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KKR Knuckles Under

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 4:52 am

After weeks of sabre rattling about how its would hold banks to their lending commitments on money to finance its takeover of First Data (FDC), KKR "appears willing to agree ...
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New Digest 9/10/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 3:08 am

According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will list its shares on the Japanese stock market as early as November.Reuters writes that Capgemini, Europe's largest computer consultancy, will start to incorporate Google ...
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Media Digest 8/30/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 3:08 am

According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) has pushed out its top sales executive and combined its sales and e-commerce units.Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) has purchased a corporate group chat provider.Reuters ...
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Pending Merger Arb Spreads Remain (Part 1) (ACS, URI, FDC, CCU)

Posted: August 20, 2007 at 1:05 pm

There are still over 150 pending mergers out there that have not yet closed.  After the Fed's recent actions, there are still some deals out there that are perceived to ...
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Banks Eat Private Equity Debt (JPM)(GS)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 9:12 am

Bloomberg is reporting that JP Morgan (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS) and several other large investment banks have had to keep $11 billion in private equity debt. "The banks have had ...
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Cramer’s Got 2 More Financial Service Buyout Picks (TSS, ADP, ADS, BSG, FDC, SNV)

Posted: May 21, 2007 at 5:53 pm

Cramer came on MAD MONEY saying he thinks that Total Systems Services (TSS-NYSE) is one that can be taken over next in a sector and $40.00 would be a fair ...
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Warren Buffett Rides More Railroads (BNI, NSC, UNP), Plus Other Holdings

Posted: May 15, 2007 at 3:49 pm

This is an edited version of the first story to run an expanded list.  Last month we all found out that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway decided to take a ride ...
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