NCC (NCC) was bought today by PNC in what most people would view as a classic "takeunder" The price of the deal was well below where the shares traded yesterday.NCC’s stock is down 20% on the news....
It seems that all of a sudden corporations are deciding to do the right thing by getting rid CEO’s that have put the companies and shareholders in untenable positions. We called CEO James...
Southeastern Asset Management has disclosed ownership of 6.6% of CNX Resources stock.
These are not at all the only stocks we saw hitting 52-week lows.  These are the main names we follow that closed lower and that challenged their 52-week lows: ALCOA (AA) opened at new 52-week...
Dynavax Technologies saw its shares make a handy gain early on Wednesday after the company announced that it received a recommendation from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
There have been rumors recently that Time, Inc., the Time Warner (TWX) publishing division and the largest magazine operation in the country, might be spun off to shareholders in much the same...
INC Research Holdings Inc. has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering.
Perhaps GE (GE) unit CNBC should let Fox Business succeed or fail on its own merits. Threatening guests who appear on Fox with banning them from CNBC seems a bit thuggish. In a note to Fox producers...
One of the interesting by-products of S&P cutting Countrywide’s (CFC) debt to junk is that Bank of America (BAC) may be frightened witless now about taking over the mortgage banker....
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...
Meredith has been described in several media reports as the most likely buyer of Time. However, there are reports that the talks have stalled over valuation.
Apparently the IPO filing hiatus isn’t entirely a dead end story.  A company called AutoGenomics, Inc. has filed a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering.  It has applied...
The restructuring of a troubled company is often led by its chief executive officer or another very senior executive. Apparently, this will not be the case with America's largest publisher.
Countrywide (CFC) is trading up over 5% on its fourth quarter and full year earnings announcement. CFC reported a net loss of $422 million, or $0.79 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter ended...