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AT&T/Centennial Communications Merger Arbitrage Opportunity
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

Reader Saku tipped me on an interesting merger arbitrage opportunity, which has a large spread for arbitrageurs. In essence, AT&T (T) is acquiring Centennial Communications (CYCL) for $8.50/share,...

Article | Jul 29, 2009 | Views: 43 | Comments: 0 
Tags: merger, arbitrage, at

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Pulte Centex Merger
Submitted by cash man  (www.bromoney.com)

Article | Apr 8, 2009 | Views: 102 | Comments: 0 
Tags: centex, pulte, merger

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A merger arbitrage lesson to learn
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

The big news ON Monday was the failed merger talks between Sun Microsystems and IBM. Sun Microsystems (JAVA) lost almost 23% of its value after the news hit the street. JAVA exploded on March 17...

Article | Apr 8, 2009 | Views: 69 | Comments: 0 
Tags: merger, arbitrage, ibm, sun, microsystems

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Merck/Schering-Plough Merger Arbitrage Opportunity
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

In this tough market, investors are always looking for a way to make a buck. Merger Arbitrage is a strategy where investors could profit from the spread between the current price of the target and...

Article | Mar 10, 2009 | Views: 75 | Comments: 0 
Tags: market, stock, investing, merger, arbitrage

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Pfizer/Wyeth Merger Arbitrage Opportunity
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

Yesterday, the big news that moved markets was Pfizer’s 68 billion dollar acquisition of rival Wyeth. Pfizer will pay $33 in cash plus 0.985 shares of Pfizer stocks for each share of Wyeth. At...

Article | Jan 28, 2009 | Views: 171 | Comments: 0 
Tags: market, stock, investing, merger, arbitrage

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Pfizer’s deal with Wyeth could be a blessing for shareholders, bad for growth
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

Yesterday PFE confirmed that it will indeed purchase WYE for $50.19/share - $33 in cash in addition to 0.985 shares of PFE. Despite the tough credit environment, Pfizer could still afford to get...

Article | Jan 27, 2009 | Views: 186 | Comments: 1 
Tags: stocks, pharma, dividend, merger

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Arbitrage Opportunities – CEG and ROH
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

CEG and ROH continue to trade at steep discounts to their acquisition prices.

Article | Nov 26, 2008 | Views: 115 | Comments: 0 
Tags: market, stock, investing, value, merger, arbitrage

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Constellation Energy (CEG) Merger Arbitrage Opportunity
Submitted by sagitarius84  (www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

One of the four techniques implemented by Benjamin Graham was merger arbitrage. There’s been some good evidence that this strategy has worked for several decades for some value investors such as...

Article | Oct 28, 2008 | Views: 157 | Comments: 0 
Tags: buffett, market, stock, investing, value, warren, ben, merger, arbitrage, graham

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Time Warner About To Start Disposing AOL
Submitted by finblogger  (www.money-rx.com)

Time Warner has wrapped up the spade work necessary for seperating AOL's dial-up business from the content and advertising side, and they're now seriously following up on talks to sell off AOL in...

Article | Aug 4, 2008 | Views: 659 | Comments: 0 
Tags: yahoo, microsoft, buyout, aol, merger, deal, time, warner, earthlink

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Pension Funds Sue Yahoo For Spurning Microsoft
Submitted by finblogger  (www.money-rx.com)

The suit was filed in Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday by lawyers representing Detroit's police and fire department retirement system as well as the city's general retirement system. "Rather...

Article | Feb 23, 2008 | Views: 245 | Comments: 0 
Tags: yahoo, microsoft, takeover, offer, bid, merger



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