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Posts Tagged ‘ Mergers And Acquisitions ’

BoA CEO Ken Lewis Should Go To Jail

Apr 30th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

There are a lot of unanswered questions for Tim Geithner and his pals in the banking industry. One Wall Street suit who’s dirtied his bib is Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis. Lewis should go to jail for securities fraud, according to Porter Stansberry of Stansberry and Associates Investment Research.



How Pfizer (PFE) Signaled A Difficult Year For Shareholders

Jan 6th, 2009 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Stock Market Investing

Reading between the lines is key to successful stock market investing today, says Andrew Snyder. Pfizer’s (NYSE:PFE) announcement that it is looking to acquire rival companies in 2009 signals that organic growth will be hard to come by. And that’s bad news for shareholders. Andrew says savvy investors can bet against the company by short selling or buying put options.



The 10 Hottest Global Profit Opportunities to Follow for the Next 18 Months

May 9th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News

For the first time in modern history, the US economy finds itself back with the masses, flying coach instead of first class. These shocking facts say it all:

  • From 2005 to 2010 alone, worldwide wealth will soar from $118 trillion to more than $200 trillion — with the newly capitalist markets of Asia and Europe accounting for the biggest share.
  • Over the next 25 years, America’s share of the worldwide economic pie will slip from 28% to 24%…


Outlook 2008: Blockbuster is the Latest Blue Chip to Lead a Resurgence in M&A Deals

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Mike Caggeso | Category: Stock Market Investing

While 2008 has not been the banner year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that 2007 was, several blue-chip operations including Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Time Warner Inc. (TWX) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) have picked up where private-equity firms left off last fall.



One in Three Wall St Bankers to be Axed

Apr 10th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News, Politics & Economics

Wall Street firms may have to eliminate as much as 35% of employees, reports Bloomberg.

The culprit? The end of the boom in leveraged lending and the dwindling pace of mergers and acquisitions.

Wall Street has already axed more than 34,000 jobs since the credit crisis kicked off last July, the most jobs lost on the Street since the dot-com bubble popped in 2001.



M&A Pace Quickens

Apr 7th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News, Stock Market Investing

The optimistic mood on Wall Street is finding support in a pick-up in M&A activity.

Swiss drug maker Novartis is taking Nestle’s 77% slice US eye-care company Alcon for $39 billion. Yahoo!, meanwhile, is sending smoke signals to Microsoft that it wouldn’t be against a bid if the price is right.

According to CityWire in Britain, the FTSE 100 broke through the 6,000 level “on a flurry of major corporate merger and acquisition reports from across the Atlantic.”