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Will NetBank, Inc. (NTBK) Survive The Year?

NetBank (NASDAQ:NTBK) is the nation’s oldest active Internet bank serving retail and business customers in all 50 states. They were rated a ‘Top 10 online banking site’ by the Keynote WebExcellence Scorecard for Banks…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

SunTrust’s “Value Initiative” Falls Short

Usually when companies issue favorable "shareholder value initiatives" you tend to see value created in the shares almost instantly.  That isn’t the case for SunTrust Banks (STI-NYSE) today.  The company says it will focus…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

CME Bids Higher for CBOT AND Itself

Stock Tickers: CME, BOT, ICE, ISE, NMX, NYX, NDAQ The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME-NYSE) decided it was not going to let the Chicago Board of Trade (BOT-NYSE) get acquired by The IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE-NYSE). …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Big 5 (BGFV) not feeling so ‘Big’ today

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (BGFV) reported earnings yesterday and here are the highlights: Their first-quarter profit rose 28% Q1 earnings increased to $7.6 million, or 33 cents per share, from $5.9 million, or…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Interactive Brokers Now Public & Open (IBKR)

Stock Tickers: IBKR, ETFC, AMTD, SCHW Interactive Brokers (IBKR-NASDAQ) has now opened after pricing its IPO.  The IPO came public via the OpenIPO(R) format from W.R.Hambrecht, and we already posted the bidding indications from…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Interactive Brokers IPO Terms Set Even Higher

Interactive Brokers (IBKR-NASDAQ) priced 40 million share IPO at $30.01 per share.  This is now a $1.2 Billion deal and the share count by the end of the bidding was essentially raised twice and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Cramer Sticks With Mastercard (MA)

On the video section for TheStreet.com, Jim Cramer noted Mastercard (MA-NYSE) about the second day rally phenome’s since shares are up 5% today after a 10% drive yesterday.  He is saying that fund managers…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Interactive Brokers IPO Looks Hyperactive

Interactive Brokers, under the propsed ticker "IBKR," has essentially doubled what the company will raise and what it will ultimately be worth.  The IPO was deemed a hot issue, but it has gotten hotter. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

BISYS: A Buyout? No, It’s Giving Itself Away (BSG, C)

BISYS Group Inc. (BSG-NYSE) is doing one of the more foolish things they could do.  The company is selling out to Citigroup (C-NYSE) for what would amount to a $12.00 price. The exact compensation…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

International Securities Exchange Merger Hopes

International Securities Exchange (ISE-NYSE), the options and stock trading platform operator, is seeing shares surge on reports of a $68.00 bid being considered by Germany’s Deutsche Boerse.  The WSJ has reported that the companies…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Cramer’s Private Equity Targets (April 26, 2007)

Jim Cramer was giving another private equity target on tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, but it turned out to be two picks rather than one. He reminded not to speculate on ones where the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Cramer’s Private Equity Buyout Pick: Actuant

On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer reviewed private equity firms and his feature this week is to predict which ones could be acquired.  So much for Cramer not just speculating about buyout candidates…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Goldman Sachs: Buy NASDAQ, Sell NYSE

Stock Tickers: NDAQ, NYX, BOT, GFIG Goldman Sachs has a research call this morning on exchanges and a financial player this morning.  Goldman Sachs is raising its views on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago