Date updated:11-08-2008
Each week Barron's has a 13D Filings column. 13Ds are filed when a fund (usually an activist hedge fund) accumulates more than 5% of a firm and is planning on pushing for change (e.g.a sale of the company, sale of certain assets, a share buyback, or a share dividend) to unlock value.

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MIM
Mi Dev Inc Cl A - $13.70
- +1.71%
- $13.45
Greenlight Capital sent a letter to MI Developments again expressing concern about the company's investment in Magna Entertainment (MECA). Greenlight said that MI has elected to extend the maturity of the bridge loan to Magna, plus an additional $19.5 million of financing. In August, Greenlight said that MI Developments shouldn't compound its risk by continuing to fund Magna or extending the maturity of an existing $267 million debt investment in Magna, a Canadian operator of horse racetracks. Greenlight holds 5,387,535 shares (11.7% of the total outstanding).

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PWER
Power-one - $3.32
- -2.35%
- $3.39
Bel Fuse (BELFB) reiterated its view that Power-One should divest the portion of its business that includes DC/DC converters. Bel and its Bel Ventures unit beneficially own 7,338,998 shares (8.4%).

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ARCW
Arc Wireless Solu - $2.485
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Brean Murray Carret Group intends to nominate an alternative slate of directors for election to ARC Wireless Solutions' board. However, no nominees were identified. Brean Murray, which intends to work with other shareholders, holds 429,532 shares (13.9%).

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MDZ
Mds Inc - $7.64
- -0.78%
- $7.62
Obrem Capital Management wants MDS to consider selling parts of the company, and said it would be inappropriate for MDS to ignore prospective bids, given what it views as the sizable gap between MDS' share price and its assets' fair value. Obrem said that it probably would be difficult to sell all of MDS to a single buyer because its assets don't belong together. It suggested the sale of pieces of MDS to several buyers. Obrem holds 7,804,800 shares (6.5%).

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MLR
Miller Ind New - $11.00
- +0.36%
- $10.97
Morehead Opportunity Fund reported ownership of 595,053 shares (5.13%), after buying 267,468 from Sept. 18 to Oct. 31 at prices ranging from $4.61 to $8.24.

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TCM
Tongjitang Ch Md - $4.041
- -1.44%
- $4.0999
Fosun Industrial raised its holdings to about 8.66 million shares (6.4%) from 7.26 million (5.37%). Fosun previously said that it might communicate with other Tongjitang Chinese Medicines stockholders, managers and directors about the company's operations and strategies, with the aim of enhancing shareholder value.

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SNSTA
Sonesta Internati - $8.055
- -8.15%
- $N/A
Funds run by Mario Gabelli's Gamco Investors (GBL) raised their stake to 545,000 shares (14.74%), from the 499,619 (13.51%) that were reported on Sept. 25. Previously, Gamco had said that it is considering contacting individuals concerning their interest in and qualifications for serving on Sonesta's board.

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LEA
- $63.75
- +0.39%
- $63.75
Carl Icahn and his affiliates sold 8.5 million shares of Lear (LEA) stock at $1.90 a share, slashing his stake to 4.95% (3.38 million shares) from nearly 16%. In addition, Icahn's representative on Lear's board, Vincent Intrieri, resigned. In a letter, he said that his decision isn't due to any disagreement with the company. However, Intrieri expressed regret that the merger proposed by Icahn last year wasn't approved by Lear's shareholders.
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A. Here's another one:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/173986-s
hipping-three-high-risk-high-reward-opti
ons
Also, DSX, for instance moved up after
hours.
It might depend on your timeframe. The
related indexes appear to be trending
up. (this is not a recommendation).
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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