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February 4, 2010
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| theflyonthewall.com: | Home Diagnostics' Board under investigation before merger | | Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Home Diagnostics related to the company’s agreement to be acquired by Nipro Corporation. The investigation concerns possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law related to approval of the merger agreement by the Home Diagnostics board of directors. The transaction is valued at approximately $215M, including assumed debt. Under the terms of the definitive merger agreement, Nipro will acquire all outstanding shares of Home Diagnostics’ common stock for $11.50 per share in cash by means of a cash tender followed by a second-step merger in which untendered Home Diagnostics’ shares will be acquired at the same $11.50 net cash price per share. All Home Diagnostics stock options and stock appreciation rights will receive cash equal to the excess, if any, of $11.50 over their exercise price. The parties expect the tender offer to commence on or about February 10. :theflyonthewall.com |
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February 3, 2010
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| 16:45 EDT |  | HDIX |
| theflyonthewall.com: | On The Fly: U.S. Market Wrap-Up for Wednesday 2/3 | | The futures were higher in early trading, but weakened prior to the open. The weakness caused the averages to open slightly lower. Almost immediately, however, the indices moved into positive territory. It looked as if the market would put together its first three day winning streak in several weeks. At 10:00 am, the ISM non-manufacturing report came out slightly below expectations, and that was enough to halt the upside momentum of the averages and push them lower. Once in negative territory, the market traded in a fairly narrow range for the remainder of the day…The Dow fell 26.30 to 10,270.55, the S&P lost 6.04 to 1,097.28, and the Nasdaq gained 0.85 to 2,190.91…Among the biggest gainers: Borders Group (BGP) surged 38.3% to $1.30 after noted investor William Ackman commented that the company was unlikely to go bankrupt. Home Diagnostics (HDIX) soared 87.3% to $11.45 after agreeing to be purchased by Nipro Corp. for $11.50 a share…The losers included: Exide Technologies (XIDE) which slumped 23.2% to $6.08 after Wal-Mart (WMT) decided to drop the company as its automotive battery supplier. Ryder System (R) dropped 7.8% to 34.45 after forecasting Q1 EPS that widely missed analysts’ estimates…CURRENCY: The dollar closed 0.68% higher on the yen at 90.98 and 0.51% lower on the euro at 0.7197…COMMODITIES: Crude oil closed down 0.26 to 76.97...Natural gas lost 0.05 to 5.41...Gold was lower by 5.60 to 1,112.40…ECONOMIC DATA: The ADP National Employment Report showed private sector employment decreased by 22,000 in January. January's ADP Report estimates non-farm private employment in the service-providing sector increased by 38,000. Employment in the goods-producing sector declined 60,000, while employment in the manufacturing sector dropped 25,000...January's ISM non-manufacturing index came in at 50.5, slightly below the consensus of 51.0...Challenger's count of layoff announcements jumped to 71,482 in January, well above December's 45,094...The MBA Purchase Index jumped 10.3% in the January 29 week. The EIA Petroleum Status Report came in as follows: Crude inventories 2.32M build vs. consensus of 400K build. Gasoline inventories 1.31M draw vs. consensus of 1.4M build. Distillates 948K draw vs. consensus of 1.15M draw. Tomorrow…Chain Store Sales, Monster Employment Index, Jobless Claims, Productivity and Costs, RBC Cash Index, Factory Orders, and EIA Natural Gas Report are due…Notable companies reporting Thursday before the opening bell include: Allergan (AGN), Avon (AVP), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Cigna (CI), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Hospira (HSP), Kellogg (K), MasterCard (MA), Moody’s (MCO), Sara Lee (SLE), Snap-On (SNA), Spectra Energy (SE), and Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT). :theflyonthewall.com |
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