Now that Goldman Sachs (GS) and KKR have walked away from Harman (HAR), the question is which private equity deal will fail next. Here is a short list of the deals that…
We reviewed our different portfolios of key stocks to see which ones performed the best today, and it wasn’t just the financials as a general class. At the end of the day,…
Enterra Energy (ENT) Canadian oil and gas investment company suspends monthly distribution payments to unitholders for at least six months to repay debt. Falls to $1.85 from 52-week high of $10.30. PHH…
Wal-Mart (WMT) How did the world’s largest retailer get on this list? By being badly run. Down to $42.39 from 52-week high of $52.15. Blackstone Group (BX) Which is worse, retail or…
Wal-Mart’s (WMT) shares are running. After a tough quarter, they dropped to under $43, but are moving toward $44 today, up 1.7% on rumors that a Chinese institutional investment fund could buy…
(BEAS) BEA Systems trading up 6% pre-market on 3 upgrades: Raised to Buy at B of A; raised to Buy at UBS; raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.(BX) Blackstone earned posted revenues…
Blackstone’s (BX) earnings tripled and the stock is up almost 10% in the pre-market. Net income hit $774 million up from $224 million a year ago. The earnings were more than a…
Douglas A. McIntyre This coming week is going to be dominated by 5 top earnings. We have included the name and a link through to a full earnings preview we did for each on Friday,…
The Blackstone Group, LP (NYSE:BX) will post earnings for its units on Monday morning, August 13. First Call looks like the estimates were $0.46 EPS, but investors should be cautious on any…
Douglas A. McIntyre If private equity is really dead, then why did a $21.7 Billion private equity fund just get closed upon. The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) has sent out notice that today was the final…
Douglas A. McIntyre On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that today and this week proves sometimes you can’t be too bullish. You need a measure for an ‘all-clear’ signal to see when…
Blackstone Group, L.P. is seeing its shares, well units, trading up almost 2% pre-market on a day when DJIA futures have traded down over 100 points. The catalyst was the end of…
Douglas A. McIntyre If you have followed the Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) units on a post-IPO basis, then you will know it is almost impossible to cover without noting how the listed unit has traded…
Douglas A. McIntyre STOCK TICKERS: ABK, ACA, BZH, LEN, DHI, RYL, CC, BX, FIG, FINL, HGSI, HSY, HW, JNY, NLS, REDE, TRMP, UBET, TZOO, WB The DJIA may have hit 14,000 earlier. A pullback here,…
Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE:OWW) came public as planned, but so far that is the only good news. This was an anticipated IPO as the company used to be public, but most shareholders…
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