3Par announced that it received a revised proposal from Hewlett-Packard Company to acquire all of 3PAR’s outstanding common stock at $33 per share, which is an increase from its previously announced offer…
The Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank, has published its 17th annual survey of CEO compensation, noting, among other things, that CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off…
Buybacks may not be considered the best return of capital by many investors and market pundits, but they are M&A-alternatives for management of companies. The amount of share buybacks announced in August…
(DD, MCD, BA, CAT, KFT, AA, HPQ, MSFT, BAC, CSCO, VZ, T, IBM, CVX, TRV, KO, PG, MRK) For the calendar year through August 30th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down…
$100 billion… That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements. This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the most active…
Active traders and day traders have a decent slew of companies to choose from this late-August Monday. We are seeing large trading activity in shares of Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT), Cogent…
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Reuters:  The Bank of Japan eased policy to fight a rise in the yen. Reuters:  Obama said the economy is not growing fast enough. Reuters:  Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) will buy Infineon’s mobile…
Earlier this week, Acer Chairman JT Wang made the bold if foolish statement that the market share of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad would fall to 20 percent over the next…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
They don’t call it a bidding was no reason at all. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has just raised its offer for 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR) again. After Dell went to $24.30, Hewlett-Packard…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has just announced that it is retaliating against a Dell inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) bid to acquire 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR). The new offer is $27.00 per share, above…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman cut 642 people from its ship building operation yesterday. That follows another 300 cuts from the same operation last month. The reason given was that the Navy has…
Reuters:Â Â BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) will take its case to Potash (NYSE: POT) shareholders. Reuters:Â Â Google In.c (NASDAQ: GOOG) will allow phone calls from Gmail accounts. Reuters:Â Â The Bank of Japan may…
