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News Breaks | | | | January 18, 2013 | | 10:27 EDT |  | GE, DB, LIFE, TMO | Life Technologies surges after buyout report but analysts cautious
Life Technologies (LIFE) is climbing sharply after The Financial Post reported last night that the company is looking to sell itself by the middle of February for $65-$75 per share, according to unnamed sources. The company, which sells a variety of life sciences products, hired two firms, Deutsche Bank (DB) and Moelis & Co., to facilitate a sale of the company to either a private equity firm or a larger company, the newspaper added, citing documents. Life Technologies stated earlier today that it had hired Deutsche Bank and Moelis to "assist in its annual strategic review." The company added, however, that its board had not decided on any specific course of action. In a note to investors earlier today, Jefferies analyst Jon Wood wrote that Life Technologies is more likely to be acquired for $50-$60 per share in a leverage buyout. Wood maintained a $58 price target and Buy rating on the shares. Meanwhile, Piper analyst William Quirk wrote in a note to investors that the company may be planning a leveraged buyout. Several companies including Roche (RHHBY), Thermo Fisher (TMO), and GE (GE) could look to buy Life Technologies, Quirk added. However, about 43% of Life's revenues are obtained from selling slow growth research consumables, making it an inferior target compared with other companies in the sector that specialize in faster growing next-generation sequencing products, the analyst contended. He maintained a $45 price target and Neutral rating on the shares. Additionally, ISI Group said the company's high debt levels makes a leveraged buyout challenging and that a restructuring or recapitalization is the most likely outcome. In early trading, shares of Life Technologies rallied $6.42, or 11.68%, to $61.51. | |
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| May 20, 2013 | | 07:05 EDT |  | GE | General Electric volatility flat into plans to return $18B to holders
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:31 EDT | | GE | GE Capital board plans to pay $6.5B of dividends to parent GE in 2013
GE announced that the board of GE Capital Corporation, or GECC, had approved plans for GECC to pay $6.5Bin dividends in 2013 to GE. Earnings-dividend payments, which are subject to GECC Board and GE Board Risk Committee approvals, are planned at 30% of GECC's total 2013 earnings. GECC paid the first-quarter earnings-dividend of $447M to GE on April 19, 2013. In addition, GECC plans $4.5B in special dividends to GE in 2013, subject to the same approvals. Under its balanced capital allocation plan of investing for its long-term growth, maintaining an attractive dividend pay-out and repurchasing stock, GE plans to return $18B cash to its shareholders in 2013, including repurchase of $10B of stock. | | | May 17, 2013 | | 14:57 EDT |  | TMO | Thermo Fisher to host analyst meeting
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 16, 2013 | | 12:32 EDT |  | DB | EU bank stress test delayed until 2014 by regulator
The EBA agreed on recommendations to supervisors to conduct asset quality reviews on major EU banks. While banks’ capital positions were significantly strengthened under the EBA’s recapitalisation exercise, the objective of the asset quality exercises will be to review banks’ classifications and valuations of their assets so to help dispel concerns over the deterioration of asset quality due to macroeconomic conditions in Europe. Since appropriately reviewed balance sheets are a key input to an effective stress test, the EBA has also adjusted the timeline of the next EU-wide stress test so to conduct the exercise in 2014 once the asset quality reviews are completed. However, to ensure transparency and comparability over the years, the EBA will provide, in 2H, appropriate disclosure on the actual exposures of the EU banking sector. Reference Link | | | 08:39 EDT |  | DB | Hartford Financial hires Deutsche to find buyer for Japan unit, Bloomberg says
Hartford Financial Services (HIG) engaged Deutsche Bank (DB) to seek a buyer for its Japanese annuity unit, according to Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Reference Link | | | May 15, 2013 | | 17:36 EDT | | LIFE | Paulson gives quarterly update on stakes
Subscribe for More Information | | | 17:30 EDT | | GE | GE, Boeing warn of defective engine parts, WSJ reports
General Electric (GE) said more than 70 Boeing (BA) 777 models may be affected by an engine manufacturing defect, reports The Wall Street Journal. Reference Link | | | 17:26 EDT | | TMO | Third Point gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Virgin Media (VMED), Tiffany (TIF), B/E Aerospace (BEAV), Anadarko (APC), and Thermo Fisher (TMO). INCREASED STAKES: International Paper (IP), Abbvie (ABBV), TransDigm (TDG), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Dollar General (DG). DECREASED STAKES: Delphi (DLPH), Murphy Oil (MUR), AIG (AIG), LyondellBasell (LYB), and Liberty Global (LBTYA). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Tesoro (TSO), Morgan Stanley (MS), Symantec (SYMC), Herbalife (HLF), and Illumina (ILMN). | | | 17:03 EDT | | GE | Soros gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: MeadWestvaco (MWV), Brocade (BRCD), Red Hat (RHT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and VMware (VMW). INCREASED STAKES: Google (GOOG), Liberty Global (LBTYA), EQT Corp (EQT), Charter (CHTR), and US Airways (LCC). DECREASED STAKES: Citigroup (C), AIG (AIG), Apple (AAPL), Invesco (IVZ), and Motorola Solutions (MSI). LIQUIDATED STAKES: JPMorgan (JPM), General Electric (GE), CF Industries (CF), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Capital One (COF). | | | 07:33 EDT | | GE | National Association of Business Economics to hos a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | | May 14, 2013 | | 17:48 EDT | | TMO | Lone Pine gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), Virgin Media (VMED), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), CME Group (CME), and Liberty Media (LMCA). INCREASED STAKES: Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), News Corp (NWSA), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Monsanto (MON), and Qualcomm (QCOM). DECREASED STAKES: Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Equinix (EQIX), Ralph Lauren (RL), Disney (DIS), and Oceaneering International (OII). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Facebook (FB), Crown Castle (CCI), Accretive Health (AH), Informatica (INFA), and NetEase (NTES). | | | 07:23 EDT | | GE | Oppenheimer to host a summit
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:11 EDT | | GE | China XD in talks to purchase GE’s Prolec joint venture, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:09 EDT | | GE | On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up
WALL STREET JOURNAL: North American oil production will dominate world-wide supply growth over the next five years, the International Energy Agency predicted today, the result of growing production from "fracking" and other technologies that access once-inaccessible reserves, the Wall Street Journal reports...REUTERS: Investors are becoming increasingly selective about which bonds and stocks they buy in Southeast Asia's fast-growing economies as the risk of policy bungling makes them more discerning, Reuters reports...State-run Air India Ltd will resume flying its Boeing (BA) 787 Dreamliner passenger jets tomorrow, nearly four months after the planes were grounded due to safety concerns. Air India has six Dreamliners and has ordered 21 more, Reuters reports...BLOOMBERG: China XD Group, a state-controlled power equipment maker, is in talks to buy GE’s (GE) joint venture with Mexico’s Xignux SA for about $1B, sources say, Bloomberg reports...Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser said today in Stockholm that a slowing in U.S. inflation to the lowest rate in more than three years doesn’t warrant a Fed policy response, Bloomberg reports. | | | 05:44 EDT | | LIFE, TMO, DB | Banks work deals from both sides of the field, WSJ reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 13, 2013 | | 07:20 EDT | | TMO | Thermo Fisher sued over Mexico plant sale used by drug cartel, Reuters reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:49 EDT | | DB | ECB member says negative deposit rates would help economy, Reuters says
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 9, 2013 | | 11:34 EDT | | LIFE | Options with increasing implied volatility: BKS MMR LIFE GDI
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:12 EDT | | DB | Citigroup closing in on Deutsche Bank in Asian currency trade, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:10 EDT | | DB | On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up
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