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		<title>(DAL) American Airlines Sees Three Possible Buyers</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/dal-american-airlines-sees-three-possible-buyers/90212</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The airline industry is likely to see another major consolidation. American Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation, is looking for a suitable partner to merge with. In this regard, Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) and private equity firm TPG are mulling bids to acquire American Airlines. American Airlines is the largest carrier to have filed for bankruptcy protection, which it did in November last year, and is currently in the midst of restructuring its debt and cutting labor costs. Looking back, bankruptcies in the airline industry have paved the way for mergers and acquisitions. This is because carriers seek protection to emerge as a low cost provider with a strong competitive position in the industry. Though the details are not fully available, let ]]></description>
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		<title>(WFC) Wells Fargo May Purchase Irish Assets of Bank of Ireland PLC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Wells Fargo &#38; Company (WFC) might purchase the London-based Burdale Finance Ltd. unit from Dublin-based Bank of Ireland PLC (IRE). In 2004, Bank of Ireland acquired Burdale from Wachovia Corp. for €71 million. Bank of Ireland was contemplating the sale of Burdale since April and has hired Hawkpoint Partners Ltd. as an adviser in this regard. The sale of Burdale is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. Burdale Finance Ltd. provides loans against assets in the U.S. and U.K. Currently, the firm has approximately €800 million ($1.1 billion) of loans in both countries across the Atlantic. The completion of the deal will mark Wells Fargo’s third dive this year on the assets of Irish banks. In October, Wells Fargo purchased €1.13 billion ]]></description>
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		<title>(WFC) Wells Fargo &amp; Company Acquires $3.3 Billion Loan Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/06/wfc-wells-fargo-company-acquires-3-3-billion-loan-portfolio/86512</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Wells Fargo &#38; Company (WFC) announced the acquisition of a loan portfolio with a face value of $3.3 billion from Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), previously known as Anglo Irish Bank. The portfolio comprised 61 performing U.S.-based commercial real estate loans. Last week, out of the total 61 loans, WFC closed 25 worth $1.5 billion. The company expects to purchase the remaining loans in the fourth quarter of 2011. Moreover, The Blackstone Group (BX) and WFC have joined hands to purchase a pool of approximately $600 million in loans on U.S. commercial property from Allied Irish Banks plc, according to Wall Street Journal. According to the terms of the deal, WFC and BX will be able to buy hotels, office buildings and retail properties backed-portfolio loans for about 15% ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead &#8211; Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/17/aapl-a-busy-week-ahead-earnings-preview/85152</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earnings Preview 10/14/11 While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&#38;P 500. Thus, by the end of the week we will have a very good idea of how the overall season will go. Not only will there be a lot of reports, but many of those we get will be very important ones. The table at the end of this report reads like a who’s who of American industry, including: Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), General Electric (GE), Goldman Sachs (GS), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC) and McDonald’s (MCD). And that&#8217;s just the first half of the alphabet! ]]></description>
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		<title>(AMD) Company News for September 30, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor - Broad Line]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Share prices of commercial insurer Harleysville Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HGIC) rocketed up 87.06% to $58.96 after Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced its decision to buy Harleysville for $1.63 billion •    Analysts at Citi (NYSE:C) downgraded shares of dialysis-center operator DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA) from &#8220;Buy&#8221; rating to &#8220;Hold&#8221; rating •    Shares of Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO) dropped 4.35% after shareholder Nelson Peltz officially cancelled his $7.7 billion offer to buy the retailer •    Semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices&#8217; (NYSE:AMD) shares plunged 13.66% to close at $5.31 after the company lowered its guidance for the third quarter •    Shares of retail drugstore chain Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) gained 2% after the company said same-store sales have increased by 1.3% year-over-year for September. However, sales from front-end same stores dropped 0.5% •    Analysts ]]></description>
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		<title>(BBY) Company News for September 14, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/14/bby-company-news-for-september-14-2011-corporate-summary/83162</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Best Buy Company Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cummins Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Huntsman Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Blackstone Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timberland Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Airways Group Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[•    Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) posted Q2 EPS of $0.47, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.53 per share. Revenues for the quarter were flat year-over-year at $11.35 billion, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $11.442 billion •    Share prices of airline company US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC) advanced 16.29% after its president said that the airline has not witnessed a decline in demand •    Chief operating officer of engine maker Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) said that fiscal 2011 would be a profitable year for the company. Following this development, share prices of the company jumped 5.89% to close at $92.20 per share •    Shares of lung disease drug maker InterMune, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITMN) fell 9.94% after the pharma-company announced its decision to launch public offerings of 4 million shares ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Company News for August 29, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlackRock Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    According to reports, Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) has planned to sell at least half of its 10% stake in China Construction Bank •    Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) announced the finalization of its acquisition of Force10 Networks, and Dell expects the purchase to be accretive to the earnings in next year’s second half •    A Bloomberg report stated that Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) is in talks with The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) about restructuring options •    OmniVision Technologies Inc.’s (NASDAQ:OVTI) fourth quarter earnings of $0.57 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny, or 1.8% •    Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) downgraded Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) to “Hold” from a “Buy” rating •    Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF) initiated coverage on BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) with a “Hold” rating •    Jefferies initiated coverage on ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Bank of America Announces Significant Lay offs</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/20/bac-bank-of-america-announces-significant-lay-offs/81727</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of America Corp. (BAC) is planning to retrench 3,500 workers this quarter as the company is fraught with its $1 trillion problem-loan portfolio. The ongoing economic and market instability further compounded the quandary. Thousands of additional layoffs could ensue in the upcoming quarters as the company is working on a broader restructuring plan to recover its financial position, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday following communication with BofA employees. According to the source, though BofA is still in the discussion phase about the extent of the job cuts, the number might go beyond 10,000 as part of a wider review. BoA was one of the biggest victims of the 2007 housing bubble. Its share price has plummeted about 85% since then. Despite taking several restructuring initiatives, the company ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGN) Company News for August 5, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/05/agn-company-news-for-august-5-2011-corporate-summary/80747</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) posted Q2 EPS of $2.53, clearly beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.38 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 6.8% year-over-year to $2.28 billion, which came in lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.7 billion •    Shares of Kraft Foods (NYSE:KFT) opened higher after the company announced plans to split the company into two separate public companies. However, shares of the company lost ground and closed 1.52% lower •    General Motors (NYSE:GM) reported adjusted Q2 EPS of $1.54, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.21 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 18.7% year-over-year to $39.40 billion, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $36.61 billion •    Health-care info-tech provider Emdeon Inc (NYSE:EM) is to be acquired by private equity firm Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX). Following ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) 2011 Second Quarter Earnings Preview &#8211; Detailed</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/18/aapl-2011-second-quarter-earnings-preview-detailed/79251</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earnings Preview 7/15/11 Second quarter earnings season is now under way, but things really start to move into high gear next week. There will be 348 firms reporting, and 108 of those are in the S&#38;P 500. By next Friday we should have a very good handle on how the overall earnings season will go. The firms reporting this week are sort of like a who&#8217;s who of U.S. industry including: Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Caterpillar (CAT), General Electric (GE), International Business Machines (IBM), Intel (INTC), McDonald&#8217;s (MCD), Schlumberger (SLB) and Verizon (VZ). That is an interesting cross section of U.S. business. We have a relatively light economic data calendar, so earnings should be front and center, along with the sovereign debt situations on both ]]></description>
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		<title>(C) Citigroup Rebrands CitiFinancial</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/05/c-citigroup-rebrands-citifinancial/78350</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/05/c-citigroup-rebrands-citifinancial/78350#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.’s (C) U.S. consumer finance unit is now OneMain Financial. Last Friday, Citigroup completed the rebranding of its entire U.S. full service network of 1,300 stores from CitiFinancial. The rebranding plan was announced last December. The rebranding gives the company an identity that better suits its image and activity. Moreover, the company stated that the OneMain name reflects a localized business model and commitment to customers. Citi was in a bad shape during the financial crisis and had to take resort to government bailout to remain afloat. The company has been executing a number of strategic reengineering efforts. It has designated CitiCorp as its core operating unit and Citi Holdings as its non-core unit. Citi intends to dispose of its non-core operations and CitiFinancial happens to be a part ]]></description>
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		<title>(BX) Blackstone Group to Buy Royal Bank of Scotland Group&#8217;s Risky Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/01/bx-blackstone-group-to-buy-royal-bank-of-scotland-groups-risky-loans/78221</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that Blackstone Group (BX) has agreed to purchase risky commercial-property loans worth 1.4 billion pounds ($2.3 billion) from U.K.-based Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS). Blackstone would buy a 25% stake in the loan portfolio and also takeover the management of the assets, in an attempt to recover as much value as possible. The loan portfolio includes some of the most problem property loans in nursing homes, pubs, auto showrooms and parking garages. Additionally, these loans require proper management and working with borrowers either for restructuring or for sale. Blackstone has substantial experience in dealing with such loan portfolios, mainly in the U.S. The company, along with RBS, anticipates about 12–15% return on the loans. Moreover, RBS would have a share of profits ]]></description>
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		<title>(LUK) Leucadia National CorporationSells Off Fortescue Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/19/luk-leucadia-national-corporationsells-off-fortescue-shares/76689</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/19/luk-leucadia-national-corporationsells-off-fortescue-shares/76689#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leucadia National Corporation (LUK) recently sold 92.4 million of common shares of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. for approximately $609.2 million. The transaction resulted in a net securities gain of $527.4 million, to be recorded during the second quarter of 2011. Fortescue is a publicly traded company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (FMG). Exiting the first quarter 2011, Leucadia owned roughly 248 million common shares of Fortescue, representing an 8% stake in the latter. Subsequent to the recent sell off, the company&#8217;s stake in Fortescue will be 4.99%. Leucadia is engaged in manufacturing, telecommunications, oil and gas drilling services, property management and services, gaming entertainment, real estate activities, medical product development operations and various other investment activities in the United States. The extensive diversification has not only helped the company ]]></description>
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		<title>(BX) Blackstone Group May Purchase Valad</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/03/bx-blackstone-group-may-purchase-valad/72991</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calamos Asset Management Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centerpoint Energy Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Bloomberg, New York-based The Blackstone Group (BX) may buy-out Australian real estate firm Valad Property Group, valued at approximately $240 million (A$220 million). Valad is heavily burdened with debt after the company struggled to pay off debt as the value of its assets plummeted through the financial crisis. In 2007, Valad purchased properties worth more than $2.2 billion (A$2 billion). Though Valad sold off some of these properties to raise new equity for repayment of loans, the company is still suffering to cut down debt, which led to $55.3 million (A$50.7 million) net loss as of six months ended December 2010. The deal is likely to mature as Blackstone is aggressively deploying capital in real estate with the price improvement following the recession. The deal followed Blackstone’s agreement ]]></description>
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		<title>(AMP) Ameriprise Financial Earnings Beat on Higher Revenue</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/03/amp-ameriprise-financial-earnings-beat-on-higher-revenue/72445</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/03/amp-ameriprise-financial-earnings-beat-on-higher-revenue/72445#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Enersis S.A.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ameriprise Financial Inc.’s (AMP) first quarter 2011 operating earnings of $1.35 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33. This also fared well against the prior-year quarter’s earnings of 85 cents per share. Operating results exclude after-tax market impact on variable annuity guaranteed living benefits charge of $11 million, integration costs of 19 million, net realized gains of 1 million, and legal expenses of $77 million related to Securities America Inc. (SAI), an independent broker-dealer subsidiary of Ameriprise. Net income attributed to Ameriprise for the reported quarter came in at $241 million or 94 cents per share compared with $214 million or 81 cents per share in the comparable quarter last year. In April, SAI and its holding company, Securities America Financial Corporation (SA), entered into settlement deals related ]]></description>
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		<title>(LUK) Leucadia National to Raise Stake in Jefferies Group</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/12/luk-leucadia-national-to-raise-stake-in-jefferies-group/71218</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/12/luk-leucadia-national-to-raise-stake-in-jefferies-group/71218#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lumber Wood Production]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apollo Investment Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jefferies Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leucadia National Corporation (LUK) recently announced that  it will increase its stake in Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF), a full service investment bank. The company, in response to Jefferies&#8217; $500 million stock offering, will purchase $125 million of the investment bank’s common shares. The purchase will increase Leucadia’s stock holding in Jefferies to 27.83% from 27.54%. Leucadia’s investment in Jefferies is treated as an investment in an associated company and is carried at fair value. As of December 31, 2010, the company’s investment in Jefferies was valued at approximately $1,314.2 million. Leucadia is engaged in manufacturing, telecommunications, oil and gas drilling services, property management and services, gaming entertainment, real estate activities, medical product development operations and various other investment activities in the United States. The extensive diversification has not only helped ]]></description>
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		<title>(BX) Money Management Stocks Gaining Momentum &#8211; Investment Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/01/bx-money-management-stocks-gaining-momentum-investment-ideas/70453</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/01/bx-money-management-stocks-gaining-momentum-investment-ideas/70453#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ameriprise Financial Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlackRock Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Invesco Limited]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big stock market rally of the last two years has been driven by massive capital inflows into equities. But a good portion of that volume has come on the back of large institutional players like hedge fund and pension managers that control big blocks of cash. But now, with the rally entering its third year, many retail investors are finally gaining the nerve to dip back into a market that saw steep losses in the financial crises of 2008 and 2009. That trend comes to light when taking a look at recent mutual fund inflows. Retail Investors Back in the Game It kicked off with a very bullish January that saw inflows of $34 billion into equity and fixed-income funds, a very bullish signal that retail investors are looking ]]></description>
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		<title>(AIG) Will American International Group Sell Its Blackstone Stake?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/03/aig-will-american-international-group-sell-its-blackstone-stake/64405</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/03/aig-will-american-international-group-sell-its-blackstone-stake/64405#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hartford Financial Services Group Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LNC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to repay the government bailout, American International Group Inc. (AIG) is planning to dispose its $510 million stake in The Blackstone Group (BX). According to the SEC filing, AIG had acquired 7% stake in Blackstone by investing $150 million in July 1998. In addition, during the initial public offering of June 2007, AIG was supposed to receive 48.8 million partnership units, being one of the Blackstone’s owners at the time. The partnership units are exchangeable for common shares on a one-for-one basis. During November 2010, AIG planned to exchange 10 million of its partnership units for an equal number of shares, i.e. 10 million shares on December 15, according to the SEC filing. The company sold them for a total amount of $134.1 million. Further, on December ]]></description>
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		<title>(DYN) Dynegy Just Got Pricier</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/13/dyn-dynegy-just-got-pricier/59648</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric Utilities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dynegy Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston-based merchant generator, Dynegy Inc. (DYN) just got dearer for Private Equity firm The Blackstone Group (BX), its suitor. Faced with a lukewarm response from shareholders for the deal, Blackstone on Tuesday raised its bid for Dynegy by 11% to $5 per share from the earlier bid of $4.50. Blackstone was forced to raise the bar after two major holders of Dynegy, billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Seneca Capital went public with their sentiments about the deal being undervalued. With the new bid on Tuesday from Blackstone, Dynegy has seen its stock price soar. It has spiked 8.4% or 39 cents to close at $5.02 on Tuesday. However, the deal is far from over on the Dynegy front with the $5 per share bid still being seen as undervalued by ]]></description>
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		<title>(BX) Stock Market News for October 28, 2010 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/28/bx-stock-market-news-for-october-28-2010-market-news/56915</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/28/bx-stock-market-news-for-october-28-2010-market-news/56915#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colgate-Palmolive Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Dynamics Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MetLife]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After swinging back and forth for much of the session, stocks closed mostly in the red Wednesday amid concerns that the Fed’s planned purchase of Treasury bonds would not be as heavy and swift as earlier anticipated. Traders are eagerly awaiting a Federal Reserve move to inject more money into the economy by buying bonds. Expectations that the U.S. central bank would soon launch the asset purchases have fueled a rally in stocks. However, market participants are now concerned that the second round of quantitative easing would not be as big as has been expected. Those worries strengthened further after a Wall Street Journal report said yesterday that the Fed would buy no more than $200 billion worth of bonds and the purchases would be spread over several months. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(GS) Goldman Sachs Group Eyes Royal Bank of Scotland&#8217;s Property Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/07/gs-goldman-sachs-group-eyes-royal-bank-of-scotlands-property-loans/54045</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is considering a bid to buy Royal Bank of Scotland plc.’s (RBS) GBP3 billion ($4.8 billion) property loans portfolio, according to the Sunday Times. Besides Goldman, Lone Star Funds and Blackstone Group LP (BX) are also said to be in the race for purchasing the loan portfolio. The first round of bids is expected to be submitted within a couple of weeks. The financial crisis had severely jolted Royal Bank of Scotland though it managed to stay afloat with the government’s help. The company is disposing some of its assets as part of its efforts to right-size the balance sheet. In a separate development, Goldman is said to have removed the pay cap on its employees in the U.K. The company has provided stock awards ]]></description>
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		<title>(DYN) Dynegy Countdown Towards Aquisition by The Blackstone Group</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/10/dyn-dynegy-countdown-towards-aquisition-by-the-blackstone-group/50975</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric Utilities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calpine Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dynegy Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mirant Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston-based merchant generator, Dynegy Inc. (DYN) is moving towards being acquired by an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX). Post-acquisition, Blackstone will sell a portion of Dynegy’s generation assets to NRG Energy Inc. (NRG), which is proactively looking at increasing its presence in California. Blackstone plans to close the transaction by the end of 2010. Federal Trade Commission Approval On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission, in an early termination notice under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act, approved the deals and said that neither the acquisition deal nor the intended asset sales to NRG Energy presents any breach of antitrust regulations. Background On August 13, 2010, Blackstone announced that it would acquire Dynegy for $4.7 billion (including debt). Under the deal, Blackstone will pay $4.50 per share (a 62% premium ]]></description>
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		<title>(BX) Blackstone Group to Acquire Dynegy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/16/bx-blackstone-group-to-acquire-dynegy/48101</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Blackstone Group (BX) announced that it will acquire Houston-based energy company Dynegy Inc. (DYN) for $4.7 billion (including debt). Under the deal, Blackstone will pay $4.50 per share (a 62% premium on the closing price of $2.78 on August 12) in cash for about 120.6 million outstanding shares of Dynegy. In addition, Dynegy will get a 40-day period to solicit better bids for its shareholders. This is expected to be an unusual buyout where Blackstone will be spared from refinancing or investing much cash due to the lack of a change in control provision in the agreement. Dynegy produces energy using coal, natural gas and fuel oil and markets its products in the Midwest, Northeast and on the West Coast. Blackstone also declared that concurrently and contingent to the ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Bank of America Selects Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/15/bac-bank-of-america-selects-executive-vice-president-and-chief-financial-officer/33943</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Bank of America Corp. (BAC) (BofA) announced the appointment of a new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Charles H. Noski, effective May 11. The appointment was one of a kind since BofA is well known for promoting executives to such positions from within the organization, whereas, Noski comes from outside the company. Previously, Noski was serving Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) as CFO. Alongside, Noski will join BofA with a rich work experience from renowned organizations. He has also served AT&#38;T Inc. (T), Hughes Electronics, a wing of Hughes Communications Inc. (HUGH) and United Technologies Corp. (UTX) as CFO. Noski has also served as Director to Morgan Stanley (MS), Air Products &#38; Chemicals Inc. (APD), Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) and many more organizations, and also ]]></description>
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		<title>(BX) Private Equity Investments: This Maligned Stock is a Solid Buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louis Basenese, Small Cap and Special Situations Expert Friday, November 27, 2009: Issue #1146 If there’s one investment approach that always yields the headiest profits, it’s when you go against the crowd – and are proved right. Take oil, for example. Two summers ago, as oil prices were zooming higher, renowned oilman, T. Boone Pickens, predicted that the price – then at $140 a barrel – would hit $200 by the end of the year. Not to be outdone, Gazprom’s chief warned that oil was headed to $250 “in the foreseeable future.” Nearly every pundit on Earth put forth a similar view. But I wasn’t buying the hype. Rather, on June 17, 2007, I wrote this to my Contrarian Strategist subscribers: “I’m convinced [oil] demand will certainly fall if ]]></description>
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		<title>(BX) When This Number Falls, Expect the Takeovers to Heat Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist When the credit markets froze solid last year, equities hit the skids, the economy tanked and so did the number of announced mergers and acquisitions (M&#38;A). But now the stock market’s on the mend. In my book, a 49% rally off the bottom for the S&#38;P 500 qualifies as healing. The economy’s showing signs of improvement. First-time jobless claims have dropped more than 15% since peaking in April. As for the M&#38;A market, well, it’s still suffering… Through the second quarter, volume dropped 40.2% worldwide. Deals involving U.S. companies fared worse, dropping 57.5%, according to Thomson Reuters. And July marked the first month in over a decade when not a single deal worth $5 billion or more was announced. But if you’re serious about investing, ]]></description>
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