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• Bristol-Myers Squibb Makes $4.3 Billion Buy-Out Bid for ImClone

  In an effort to regain its prominence as a leading manufacturer of oncology-related drugspharmaceutical corporation Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has approached biotechnology company ImClone ...

• FCC Approval Ends Long Wait for Sirius XM Radio Merger

  More than seventeen months have passed since the official announcement was made on 19 February 2007 to shareholders of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio that the two companies ...

• SEC Extends Ban on Abusive Short Selling

  There has been a marked rebound in the financial sector since the announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 15 July to implement a temporary ruling on 21 July to curb ...

• Sale of New Shares to Raise $8.5 billion for Merrill Lynch

  Many investors agree that New York City-based company Merrill Lynch, is a force to be reckoned with in investment circles. Nevertheless, having lost more than $40 billion on its mortgage ...

• KKR Aims for Listing on NYSE

  New York City-based private equity investment firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (KKR), has announced that an agreement has been concluded for the acquisition of all of the assets, as well ...

• Financial Sector Apprehensive as Embattled Americans Dip into Retirement Savings

  While investors may have been encouraged by the more than $20 drop in oil prices since 3 July, indications are that the American public as a whole is not coping too well with mounting ...

• Investors Cautiously Optimistic as Oil Prices Drop and Markets Rally

  Prior to 3 July it appeared that there was no stopping the rising oil prices and, understandably, many investors began to despair. The elevated oil price was one of the factors behind the ...

• Ur-Energy Inc Received AMEX Listing Approval

  Mining company Ur-Energy Inc. recently announced that it has received approval for the company’s common shares to be listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) with trading expected to ...

• Short Selling Clamp Down

  Following the seizure of IndyMac by bank regulators on 11 July, and the emergency life-line extended to FreddieMac and FannieMae on 13 July, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

• The Value of Analysts in Stock Market Investing

  Analysts perform a vital role in the time-strapped investor’s decision making process. Conducting in-depth research on a company’s financial status is time-consuming, and many investors just ...

• Markets Rally – But Killjoy Analysts Warn that the Bad Times are Not Yet Over

  Just when investors were starting to think that there would be no end to the downward spiral on the stock markets, concerns with regard to the U.S. economy and financial system eased up a ...

• Google-Yahoo Agreement Bitter Pill for Microsoft

  Is Microsoft’s failed Yahoo takeover bid behind its argument that the Google-Yahoo agreement may be violating antitrust laws? Many analysts believe that this is the case. However, does this ...