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Carlyle Aims For Value In Private Equity IPO Pricing (CG, BX, APO, KKR)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 11:33 am

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is originally being viewed as a mixed debut for an initial public offering.  The market remains a bit cautious when it comes to investing into private ...
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Dollar General Discounts Shares In Secondary Offering After All-Time High (DG, GS, KKR, BRK-B)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 9:05 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) was previously in the news for announcing a secondary offering of 25 million shares.   The offering has now priced at what seems a fair discount ...
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Media Digest (3/28/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 5:18 am

A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama has handled the gasoline crisis. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will offer refunds for iPads sold in ...
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Dollar General Secondary Lightens Private Equity Stakes… Buffett Involved? (DG, GS, KKR, BRK-B)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 8:55 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is holding a public secondary offering of 25 million shares which are being sold by private equity backers who still own a large part of ...
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Shake-up Coming in the Diamond Business? (BHP, HWD, KKR, APO, AAUKY)

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 2:41 pm

The Ekati diamond mind in northern Canada could be about to change hands. BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP), which owns 80% of the mine, is reportedly in discussions with several ...
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Carlyle Remains On Track for 2012 IPO (CG, BX, KKR, ACAS, OZM, FIG, PSP)

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 11:44 am

The Carlyle Group L.P. is still planning to be one of the top private equity initial public offerings of 2012.  We even named it as one of the Top 17 ...
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Media Digest (12/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 6:24 am

Obama nominates Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell to take seats at the Federal Reserve. (Reuters) New York Times (NYSE: NYT) sells its regional media group for $143 million. (Reuters) The ...
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Eastman Kodak Late in Board Resignation Announcement

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 8:29 pm

Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) has the right to delay the announcement of certain events under SEC regulations. It did so when it disclosed today that two of its board members ...
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At Least Someone Still Loves Solar (GOOG, KKR, BRK-A, FSLR, TAN, KWT)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 3:04 pm

If you have been watching the share prices of the solar stocks, you will understand the joke (and perhaps not even laugh) that investing in these has turned many 401-K ...
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Media Digest (12/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 6:20 am

AT&T (NYSE: T) gives up on its effort to buy T-Mobile. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wins a patent case over HTC in the smartphone wars. (Reuters) Olympus will sell shares ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/22/2011) Bank Of America Sanctions

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 8:42 am

Updated throughout the day Itochu may join KKR (NYSE: KKR) in Samson Investment bid of $7 billion (Reuters Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) will face regulator action if efforts to ...
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Media Digest (11/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 6:11 am

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) posts mediocre earnings but says it hopes to steady its businesses over the balance of the year. (Reuters) Store chains will have to offer large discounts to ...
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Value Conundrum: Dollar Store M&A Creates High Premium in Sector (NDN, APO, KKR, BRK-A, WMT, DG, FDO, DLTR, BIG, TUES, M, TGT)

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 10:25 am

99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) was supposed to be acquired for somewhere between $22.00 and $24.00 per share according to reports in mid-September.  The company was supposed to have interest ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, AMZN, BX, CAH, CLS, DRQ, ITMN, JBL, KKR, OKS, VLO)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Underperform ...
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M&A Heats Up In Dollar Stores & Discounters (WMT, NDN, APO, KKR, BRK-A, DG, FDO, DLTR, BIG, TUES, TJX)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 10:45 am

If there is one single obvious trend you need to burn into your brain regarding retail it is this: DOLLAR STORES!!!  After that it is discount stores.  Even though dollar ...
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