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Wall Street Rumors - May 29, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. Futures Tilt Lower After GDP Data Stock futures declined after the government revised its intial reading on first-quarter economic growth higher, as investors digested rising interest rates and corporate updates showing the impact of higher commodity prices. Oil Exporters Are Unable To Keep Up With Demand The world’s top oil producers are proving unable to put more barrels on thirsty world markets despite s...	May 29, 2008
Fear, Corrections, and Regret- Crisis of Confidence	Corrections happen. They are painful, come up spontaneously and unexpectedly, frequently take your breath away and replace your confidence with fear. It is important , at least in my view, to remember at times like these, all of those factors that brought you into capital markets or your specific investment holdings in the first place. Don't let yourself be spellbound with fear.The flurry of liquidation will subside as redemptions end, as valuations come to irresistible levels, and as anxiety di...	August 12, 2007
Top Earnings Next Week Part 2 (July 19-20, 2007)	THURSDAYAdvanced Micro Devices (NYSDAQ:AMD)Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD)Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)Bank of New York (NYSE:BK)Cemex (NYSE:CX/ADR)Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL)Cypress Semi (NYSE:CY)Dow Jones (NYSE:DJ)Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB)First Data (NYSE:FDC)Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG)Honeywelll (NYSE:HON)Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT)Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT)NASDAQ Stock market (NA...	July 13, 2007
Through The Fly's Eyes: FedEx Corp	from Laurie Pasternack of Theflyonthewall.comCould FedEx Be Next?Absolutely, positively no one's safe. Take the article in the current (July 9th) Barron's, which points a finger at FedEx (FDX).Barron's reports that because of its turnaround potential and modest valuation, FedEx could become a private equity target. Currently, the stock is valued at about six times expected FY08 earnings before EBITDA, and has an enterprise value of nearly $35B. Sources speculate that FedEx could attract a privat...	July 09, 2007
Through The Fly's Eyes: Transaction Systems Architects	Larry Schutts is a contributing editor for Theflyonthewall.com and the Vice-President of Stockwinners.com.Facilitating Electronic CommerceAs the world's payment systems shift from paper to pulse, world commerce becomes increasingly dependent on the reliability and integrity of transaction software specialists. Among the leaders in the field is a New York firm that has been serving financial clients for almost thirty years.Transaction Systems Architects (TSAI) sells software products and services...	July 06, 2007
Widening credit spreads means arb profits abound	Filed under: Tribune Co. (TRB), Clear Channel Commun (CCU), Harrah's Entertainment (HET), Bargain stocks, First Data (FDC)The expanding credit spreads between corporate bonds and treasuries, and in particular between junk bonds and treasuries, have also led arbitrage spreads to widen. Deals that will be financed and closed have spreads that warrant investors' attention. There may be some easy money to be made as a result.Deals worth looking at, according to Barron's , include: Alltel Corpor...	July 02, 2007
Is Lexmark in play?	Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Private equity, ALLTEL Corp (AT), First Data (FDC)Back in the early 1990s, Clayton, Dubilier, and Rice bought Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK). It was a notable deal because private equity firms were mostly hands-off with tech companies.Yet it turned out to be a strong performer for Clayton.Interestingly enough, there's scuttlebutt that Lexmark will go private again. This is based on the analysis of Toni Sacconaghi, who is an analyst with Bernstein Research.C...	June 15, 2007
Lexmark: Bernstein Says LBO at $60-$70 A Share Looks Doable	Lexmark (LXK) would make a good LBO candidate. And in fact, it already was one, back in 1991, when it was spun off from IBM with the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. The company then came public in 1995. Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi this morning considers when another LBO would make sense, and concludes that it would - although he sees some potential stumbling blocks. “From a valuation perspective, LXK screens very attractively as an LBO candidate on severa...	June 15, 2007
Fast Money Recap & Review	Top 3 - Yahoo Showdown Tuesday, First Ethan-Oil Company and Alzheimer's EpidemicThe annual meeting for Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) told us that Terry Semel will likely be taking on the shareholders. YHOO has slipped behind Google Inc. (GOOG). Macke talked about how the stock is down and Semel may be overcompensated as he made $107 million last year. Fireworks are to be expected and the cast agreed about this.Top three #1 video.Shares of VeraSun Energy Corporation (VSE) moved higher Monday on speculati...	June 11, 2007
Automatic Data Processing Interview	Automatic Data Processing (ADP) President and CEO Gary Butler joined the show today. It is now a stand alone company after spinning off its brokerage business, and now left with a huge amount of cash and the ability to streamline business. Butler tells us that this leaves the business more focused, faster growing and a tremendous return on management. The opportunity for a huge market in the U.S. is available. The likes of First Data (FDC) and Alliance Data Systems (ADS) have gone private b...	June 08, 2007

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