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• More SPAC Deal & Warrant News (EDS, TGY, NSAQ, CAEL)

  
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  We have been given some exclusive coverage on the recent developments in special purpose acquisition companies and blank check companies from SPACupdate.com this morning.Exceed Co. (NASDAQ: EDS), the Chinese apparel maker brought public through 2020 ChinaCap Acquiro, announced that it will accept warrants in exchange ...
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• Kraft-Cadbury Conundrum: A Bridge Too Far (KFT, CBY, HSY)

  
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  Cadbury plc (NYSE: CBY) is effectively worth almost more than ever because of the merger interest.  Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) has a cash and share bid is worth roughly $16.4 billion already, and Cadbury wants more.  Throwing in the Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) bid may only complicate matters.  Throw in Italy’s ...
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• Price For Cadbury Bound To Get Too Expensive

  
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  M&A transactions with several bidders chasing one company often get so expensive that the winner in the auction become the later loser financially.Kraft (NYSE:KFT) has offered $16.5 billion for Cadbury. Cadbury trades at nearly $55 a share. It traded for less than half of that in March. Cadbury’s earnings do ...
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• Who Will Buy Colgate (CL)? Procter & Gamble (PG)

  
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  Colgate Palmolive (NYSE:CL) is the next likely consumer products company that will get a takeover offer. There have been rumors recently that Reckitt Benckiser, based in the UK, might be the acquirer, but the firm does not have a large enough market cap.Colgate has a $42 billion market cap. The company had $4 ...
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• It Looks More Likely GE (GE) May Keep NBCU, Force Job Cuts

  
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  With the passing of each hour, there are more media reports that talks between GE (NYSE:GE) and Vivendi for the French company to sell its 20% of NBCU to the American conglomerate have moved closer to collapse. Without Vivendi’s cooperation, GE cannot form the joint venture it is creating with Comcast ...
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• Hershey Longs For Cadbury?

  
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  The trust that controls Hershey has asked the company to make a bid for UK sweets company Cadbury (NYSE:CBY).The Wall Street Journal reports that the offer would be approximately $17 billion which would top the current offer from Kraft (NYSE:KFT)Douglas A. McIntyrePosted in Mergers and Buy Outs Tagged: CBY, KFT ...
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• Vivendi Disputes Value Of GE’s (GE) NBCU Business

  
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  The much-anticipated deal for Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) to take control of the NBC Universal division of GE (NYSE:GE) may die next week . Vivendi, which owns 20% of NBCU, believes that the entertainment and news company is worth much more than GE does.According to the FT, “General Electric and Vivendi are at least ...
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• AMERITRADE Shelf Registration Spurs E*TRADE Speculation Further (AMTD, ETFC, SCHW)

  
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  TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) has just filed an automatic shelf registration statement with the SEC today, which many rumor mongers may jump on and point to the notion that this lends more credibility to some buyout rumors from yesterday that it may want to acquire E*TRADE Financial Corporation ...
  5 days ago

• The More Focused, and More Opaque, Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B, BNI, UNP, NSC, GS, GE, TIF, HOG, WMT, COP, XOM, WFC, RSG, DOW, ETN, WBC, MCO, WLP, UNH, GSK, SNY, GCI, WPO)

  
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  This was an important week for investment guru and billionaire watchers to see which gurus were holding which stocks.  The full public equity holdings of Warren Buffett via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) were particularly of note, particularly with those B shares under “BRK-B” soon to split and giving a ...
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• 52-Week High Club (AMD, ASMI, ALV, CHS, GGWPQ, LFT, DE)

  
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  Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) rose over 10% to a yearly high of $7.33 after the computer processor maker announced today that it would offer $500 million in senior notes, the cash from which will be used to purchase its 5.75 percent convertible notes due in 2012.ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ:ASMI) rose over ...
  6 days ago

• Long-Past SPAC Deals Reach Back for Warrants, More Deal News (SGS, HOL, EST, CIO, PAX, TMI, CFQCF)

  
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  We have been given some exclusive coverage on the recent developments in special purpose acquisition companies and blank check companies from SPACupdate.com this morning.  Stream Global Services (AMEX: SGS), the business outsourcer brought public through SPAC Global BPO Services Co., has launched an offer to buy back ...
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• American Express & Revolution… The Reach Down (AXP)

  
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  American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) is about to get larger in the credit arena, and in a new path than its traditional high-end clients.  The company announced that it has agreed to acquire Revolution Money, which was launched by AOL Co-founder Steve Case in 2007.  The purchase price is expected to be approximately ...
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• 52-Week High Club (AGO, SMTL, SINA, TWB)

  
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  Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) over 32% to a yearly high of $28.14 after the company posted earnings of $0.44 per share, beating analysts estimates.  Semitool Inc (NASDAQ: SMTL) rose over 30% to a yearly high of $11.00 after Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) agreed to buy the company for $11.00 per share, or ...
  1 week ago

• SPAC/Blank Check IPO Filing: 57th Street General Acquisition Corp.

  
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  The world of special purpose acquisition companies may get yet another new entrant.  After the close of trading on Monday came the filing for 57th Street General Acquisition Corp. to come public via an initial public offering.  This deal is being brought by Morgan Joseph and by Ladenberg Thalman & Co.   57th ...
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• Semitool Becomes Part of Applied Materials (SMTL, AMAT)

  
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  Semitool, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMTL) has become the perfect fit for Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT).  Applied has decided to acquire the maker of multi-chamber single-wafer and batch wet chemical processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The company is being acquired by Applied Materials ...
  1 week ago

• Bristol-Myers Cleans Up on Mead Johnson (BMY, MJN)

  
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  Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) is going to completely separate itself from its holdings in Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN).  The company expects that the split-off will be a tax-advantaged way to divest these holdings and is expected to be net cash flow positive to the BioPharma business and is ...
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• Cisco’s (CSCO) Tandberg Gamble That Video Quality Pays

  
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  Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) has decided to gamble that it can get reluctant Tandberg shareholders to support a buyout of their company by raising its offer to $3.4 billion. That is a 10% improvement over Cisco’s previous offer. A number of Tandberg investors lined up against the first deal, saying it valued the company at ...
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• Are Silicon Storage Holders Getting Enough? (SSTI)

  
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  Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSTI) is trading up on a private equity and management-led buyout.  SST is flash memory maker based in Sunnyvale, California.  While the company has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired for $2.10 per share, it is almost impossible not to wonder (at best) ...
  1 week ago

• Many Key SPACs on Deck (PAX, TOH, EST, TCW, CFQCF, GQN, NSAQ, CIO)

  
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  We have been given some exclusive data from SPACupdate.com on the progress of many blank check and special purpose acquisition companies which their targets and relevant trading data. Prospect Acquisition Co. (AMEX: PAX), Hicks Acquisition Co. (AMEX: TOH), Enterprise Acquisition Co. (AMEX: EST), Triplecrown ...
  1 week ago

• British Air And Iberia: Airlines Return To The Center Of M&A Stage

  
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  The rumor that US Air (NYSE:LCC) and American (NYSE:AMR) may merge is not so far-fetched today, or that Southwest (NYSE:LUV) might take over JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU).British Air and Iberia, the flag carriers of the two nations whose fleets met at The Battle of Trafalgar, will merge, creating one of the world’s largest ...
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