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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Just When You Think New York And The US Have Done All They Can Do To Force Capital to Flee Overseas . . .
EU banker pay caps and “transparency” rules to prove a boon to EU financial market competitors. The EU has capped banker bonuses and will require a “strict transparency regime.” This proves that you don’t have you win if the other … Continue reading
Posted in Business Strategy, Executive Compensation, Regulation
Tagged Banking, Bonus Cap, EU, European Union, Executive Compensation, Regulation
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Compuware Going Private?
After previously sparring with Elliott Associates over a takeover offer, Compuware decides to take its ball and go home. And invites Elliott Associates. The always awesome Elliott Associates previously made a $3.2 billion bid for Compuware Corporation (CPWR). The market … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Elliott Associates, Hedge Funds, IPO, M&A, Private Equity, Spinoff
Tagged acquisition, Blackstone, BX, Compuware, Covisint, CPWR, Elliott Associates, Elliott Management, Going Private, Golden Gate Capital, M&A, Merger, TPG Capital
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Linn Energy to Buy Berry Petroleum
In the words of Tupac, the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice. What’s darker than the black gold, the Texas tea? Linn Energy (LINE) and Berry Petroleum (BRY) have agreed that Linn will pick the Berry, with BRY holders … Continue reading
Posted in M&A
Tagged acqusitions, Berry Petroleum, BRY, Halle Berry, Keep Ya Head Up, LINE, Linn Energy, M&A, Merger, Oil and Gas, Tupac
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Facebook To Make Use Of Its Risk Factor Relating To Cybersecurity Weaknesses
Cross-posted from That’s Not Market and based on a news story from last week: On Friday afternoon, Facebook announced that hackers had their way with some employee laptops. It said none of its users’ data was compromised, and that the attack … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook
Tagged China, cybersecurity, Facebook, FB, Form 10-K, hacker, hacking, malware
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A Close Look At Apple’s Executive Compensation Disclosures . . .
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Starboard Value Nudges Office Depot To Create Some Shareholder Value. In Totally Unrelated News, Office Depot to Merge With OfficeMax.
On September 18, 2012, we reported that Starboard Value was having a shredding party with Office Depot (ODP), announcing it owned over 13% of its shares and telling them how to run their business. ODP closed at $2.59/share that day. … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Hedge Funds, M&A, Starboard Value
Tagged acquisition, Dunder Mifflin, Form 10-K, M&A, Merger, ODB, ODP, Office Depot, Office Space, OfficeMax, Ol Dirty Bastard, OMX, PC Load Letter, Starboard, Starboard Value, Steve Carrell, takeover, The Office, Wu Tang Clan
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Point to Einhorn, Greenlight In First Volley Of Apple Litigation Over Shareholder Meeting
As we previously reported, David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital are unhappy with how Apple bundled some shareholder proposals for its upcoming annual meeting. Specifically, it would remove some discretion from Apple’s directors before implementing Einhorn’s preferred method of returning cash … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Apple, David Einhorn, Hedge Funds, Lawsuit, Shareholder Meeting, Shareholder Rights
Tagged Activist Investor, Annual Meeting, Apple, Apple Computer, Bruce Willis, Cisco, CSCO, David Einhorn, Die Hard, Dividend, Einhorn, Greenlight, Greenlight Capital, Hedge Fund and tagged AAPL, INTC, Intel, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Jerkweed, Lawsuit, Microsoft, MSFT, OCLE, Oracle, Repurchase, Shareholder Meeting, Shareholder Rights
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A Closer Look At the Description of Parker Drilling’s Proposed Settlement with DOJ, SEC
Parker Drilling will pay a bunch of money, promise to be good and tattle on itself for three years. If not, all bets are off and DOJ and SEC can still unleash the hounds. Parker Drilling Company (PKD) announced today … Continue reading
