signals from ...
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Media Digest (2/12/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: February 12, 2013 at 6:21 am

Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) will cut 3,700 jobs as the troubled bank restructures. (Reuters) Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) adds to its low-priced Asha line. (Reuters) A judge approves a request ...
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NASDAQ Joins Exchange Merger Rumor Mill

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 12:37 pm

Market rumors and speculation has been about that other exchanges would either go private or would merger together after this mega-exchange merger between NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) and IntercontinentalExchange, ...
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Largest Non-Founder CEO Retirement Packages of Modern Business History

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 5:47 am

Corporate governance issues are sometimes a blessing for shareholders, but they also can crush the rights of shareholders in many cases. Tracking CEO pay of large public companies is now considered ...
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CBS Gets the Ball Rolling in Outdoor Advertising Space

Posted: January 17, 2013 at 1:40 pm

Today’s announcement from CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) that it will convert its outdoor advertising business into a REIT and seek buyers for the foreign properties owned by the company could ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: January 16, 2013 at 10:44 am

The stock market is mixed Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average  down 0.25%, the Nasdaq up 0.16% and the S&P 500 up 0.09%. Today's sole winner is a financial ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 31, 2012: Markets Close 2012 on Upbeat Note (FB, ICE, BMY, AMRS, DUF, CG, ALJ, ALDW)

Posted: December 31, 2012 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as the clock ticked down to the final hours in negotiations related to the U.S. fiscal cliff. Share prices edged upward ...
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Investment Bank Duff & Phelps Goes Private

Posted: December 31, 2012 at 8:13 am

A group of private equity firms, including The Carlyle Group L.P. (NASDAQ: CG), announced yesterday that the consortium would acquire investment advising and banking firm Duff & Phelps Corp. (NYSE: ...
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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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Focus Media Accepts Offer to Go Private

Posted: December 19, 2012 at 2:08 pm

Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) has announced that it has accepted an offer of $5.50 per ordinary share ($27.50 per American Depositary Share) from firms that will be controlled ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 8, 2012: Market Opens Up, Tracks Down All Day (EXC, KGC, CLWR, BAC, JNPR, ATVI, CTL, MNST, PAAS, WFM, CG, DF, KSS, WEN, MCD, CECO, GRPN, KYAK, LGF, MCP, NVDA, DIS, FWLT, JCP, SD, QCOM, INTC, WPRT)

Posted: November 8, 2012 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but by the end of the first hour stocks had turned south and remained in negative territory throughout the rest of the ...
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