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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 10, 2013: Markets Set New Highs Again (ARO, HLF, IBM, IEP, THC, PSMT, KMX, STZ, FDO, JKS, TITN, ADTN, BBBY, NG, PIR, LEDS, FSLR, ABX, NOK)

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and both the DJIA and the S&P 500 climbed to new intra-day highs (more coverage here). The Fed mistakenly released FOMC minutes early ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARO, AGU, AIZ, CYH, CYS, EXPD, HMA, HLF, IEP, IBM, NTAP, NFLX, QCOM, SI, THC)

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 8:35 am

Investors and traders are often on the hunt for new ideas to generate income and profits. 24/7 Wall St. is always reviewing fresh research calls to find great ideas from ...
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What Does Icahn Want from the Best Speech Recognition Software Maker?

Posted: April 2, 2013 at 12:54 pm

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a great company, and its Dragon Naturally Speaking has a handy lead in the world of speech-to-text software. It is fair to say that ...
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Dell, Icahn Go Behind Closed Doors

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 9:10 am

In a terse press release this morning, Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) said that it has entered a confidentiality agreement with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and “looks forward ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 1, 2013: Markets Struggle to Small Gains (DB, V, DRI, BUD, ADSK, BODY, CTIC, CLNE, DECK, GPS, MCP, PANW, SD, BBY, ARNA, BYD, SSYS, RIG, GRPN, MTG, IEP)

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a number of disappointing data releases in Europe and Asia. Eurozone PMI remains on the pessimistic side, with a reading of 47.9, ...
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Hot Stocks: Ten Super Crazy Volume Spikes

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 1:37 pm

24/7 Wall St. often looks for crazy volume moves and there are more than just a handful today. AFC Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFCE) is up 8% at $32.41 after being ...
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Herbalife Increases Board, Will Add Two Icahn Appointees

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 2:45 pm

Trading was halted briefly this afternoon in shares of nutrition and weight-control firm Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) before the company announced that it had reached an agreement with activist investor ...
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The New, Much Higher Carl Icahn Dividend

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 9:50 am

Activist investor and corporate raider Carl Icahn is showing his investors that he will be able to keep making more and more money in his efforts ahead. This morning came ...
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MLPs Kick Off 2013 IPOs

Posted: January 16, 2013 at 11:46 am

The first initial public offering (IPO) of the year went off yesterday as USA Compression Partners L.P. (NYSE: USAC) priced 11 million common units at $18 per unit. By the ...
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Carl Icahn’s Poor Judgement — Take-Two and Netflix

Posted: November 9, 2012 at 6:32 am

Carl Icahn is still around, in his seventies and several decades into his place as a famous takeover artist, although he sometimes just scares companies into distributing cash or cutting ...
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Icahn’s Son Gets $3 Billion of Carl’s Money to Manage … After Hefty Returns

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 9:46 am

Whenever you hear the words "Carl Icahn" and "son" together in news, the initial response is that Forest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) is under attack by the activist investor. One ...
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Icahn Prevails on Bid for CVR Energy (IEP, CVI, UAN, DAL)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 11:08 am

As recently as last week it appeared that Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) may not receive enough shares to complete his takeover of CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE: CVI). ...
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Amylin Gets Carl Icahn Off Its Neck! (AMLN, IEP)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 2:26 pm

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) is supposed to be getting a takeover offer soon, or at least it is expected to receive or disclose several possible bids soon.  Now the company ...
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Media Digest (11/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 6:11 am

S&P may cut its outlook on France’s AAA debt. (Reuters) A judge blocks the $285 million settlement between Citigroup (NYSE: C) and the SEC. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says Kindle ...
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The Odd Dynegy Bankruptcy… Good for Stockholders (DYN, BX, IEP)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 11:21 am

It has happened before, but it is rare.  Very rare.  A bankruptcy that is good for shareholders. Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is seeing a sharp rise in its common stock after ...
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