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Analyst initiations: North American pipeline sector, ARO and IMCL	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst initiations, ImClone Systems (IMCL)MOST NOTEWORTHY: The North American Pipeline sector, Aeropostale and ImClone were today's noteworthy initiations: BMO Capital initiated the North American Pipeline sector with a Market Perform rating. El Paso Corp (NYSE:EP), Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Spectra Energy (NYSE:SE) were initiated with Outperform ratings and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) and AGL Resources (NYSE:ATG) ATG were assumed with Market Per...	June 27, 2008
Pirate Capital Again Urges Angelica (AGL) To Sell	In an amended 13D filing on Angelica Corp. (NYSE: AGL), 9.8% holder Pirate Capital disclosed a new letter to the board of directors reiterating their demand that the company retain the services of a nationally recognized investment banking firm.In the letter Pirate Capital's Manager, Thomas R. Hudson Jr., said, "To clarify our position and to further highlight our intent to continue to champion the interests of shareholders of Angelica Corporation, we feel that we must further reiterate our dema...	July 12, 2007
Pirate Capital Again Urges Angelica (AGL) To Sell	In an amended 13D filing on Angelica Corp. (NYSE: AGL), 9.8% holder Pirate Capital disclosed a new letter to the board of directors reiterating their demand that the company retain the services of a nationally recognized investment banking firm.In the letter Pirate Capital's Manager, Thomas R. Hudson Jr., said, "To clarify our position and to further highlight our intent to continue to champion the interests of shareholders of Angelica Corporation, we feel that we must further reiterate our dema...	July 12, 2007
Angelica and Pirate Capital	In a recent post about Value Creation or Destruction, we had highlighted Angelica (AGL) as a company that in my opinion, was failing to create shareholder value and was consequently, subject to shareholder activism. We had cited Pirate Capital's involvement in the stock.As we had pointed out, free cash flow had been negative for three of the last five years as a result of increasing capex intensity. The resultant returns on invested capital have not been encouraging with the last two years just ...	July 10, 2007
In an amended 13D filing on Angelica Corp. (NYSE: ...	In an amended 13D filing on Angelica Corp. (NYSE: AGL), 9.8% holder Pirate Capital, which in the past has urged the company to hire a banker for a sale, disclosed a new letter sent to the Board of Directors.In the letter the firm reiterated their disappointment with the weak operating results of Angelica, blaming management, and urged management to be more accommodative and open to utilizing all strategic alternatives. The firm said it will closely monitor the company.NOTE: Nothing new here, but...	July 10, 2007
In an amended 13D filing on Angelica Corp. (NYSE: ...	In an amended 13D filing on Angelica Corp. (NYSE: AGL), 9.8% holder Pirate Capital, which in the past has urged the company to hire a banker for a sale, disclosed a new letter sent to the Board of Directors.In the letter the firm reiterated their disappointment with the weak operating results of Angelica, blaming management, and urged management to be more accommodative and open to utilizing all strategic alternatives. The firm said it will closely monitor the company.NOTE: Nothing new here, but...	July 10, 2007
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Value Creation or Destruction-As Simple as (1), (2), (3)- Finding the Value Direction!	As some of you know, I write a monthly post for Marketthoughts.com, an excellent service that is published by Henry To, a fellow CFA. I recommend Henry’s service very highly. I should mention Bill Rempel and his many contributions to Henry's service and forum. I play a rather minor, very modest role with a once a month post...a sideshow to the real thing.Here is an excerpt from my piece published on June 21. I think it may help some of my readers understand what goes into value creation as w...	July 03, 2007
Market Rumors 07/02	Market Rumors 07/02: Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED): Confirmed it has received a proposal to acquire 100% of the common stock of the Company. The Company has not engaged in negotiations with the offeror. Media reports suggested The Carlyle Group offered to acquire the company. VMED hired Goldman Sachs to review strategic alternatives. Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF): Resurfaced speculation the company could be the target of a takeover. Angelica Corp. (NYSE: AGL): Large holder Pirat...	July 02, 2007
Through The Fly's Eyes: Pirate Capital	from Theflyonthewall.comPirate Capital Pressures Angelica to Pursue AlternativesThis morning, Pirate Capital, a well known activist fund, reported a 9.9% stake in Angelica Corp. (AGL), a provider of outsourced linen management services to the U.S. healthcare industry, and said they wanted the company to explore “strategic alternatives,” including a possible sale of the company. Pirate capital said that they had “exhausted” their patience with Angelica's management and that the company sh...	July 02, 2007

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