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As Backers Sell Dollar General, Just Another Buying Opportunity (DG, FDO, DLTR, NDN, BIG, KKR, BRK-A)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 9:57 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is seeing its stock trade a bit soft this morning on news that private equity backers are selling 25 million shares of common shares at ...
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After Bartz & Sum of the Parts: What’s Yahoo! Worth? (YHOO, GOOG, MSFT, BX, AOL, KKR)

Posted: September 7, 2011 at 8:21 am

Now that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has fired CEO Carol Bartz about as gracelessly as it could and set out on a strategic review of its business under interim CEO ...
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Carlyle IPO Filing: Making the Billions Even More Liquid

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 10:17 am

Another private equity giant is set to come public in an initial public offering.  The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO), Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ...
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Dollar General, A Secular Change Winner (DG, DLTR, NDN, FDO, BIG, WMT, BRK-A, KKR)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 8:37 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is packing a punch after earnings this morning after beating earnings and raising guidance.  The dollar store, or actually 'under $10 and under $5 store' ...
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Whole Foods M&A Rumors: Reality Check, Weekend Food For Thought (WFM, KKR, KR, SWY, TFM)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 11:07 am

If you have ever seen a private equity wish list if companies, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) would be on it.  The stores are sleek, the products are at ...
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Private Equity IPO Class of 2011: No Love For Rich Old Men (RATE, FSL, HCA, BAC, KKR, KMI, GS, VHS, BX, MTGE, ACAS, AMTG, APO, VNO, DOW)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 11:29 am

The 2011 Class of Private Equity-Backed IPOs is really off to a rough start.  The market conditions of late have all culminated to create a cautious IPO environment and ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, BSX, COH, CMCSA, GFA, KKR, MAS, MU, ORCL, POM, RHT, SO, TSM, TIF, VRSN)

Posted: June 24, 2011 at 8:32 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ...
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Dollar General Sale, Bad News Is Good News (DG, WMT, FDO, DLTR, NDN, KKR, GS)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Sometimes bad news has to be looked at as good news.  Take Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) this morning as its stock is down sharply after reporting disappointing earnings.  Dollar ...
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AIG Secondary Versus Other Similar Historic Offerings (AIG, C, GNW, GE, MOS, PBR, DG, KKR, GS)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 1:38 pm

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is going to be hard to bet against after its secondary offering if history is any barometer.  This 300 million shares sale is expected ...
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IPO Watch: Day Two… Apollo Brings Some Concern (APO, KKR, BX, FIG)

Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:45 pm

Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) is looking like a bit of a dud of an IPO.  Some will think that this could temper some of the excitement around private equity ...
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IPO Rethink: Apollo (and a private equity curse?) (BX, KKR, FIG)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 1:20 pm

The world of private equity is not what it once was, but the remaining private equity leaders that survived out there do now seem to be stronger if they survived.  ...
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Warner Music for Sale But Buyers Could Be Scarce (WMG, VIVEF, SNE, KKR, C, AAPL, AMZN)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 10:12 am

The recorded music business, currently floating on a sea of red, does not appear to be a solid investment, but that's not keeping some industry giants from trying either to ...
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Media Digest (1/5/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 4:05 am

The SEC is faced with the challenge between disclosure of public and private companies as Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) invested $450 million in Facebook. (Reuters) US officials said it ...
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Media Digest (12/20/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 20, 2010 at 4:03 am

The Congress will try to reach an agreement to fund the government short-term--through March 4. (Reuters) Now that the tax package has been approved, the political battle will change to ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/19/2010) Pimco Funds, KKR M&A

Posted: November 19, 2010 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. Shares of Actelion are up on takeover rumors (Reuters) KKR (NYSE: KKR) is about to buy Del Monte (NYSE: DLM) (Reuters) Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) will ...
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