courtesy of DellActivist Investor Carl Icahn is keeping up his hard court press against Michael Dell. Icahn said last week that he was raising his offer to acquire Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL)…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and both the DJIA and the S&P 500 climbed to new intra-day highs (more coverage here). The Fed mistakenly released FOMC minutes early to some…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from select Wall Street research calls on April 10, 2013.
Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a great company, and its Dragon Naturally Speaking has a handy lead in the world of speech-to-text software. It is fair to say that its stock…
courtesy Dell Inc.In a terse press release this morning, Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) said that it has entered a confidentiality agreement with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and “looks forward…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a number of disappointing data releases in Europe and Asia. Eurozone PMI remains on the pessimistic side, with a reading of 47.9, and the…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. often looks for crazy volume moves and there are more than just a handful today. AFC Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFCE) is up 8% at $32.41 after being called a…
Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.Trading was halted briefly this afternoon in shares of nutrition and weight-control firm Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) before the company announced that it had reached an agreement with activist investor…
Activist investor and corporate raider Carl Icahn is showing his investors that he will be able to keep making more and more money in his efforts ahead. This morning came news from…
ThinkstockThe first initial public offering (IPO) of the year went off yesterday as USA Compression Partners L.P. (NYSE: USAC) priced 11 million common units at $18 per unit. By the end of…
ThinkstockCarl Icahn is still around, in his seventies and several decades into his place as a famous takeover artist, although he sometimes just scares companies into distributing cash or cutting costs. He…
Whenever you hear the words “Carl Icahn” and “son” together in news, the initial response is that Forest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) is under attack by the activist investor. One of the…
Jon C. Ogg As recently as last week it appeared that Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) may not receive enough shares to complete his takeover of CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE: CVI). Those doubts…
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) is supposed to be getting a takeover offer soon, or at least it is expected to receive or disclose several possible bids soon. Now the company has one…
Jon C. Ogg The hostile takeover offer from a division of Icahn Enterprises LP (NYSE: IEP) for Commercial Metals Co. (NYSE: CMC) has been expired at midnight last night with only 23% of shares tendered…
