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…
Douglas A. McIntyre (ACOR) Acorda COO resigned to pursue other interests.(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices traded up 4% after revenues were ahead of plan on processor sales.(AUY) Yamana Gold makes business combination offer for Meridian Gold.(BVF)…
Online travel hub operator Orbitz did price its IPO of 34 million shares at a price of $15.00 per share. Orbitz will trade under the "OWW" ticker on NYSE. Unfortunately the original…
Douglas A. McIntyre Investors are waiting for the pricing of Orbitz (NYSE:OWW) tonight in its IPO, which no one is foolish enough to not know this is a re-IPO. The official terms were for 34…
Douglas A. McIntyre Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) has gone on the defensive after the close today with a press release refuting the front page article in The New York Times. Blackstone said the article is filled…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Australia Australian fund manager Caledonia said it would vote against Chicago Merch’s (CME) proposal to buy CBOT (CBOT) The fund own over 6% off the exchange. Reuters writes that…
According to Reuters, Blackstone (BX) bought Hilton Hotels (HLT) for $20 billion plus debt. Reuters writes that private equity firm Apollo offered $6 billion for Huntsman. Reuters reports that car sales in…
According to Reuters, Blackstone (BX) bought Hilton Hotels (HLT) for $20 billion plus debt. Reuters writes that private equity firm Apollo offered $6 billion for Huntsman. Reuters reports that car sales in…