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Cool ticker symbol up for grabs
SOFTWARE company BladeLogic, which went public last July, has one of the hippest ticker symbols going: BLOG.
But now that the company is being acquired by BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) those funky four letters are up for grabs.
One problem, though. The way the US IPO market has been doing so far this year, it doesn’t look [...]
Noteworthy list #19
Notable excerpts and links to articles and reports we’ve found worthwhile reading. Though we try to avoid them, some links may be intercepted by ads or may require free log-ins. Please don’t blame us for this.
General News
NYSE Euronext Falls in First Day as Combined Exchange
NYSE Euronext, home to General Electric Co., France Telecom SA and [...]
News Digest for September 14, 2006
There are 9 items today … Judge: Web Accessibility Lawsuit Against Target Can Proceed | More Shareholders Back Green Schemes | Tight deadline seen crimping SEC action on proxy issue | Do Hedge Funds Hold ‘Trade Secrets’? | Paulson supports study into market threat | Ceres/ACCA Seeking Nominations for 2006 Sustainability Reporting Awards | The [...]
News Digest for September 13, 2006
There are 7 items today… Fed decision revives investor optimism | Investigative Firms Snoop on Booming Hedge Funds | Hurd, Dunn consolidate power at H-P | Sarbanes-Oxley not why foreign IPOs slow–official | Group to examine impact of new rules | Social Networks: Execs Use Them Too
Fed decision revives investor optimism
Fund managers have returned from [...]
News Digest for August 30, 2006
There are 7 items today… UK watchdog widens scrutiny as managers wield more influence | Booming European buy-outs outstrip UK | Private Equity Firms Chasing Small-Caps | Americans get texting as SMS finally catches on |AJAX Growing in Emerging Markets | Traders move online for share deals | How to Surf the Web Safely
UK watchdog [...]
News Digest for August 15, 2006
Here are links to 8 stories…
IPOs feel the stock market’s pain
Just halfway into the third quarter, some 15 companies have withdrawn or postponed their plans to go public, according to deal tracker Dealogic.
Hedge funds see shift away from equity strategies
According to Hedge Fund Research, global hedge fund industry assets five years ago amounted to $539bn, [...]
GoDaddy CEO Blogs About Canceled IPO
By Dominic Jones
A SCRAPPED IPO is rarely a good thing. It suggests the company being shopped is a lemon. Companies that pull their IPOs traditionally go off to some dark corner with their tails between their legs.
So when Internet domain registration company The Go Daddy Group, Inc. withdrew its registration statement with the Securities and [...]
News digest for July 27, 2006
Investors’ Class-Action Lawsuits Drop Sharply
The number of new federal class-action lawsuits filed by disgruntled investors has dropped dramatically and is now at its lowest level since 1996, according to a new Stanford University study.
Fairfax Sues Investors for $5 Billion Citing Stock Manipulation
The alleged scheme, which dates back to December 2002 after Fairfax shares were listed [...]
Today's top links (July 8, 2006)
Japanese Investors Step Up Activism
While still in its infancy, Japan’s institutional activism is shocking traditional managements each year with demands for independent board oversight, better disclosure, and warnings against entrenchment measures that sap shareholder value.
Shareholder revolt scuttles NZ merger plan
Rickey Ward of Tyndall Asset Management says the deal was clearly the biggest one ever scuttled [...]
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