An affiliate of asset management giant Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) has agreed to acquire water-park resort owner Great Wolf Resorts Inc. (NASDAQ: WOLF) for $5/share, or about $165 million in…
Paul Ausick Jon OggEach weekend we review the many analyst calls we track during the week. Some turn out to be very insightful and some turn out to be not so great. For better…
The $21 billion merger between El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP) and Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) likely depends on whether or not the proposed combination can shed some assets. Such a deal…
Steve Wynn pushes major shareholder Kazuo Okada off the board of Wynn Macau. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) makes a large profit on portfolio gains. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) legal fight with Proview International…
Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) is beyond weird when it comes to initial public offerings. This was one of our TOP 17 IPOS TO WATCH IN 2012. We also make no secret…
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has apparently given up on its effort to sell its credit card business in the UK and Ireland, which is operated under the MBNA Europe name.…
When Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) made its offer to buy El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP) for $21 billion, the purchase included some assets of El Paso that Kinder Morgan is not…
The initial public offering market in 2012 is likely to be much stronger than many anticipate. Despite the lingering uncertainty and the underperformance of many popular IPOs in 2011, this year may…
2011 is all but gone and research firms are handing out their top picks for 2012. We have been reviewing some of the “Small Cap Stocking Stuffers” from the top small cap ideas…
Korea’s Samsung C&T, the engineering and construction unit of Samsung Group, will pay about $780 million for Parallel Petroleum, a Texas-based company owned by Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO). Apollo has…
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 from Apollo…
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 stores are…
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. (NYSE: KKR),…
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 even a cautious…
We have a new mortgage Real estate investment trust coming on the market. Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) is coming public after pricing its initial public offering of 10,000,000 shares at…
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