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Capitulation? (CVS, BID, KFT, EM, BX, EDV, DNDN)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:58PM on August 4th

Capitulation? That is the big question; was today’s huge sell-off the bad-tasting medicine this market needed? We think the selling today and the last two weeks is overdone, and the underlying data trends in retail and small businesses point to…

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The Consummate Activist: Icahn Still Busy After Three Decades In The Game (GENZ, SNY, CHK, DYN, BX, AMLN, LGF, REGN)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:13PM on March 7th

Legendary activist investor Carl Icahn recently turned 75, but that isn’t stopping him from his desire to shake things up at various companies Icahn Associates holds stakes in, a role Icahn has reprised over three decades in the investment business.

Among…

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Biomanufacturing Stocks Jump On News of Possible Deals (BEC, BX, GE, MMM, PLL, TMO, CALP, CBM)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:23PM on December 10th

News that Beckman Coulter (BEC), a maker of laboratory equipment, has hired Goldman Sachs to explore a possible sale is lending a hand to the Biomanufacturing and Testing Stocks Index today, helping boost the Index by 3.5%.

California-based Beckman Coulter is up…

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It’ll Take More Than M&A To Move This Market (HPQ, PAR, DELL, POT, BHP, VALE, CPB, BX, SAFM)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 5:12PM on August 23rd

It was all about M&A today in the market, but despite all the action and speculation, stocks were still unable to gain any ground. Right now companies are looking to use their hordes of cash to buy depressed assets, and…

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Stocks Float Lower On Lazy Summer Friday (JCP, NVDA, RMBS, ADSK, BX, DYN, NRG, SORL)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:35PM on August 13th

Today may have been Friday the 13th, but it was one of the least scary days for investors the past few sessions, as stocks ended slightly lower on a lazy summer day. There was plenty of economic data to digest,…

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Select Tech Shares Among Winners As Dow Tumbles Triple-Digits (RSH, BX, THC, HPQ, AAPL, LONG)

Posted by Jim Ambrosio at 5:07PM on June 1st

After a nice rally following a lower open, the bottom fell out the market late in the day. The oil patch was particularly weak after another attempt to stop the Gulf oil leak failed and the Feds opened a criminal…

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Radio Shack Bidding Heats Up (RSH, BX, KFN, GS, CONN, HGG, RSC, BBY, GME)

Posted by Anita Godse at 11:19AM on June 1st

The auction for RadioShack (RSH) is picking up, with The Blackstone Group (BX) in the forefront of bidders, according to The New York Post. KKR Financial (KFN), Bain Capital, and TPG are also potential bidders. Earlier this year Radio Shack hired Goldman Sachs…

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