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A Sovereign Fund For The US Government?

Posted: December 5, 2007 at 6:34 am

The Dubai International Capital fund has $15 billion to invest. Temasek Holdings, Singapore's state-owned investment company, just put $2 billion into a new investment vehicle in China. According to the ...
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Other In-Trouble Mergers After Affiliated Computer (ACS, TRB, CMLS, GCO, PPH, FINL, BX, COMS)

Posted: November 1, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Yesterday morning 24/7 Wall St. covered how the buyout for Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE:ACS) was for all practical purposes looking like toast, and we wanted to see which other pending ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 1, 2007)

Posted: October 1, 2007 at 6:46 am

AMR cut to Hold at Citigroup.ALVR raised to positive at Susquehanna.CHTR started as Overweight at JPMorgan.CME raised to Outperform at Wachovia.COMS cut to Neutral at UBS.COP cut to Sell at ...
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3Com Bailout Confirmed (COMS, NT, CSCO, JNPR)

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 9:30 am

3Com did confirm the reports of a $2.2 Billion buyout from Bain and Huawei this morning at $5.30 per share.  Why $5.30?  It wasn't based on the stellar valuation nor ...
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3Com’s Rescue Plan….A Sale (COMS)

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 7:31 am

3Com (NASDAQ:COMS) may be a long-standing disaster story on its own, but shares are up 30% pre-market.  The Wall Street Journal has reported that 3Com is about to be acquired ...
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3COM Seemed Good, But… (COMS)

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 6:15 pm

3Com Corp. (NASDAQ:COMS) posted a net loss of $18.7 million, or -$0.05 EPS, but on a non-GAAP basis outside of restructuring costs it made $12.2 million, or $0.03 EPS.  Analysts ...
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3Com (COMS) For Sale

Posted: July 18, 2007 at 5:37 am

It appears that private equity interests are about to take 3Com (COMS) off the market. Silver Lake Partners and Bain Capital have apparently stopped by. As The Wall Street Journal ...
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Media Digest 7/18/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: July 18, 2007 at 3:17 am

According to Reuters, the board of Dow Jones (DJ) has approved a $5 billion offer from News Corp (NWS).Reuters writes that British Imperial Tobacco has agreed to buy rival firm ...
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Shorting the NASDAQ Hi-Flyers (June 2007) (ATML, CNXT, CHTR, CMGI, FNSR, LVLT, PMCS, SIRI, SUNW, COMS)

Posted: June 27, 2007 at 8:10 am

Stock Tickers:    ATML, CNXT, CHTR, CMGI, FNSR, LVLT, PMCS, SIRI, SUNW, COMSIt is always interesting to see how short interest changes month to month in the lower priced more ...
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3Com’s Existence After Citadel

Posted: May 21, 2007 at 8:16 am

3Com (COMS-NASDAQ) took a hit this weekend as Barron's questioned how effective hedge fund operator Citadel would be in nudging the strugging 3Com after it took a large stake of ...
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3Com Marches On

Posted: May 9, 2007 at 9:21 am

Yesterday, 3Com (COMS-NASDAQ) rallied close to 10% after Citadel (huge Chicago hedge fund) disclosed that it was holding an 8.4% stake AND a letter to the company requesting a meeting ...
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