Date updated:03-17-2007
Each week Barrons 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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INFO
Info - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
Metro One Telecommunications (INFO) A group including Strategic Turnaround Equity Partners asked for a board seat and changes at Metro One "to maximize shareholder value." Shareholder Everest Special Situations Fund wrote to Metro One calling for Chairman William Rutherford to resign. The Strategic group agreed with much of what Everest expressed; it holds 720,028 shares (11.55% of total outstanding).

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TOPP
Topp - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
Topps (TOPP) An investor group including Topps' director Arnaud Ajdler and Crescendo Investments II wrote to Topps' board, criticizing it for actions taken at a March 13 meeting. As reported, the board blocked two directors from officially monitoring acquisition offers that might compete with a recently announced -- and controversial -- bid to buy the trading-card company for about $385 million. Topps expressed concern over whether Ajdler and investor Timothy Brog could "adequately represent the best interests of the company's stockholders" given their "publicly stated opposition" to Topps' proposed merger with Tornante Co. and Madison Dearborn Partners. The Crescendo group holds 2,547,700 shares (6.6%).

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AVCA
Advocat - $7.17
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Advocat (AVCA) Bristol Investment Fund has urged Advocat to retain a financial adviser to begin an auction process, solicit offers and engage in discussions with potential strategic buyers. It wants Advocat to form a committee of outside directors to evaluate offers and other alternatives. Bristol recommends that AVCA focus on a stock-buyback plan. Bristol holds 256,861 shares (4.4%).

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INSP
Infospace - $10.36
- +0.88%
- $10.28
InfoSpace (INSP) A shareholder group including Castlerigg Master Investments and Sandell Asset Management recommends that InfoSpace commit to $15 million in cost-cutting and return at least $300 million of its cash balance to shareholders through a share buyback and a dividend. The group also suggested that, if management doesn't close the value gap, the board should engage a financial adviser to sell INSP in whole or part. The shareholder group owns about 2.77 million shares (8.8%).

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DVSA
Dvsa - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
Diversa (DVSA) T. Rowe Price (TROW) opposes Diversa's proposed merger with Celunol. The investor expressed "dissatisfaction" with the proposed transaction and intends to determine what alternative courses of action may better serve its interests. T. Rowe holds about 3.43 million shares (7.7%).

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EDUC
Educational Devel - $6.05
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Educational Development (EDUC) Investor Richard Scott reported ownership of 313,138 shares (9.01%), after buying them at $7 each in a private placement March 6 -- making Scott the second-largest shareholder of the company.

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UTEK
Ultratech - $12.25
- -4.22%
- $12.71
Ultratech (UTEK) Thales Fund Management boosted its stake to about 3.37 million shares (14.5%), from 2.8 million shares (12.1%) reported on Feb. 22. Thales Fund expects to acquire additional shares. In January, the fund disclosed it had sent a letter to UTEK asking it to consider a sale of the company as a way to maximize shareholder value.

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LSCO
- $0.00
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Lesco (LSCO) A group of funds managed by Mario Gabelli's Gamco Investors (GBL) reported ownership of 644,311 shares (7.04%), after buying them from Feb. 20 to March 9 at $14.25 to $27.39 each.
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A. One of the best of breed oil service
sector stocks would have been a better
bet during this most recent market
correction.
MMR does have strong strength in
ownership; however, the stock price run
up has already been 158% in the last 12
months yet has had a stock price
decrease of 24% in the past 3 months.
Serious consideration to buy MMR must
include being honest with a current PE
that is negative and more than one
analyst has significantly decreased
quarterly earnings estimates . . . which
leads to uncertainty, lack of
consistancy, predictability or stability
of what you are really buying.
The risk does outweigh the reward. . .
meaning it would be as you are phrasing
your question, a speculative play. . .
so how much are you willing to lose vs
how much are you hoping/anticipating to
gain?
Further, should you go with MMR, might
want to look at the charts for entry
point for partial position, followed by
adding partial position(s) with the
consideration of placing and using
mental stops to protect
investment entry points . . . Then
consider how much are you anticipating
to gain on the upside in anticipation to
taking a partial or total profit. . .
Thought being, keep a keen eye on MMR if
you put it into play and have your
finger on the trigger to sell in case
the price goes south (below support) or
hits the exit number (for profit).
In short, I have no personal position as
to why there would be any reason to dive
into MMR whole hog with the belief it
will be easy money. . . and that is
likely the real hard information or
supporting documentation you are hoping
to secure to feel confident in making a
more than certain profit with the
probability of low risk.
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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