Dynegy Begs Shareholders to Accept Icahn’s Offer (DYN, IEP, BX)

Posted: February 11, 2011 at 2:11 pm

A tender offer for Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) from an affiliate of Icahn Enterprise L.P. (NYSE: IEP) was supposed to have closed two days ago. Unfortunately, only 4.4% of Dynegy shares had been offered, ...
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    • The Macro Lunch: Lower Oil Prices Shrinks Trade Deficit

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    The US trade deficit stood at $40.6 billion in December, up about 6% from $38.3 billion. Comparing the trade deficit data with Oil prices, we can see they moved in lockstep since Oil started its decen...
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    Freescale Files IPO Paperwork

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd. has just filed to come public in yet another large private equity re-IPO.  The company filing is for up to $1.15 billion in common shares to be sold.  While ...
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    IPO Filing: NGL Energy Partners LP

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    NGL Energy Partners LP has just filed to come public via an initial public offering.  Terms have not been disclosed at all for a share count or for a price target range other than the initial filing ...
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    Apple Working on Cheaper iPhone (AAPL, NOK, MSFT, GOOG)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    Leave it to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to grab a headline on the same day that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reveals a tie-up with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Bloomberg cites "people who have been briefe...
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    Biodiesel Industry Looking Forward to 2011 (GEVO, AMRS, DD, CVX, BP, RDS-A, ADM)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 11:05 am

    Only a few years ago most of us associated biodiesel with recycling of used cooking oil to produce a transportation fuel that Willie Nelson used on his tour bus. The exhaust smelled an awful lot like ...
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    Food For Thought: Netflix or Amazon Should Buy Blockbuster (BLOAQ, NFLX, AMZN, CSTR)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 10:53 am

    Reports have been circulating since late yesterday that Blockbuster Inc. (Pink Sheets: BLOAQ) has put itself up for sale rather than trying to emerge as a new operating company that can healthily exit...
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    Ackman Pretends To Knuckle Under For JC Penney Board

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 10:35 am

    William A. Ackman, the head of Pershing Capital, has finally joined the JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) board. He has been a buyer of the stock and has agitated for change to improve the retailer's share price....
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    Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (EXPE, MNKD, PNRA)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ: MNKD), a...
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    Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/11/2011) Smaller iPhone, Facebook Private Sale

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 8:34 am

    Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is at work on a smaller version of the iPhone (WSJ) Facebook is considering a $1 billion sale of shares by employees (WSJ) Google (NASDAQ: GOO...
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    Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, ALXN, AWK, NILE, CELL, CMG, CSCO, EPOC, EXPE, GDOT, IFF, ONXX, SPR, S, TUP)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 8:32 am

    These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Neutral at Nomura. Alexion Ph...
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    Body Central Secondary, Discount Outweighs Dilution (BODY)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 8:01 am

    Body Central Corp. (NASDAQ: BODY) has a secondary offering which priced at a healthy discount for those who are getting shares.  It should have come at a discount since almost the entire sale is from...
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    Molycorp’s Painful Dilution (MCP, REMX, REE, AVL)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 7:01 am

    Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is finally bringing this secondary offering of common stock for holders and is selling some mandatory convertible preferred shares.  The terms of the deal may be surprising...
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    Kinder Morgan IPO Premium Price, Still Leaving Some on the Table (KMI, GS, KMR, KMP, AMJ, FMO, KYN, AMLP)

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 6:45 am

    We have been calling for a premium IPO and a higher share count deal for Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and its highly anticipated IPO.  Technically this is a re-IPO and is the largest private equit...
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    24/7 Wall St./Harris Poll On Tax Cuts & Consumer Spending

    Posted: February 11, 2011 at 6:33 am

    Nearly every adult American with a job knows that the "Bush" tax cuts were extended into 2012. The general understanding of most people who have deductions taken out of their pay is that they wi...
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