Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) managed to beat earnings expectations this morning.  The company posted $0.20 EPS on a 5.4% revenue decrease to $1.39 Billion.  First Call had estimates at...
Markets opened higher this morning and after a decline in mid-morning moved higher and wobbled around modest gain to the beginning of the last hour of trading today. This morning’s report on...
Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: LNY) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Fertitta Holdings, Inc. Fertitta has agreed to acquire all outstanding common stock for...
Most LBO’s these days get killed because buyers develop remorse over a high price and the tough borrowing environment. At Cablevision (CVC) all of that has been turned on its head. The founding...
Earnings season is all but over and only the tail end of the quarterly and off-calendar reporting outfits are still reporting earnings.  Still, the coming week does have several key earnings reports...
Southeastern Asset Management, which owns 8.5% of Dell’s shares outstanding, has filed documents and a letter to Dell Inc.’s (NASDAQ: DELL) board that objects to the planned LBO. The letter...
Specialty building materials distributor US LBM has amended its filing with the SEC regarding its initial public offering.
Picking on people with schizophrenia would seem to be very unfair. If it is a large corporation, the odds against prople with serious mental illness would really seem to be stacked against them....
Moody’s is having a look at the "AAA" rating carried by bond insurance firm MBIA (MBIA). MarketWatch writes that "Bond insurers agree to pay principal and interest when due in a...
Here is the list of FBI field offices, with their addresses and phone numbers.
Source: ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal published a rumor that Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) chairman and large shareholder Leonard Riggio may try to takeover the part of the company that...
The Kraft (NYSE:KFT) deal to buy Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) was concluded today at a purchase price of about $19.44 billion. That was all it took to close the deal–a rich offer made and accepted.It was...
Stock Tickers: TRI, USPI, GHCI Let’s forget about the hype around LBO’s, MBO’s, Private Equity, and hostile takeovers.  In a research call last week, which Jim Cramer also...