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Weekly Mergers and Acquisitions Report - 01-06-2009

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:27:05 GMT

M&A report for $Wavecom (WVCM) - Sierra Wireless (SWIR) , $Indevus Pharmaceuticals (IDEV) - Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP), $Datascope Corp. (DSCP) - Getinge AB, Embarq Corporation (EQ) - CenturyTel, Inc. (CTL), $Mentor Corp (MNT) - Johnson Johnson (JNJ[More...]

Wall Street Rallies On GMAC Bailout, Alcoa Soars

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:43:24 GMT

US stocks finished with gains on Tuesday as investors greeted Treasury's move to provide $5 billion in rescue package to GMAC, the financing arm of troubled automaker General Motors.[More...]

US Stock Futures Gain As GMAC Recieves $5 Billion In Government Aid

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:45:59 GMT

US stock futures edged higher on Tuesday as investors cheered the Treasury's move to provide $5 billion in rescue package to GMAC.[More...]

Best Performing Stock of 2008

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:58:00 GMT

I used to, and will one day return, to posting the best performing stocks of the week - but the wicked volatility and "student body left" trading of the past 4 months has made it a moot point. Everything must either be bought or sold, as stocks are either deemed "good" or "bad" that hour, day, or month. The herd piles in, or piles out - regardless of sector, style, fundamentals. It's been a market of asset allocation not individual stocks much of the back half of the year. I like to look for relative strength and ride sector/company trends for the longer term - this market is not for that sort of investor. This has been for many months a run and gun daytrader environment; not a place for theme investors. With that said, I am always curious to see what stocks held up over the long run... folks, no matter what happens (short of 8%+ rally here in the next 3 days) we are projecting the worst year in the markets at least since the[More...]

Nationwide Financial Services (NFS) - Nationwide Mutual Merger - Preliminary Proxy Statement Filed

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:01:00 GMT

The companies file a merger notification with the Federal Reserve Board on November 4, 2008, and the Fed has established a public comment deadline of December 2, 2008 for this case.[More...]

Don’t Overpay for Insurance M&A

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:25:00 GMT

I’ve been mulling over whether I should write about insurance M&A. Ugh, yes, I should say something. What pushed me over the edge was a piecein the WSJ on the purchase of Philadelphia Consolidated. When I first heard about the deal, I blinked, and said, “Foreign acquirer overpays to enter the US.” Is Philly a good company? It’s a great company, but it may not be so under foreign ownership. And, the price was well in excess of what it would have taken to create/attract the talent for a new venture. Paying 2.7x book is not a winner.But, the have been other missteps as well recently. Liberty Mutual buys Safeco and Ohio Casualty for 1.8x and 1.6x book. High prices for the assets obtained, and Liberty Mutual can’t lever that much as a mutual[More...]

25 Stocks Ben Graham Would Like

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:02:50 GMT

Benjamin Graham is widely regarded to be the founder of modern value investing. His greatest student, Warren Buffett, attributes much of his success to Graham’s teachings.[More...]

Analyst Comments: Acorda Thera, Soapstone Networks, Health Net, Nationwide Financial, CAI International, IBM Corp

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:20:00 GMT

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (ACOR) has had an eventful first few weeks of 2008. In late January 2008, the company reported a thorough safety analysis showed no risk of QT elongation. This news was followed closely by the licensing of two early stage (pre-cl[More...]

59 Stocks Returning 7%+ this Week

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:41:30 GMT

Despite a relatively flat market, not many outperformers this week.Below is a list of 59 names with characteristics of>$10 Stock Price>100K average volume>$2 billion market cap7%+ returnSimilar to previous weeks of late are a lot of foreign and gold names with a few natural gas mixed in - a few solar names rebounded from dramatic losses of the past 2 months; just a hodge podge of names. A few beaten down financials also thrown in, especially in the credit business. As always, green we own, and blue we have owned in the past or discuss.[More...]

15 Stocks Ben Graham Would Like

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:28:38 GMT

Aircastle stock has taken a serious beating in the...[More...]

Bank of America to Close Hudson Branch on Friday

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:45:00 GMT

Jul. 30--HUDSON -- Bank of America is closing its Hudson branch Friday as part of a nationwide plan to shrink its network of physical locations.
Spokeswoman Anne Pace said the branch at 45 Lowell Road is one of two in New Hampshire slated for closure as more customers turn to online banking.
After the two closures, Bank of America will have at least 34 branches remaining in New Hampshire, including four in Nashua, according to the company's Web site.

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Weekly Mergers and Acquisitions Report - 01-06-2009

Wall Street Rallies On GMAC Bailout, Alcoa Soars

US Stock Futures Gain As GMAC Recieves $5 Billion In Government Aid

Best Performing Stock of 2008

Nationwide Financial Services (NFS) - Nationwide Mutual Merger - Preliminary Proxy Statement Filed

Don’t Overpay for Insurance M&A

25 Stocks Ben Graham Would Like

Analyst Comments: Acorda Thera, Soapstone Networks, Health Net, Nationwide Financial, CAI International, IBM Corp

59 Stocks Returning 7%+ this Week

15 Stocks Ben Graham Would Like

Bank of America to Close Hudson Branch on Friday

Fighting Off the Bear: By Any Measure, 2008 Was a Lousy Year on Wall Street. Yet Despite the Turbulence, Some Local Companies Beat the Odds and Actually Posted Gains.

Nationwide CEO's Shares Are Worth $23.5 Million

John Fees Promoted to President, CEO of McDermott International

Economic Climate, Escalating Health Care Costs Make Saving for Retirement Difficult; Not Impossible

Cain Hayes to Join Nationwide Financial Retirement Plans

Learn About the World Investment Services Market Brief

Nationwide Financial Reports Third Quarter Results

Nationwide Financial(R) Improves Pricing of Its Best-Selling YourLife(SM) ULtimate Universal Life Policy

MassMutual Retirement Services Commits to Best-in-Class Participant Education Programs

Nationwide Financial Increases Amount of Guaranteed Income Offered Through The Nationwide Lifetime Income Rider(R) (L.inc)

Nationwide Financial to Release Third-Quarter Earnings November 5

Nationwide Financial Unveils YourLife(SM) Accumulation Universal Life Insurance

Nationwide Supports National Save for Retirement Week Oct. 19-25

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