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The board at BEA Systems (BEAS) is sitting on a $17 offer from Oracle (ORCL). BEAS has not traded above $17 in over four years and was sitting at about $14 before the Oracle offer. That may make it...
BEA Systems (BEAS) want portential buyer Oracle (ORCL), which has offered $17 a share, to know that the company is worth $21. Why is it worth so much? Because Goldman Sachs and the company’s...
Below are the short positions for major companies traded on the Nasdaq as of October 15. The figures compare to numbers on September 28, 2007 Traders bet big on Sun’s turnaround, dropping their...
BEA Systems (BEAS) has a firm $17 a share offer from Oracle (ORCL). The company thinks it could get more, and, so did the market. The stock moved above $18 on news of the offer. BEA has Carl Icahn...
Carl Icahn has done a lot for shared holders at close to a dozen companies over the last year or so. He continues to put pressure on Motorola (MOT) to increase its dividend or break itself into...
Below is the short interest for selected stocks traded on the Nasdaq. The figures are as of September 28 and compare to numbers as of September 14, 2007. Largest Short Positions Company ...
This was a long and crazy week for stock traders, but the Bond weasels got Monday off and only had a four-day work week.  Thursday was the mystery tank day when the beleaguered tech stocks dove,...
BEA Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) is already trading north of the $17.00 cash buyout offer from Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL).  Almost 30 million shares have already traded hands, and there is more than 30...
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) has delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) on October 9 whereby Oracle proposed to acquire BEA for $17.00 per share in...
Carl Icahn is a powerful investor when he wants to be.  As far as BEA Systems (NASDAQ:BEAS) he increased his stake in a filing on Friday to more than 33 million shares to what amounts to an 8.5%...
Even if VMware (NYSE:VMW) sees its stock go sideways or even if it gets soft from here, it has a long way to go before many would be able to say this was not a successful IPO.  The valuations...
(BEAS) BEA Systems trading up 6% pre-market on 3 upgrades: Raised to Buy at B of A; raised to Buy at UBS; raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.(BX) Blackstone earned posted revenues $975M vs $1.06...
AMR raised to Neutral at UBS.BEAS raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.BHP cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.BTU cut to Neutral at HSBC.COGN raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.CPA raised to...
ACLI cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.ACOR raised to Buy at B of A.AGO cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.ANAD started as Buy at Oppenheimer.ANET cut to Neutral at Baird.ATHR started as Buy at Oppenheimer.AV...
Investors have to wonder about BEA Systems Inc. (BEAS) after yesterday’s earnings announcement.  The company slightly exceeded revenue targets with $345.8 million, but its ongoing options...