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| May 21, 2013 | | 07:12 EDT |  | BX | Buyout firms eye Rockwood Holdings pigments businesses, Reuters reports
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WALL STREET JOURNAL: JPMorgan Chase (JPM) plans to shake-up of its board even if every director wins re-election at today’s shareholder meeting and James Dimon keeps his dual job as chairman and CEO, the Wall Street Journal reports...Mutual-fund firms are joining activist investors in getting more aggressive over demands for change in how board members are paid at U.S. companies. Activist investors have been experimenting more frequently with incentive pay packages for the board members they nominate in proxy fights, the Wall Street Journal reports...REUTERS: Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood Holdings’s (ROC) pigments businesses have attracted offers from buyout firms including Blackstone Group (BX) and Advent International, sources say, Reuters reports...The Asian prime brokerage unit of Credit Suisse (CS) replaced Morgan Stanley (MS) as the second largest firm servicing the region's $148B hedge funds industry, according to a survey by AsiaHedge. Goldman Sachs (GS) remains Asia's top prime broker with 179 clients and total assets under management of $24.6B, Reuters reports...BLOOMBERG: Bank managers in the U.S. are less likely to engage in mergers and acquisitions this year as regulators heighten scrutiny on potential deals and sellers wait for higher valuations, according to a KPMG survey, Bloomberg reports...PIMCO’s Bill Gross says the bull market for bonds may have ended last month. But investors are staying put. Four years into the biggest rally in U.S. stocks since 2000, bond mutual funds are attracting more money than their equity counterparts, Bloomberg reports. | | | May 20, 2013 | | 16:55 EDT |  | DELL | S&P lowers Dell ratings to 'BBB' from 'A-', remains on watch negative
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Dell to 'BBB' from 'A-', and its commercial paper rating to 'A-2' from 'A-1'. All ratings remain on CreditWatch, where they were placed with negative implications on Feb. 5. The initial CreditWatch listing reflected S&P's assessment that the $24.4B going private transaction, which includes a substantial portion of debt financing, will materially degrade Dell's financial risk profile, which S&P currently view as modest. Although Carl Icahn submitted a non-binding alternative acquisition proposal, the Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners LBO proposal remains the only transaction that has been approved by Dell's board of directors. S&P's review of the LBO transaction terms and the company's ownership, business and financial strategy may also result in a downward revision of its assessment of Dell's business risk profile. | | | 13:06 EDT |  | BX | On The Fly: Midday Wrap
Stocks on Wall Street were modestly higher at midday as the Dow and S&P seek to continue their march higher after closing last week at record levels. ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., the light domestic economic calendar included the Chicago Fed National Activity index, which slipped to -0.53 for April from its prior reading of -0.23. In Asia, the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite both climbed after Chinese home prices were reported to have risen in April. COMPANY NEWS: Yahoo (YHOO) confirmed it is buying social media platform Tumblr for $1.1B, as widely reported over the weekend, and promised "not to screw it up" in its press release to announce the deal... Actavis (ACT) agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott (WCRX) in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.5B. The deal, which was approved by the boards of both companies, equates to a value of $20.08 per Warner Chilcott share based on Actavis' closing share price on Friday, the companies said. MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers were some other companies with M&A news: Acquity Group (AQ) shares more than doubled after Accenture (ACN) agreed to buy the company for $13.00 per American Depositary Share, and Pactera Technology (PACT) gained 31% after receiving a non-binding proposal from a Blackstone (BX) affiliate to be taken private for $7.50 per ADS. Among the noteworthy losers was XenoPort (XNPT), which fell 11% after one of its drugs failed in a Phase III trial for multiple sclerosis spasticity. Also lower were shares of Red Hat (RHT), which slid 4% following a downgrade to Market Perform at BMO Capital. INDICES: Near 1 pm ET, the Dow was up 13.67, or 0.09%, to 15,368.07; the Nasdaq was up 1.13, or 0.03%, to 3,500.10; and the S&P 500 was up 2.18, or 0.13%, to 1,669.65. | | | 13:01 EDT |  | CSCO | Cisco hits session lows, levels to watch
The shares are down nearly 2%, last at $23.76. At that price, next support is at $23.32. Resistance is at $24.34. | | | 12:52 EDT | | BX | Blackstone biggest outside investor in SAC Capital, CNBC reports
Blackstone (BX) is the biggest outside investor in SAC Capital, with over $400M placed at the hedge fund, CNBC's Kate Kelly reports. Blackstone expects to pull some money from SAC, added Kelly. | | | 11:14 EDT | | DELL | Dell to deliver public cloud through partner ecosystem
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:40 EDT |  | CSCO | Active equity option families trading
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:26 EDT | | BX | On The Fly: Pre-market Movers
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:38 EDT | | BX | First Potomac sells industrial portfolio for $259M
Subscribe for More Information | | | | 07:42 EDT |  | CSCO | Cohasset Associates to host a conference
National Conference on Managing Electronic Records is being held in Chicago on May 20-22. | | | 07:03 EDT | | DELL | Dell committee says cannot evaluate Icahn proposal without more information
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 19, 2013 | | 18:59 EDT | | CSCO | Cisco looks the best out of tech comeback stocks, Barron's says
Cisco (CSCO), Intel (INTC), and Microsoft (MSFT) stocks have jumped this month, however, Intel and Microsoft's revenue growth declined, due to their reliance on the PC market, providing Cisco with an opportunity to pull ahead in the technology sector, Barron's contends in its Technology Trader column. Cisco looks moderately priced, the paper adds. Reference Link | | | May 17, 2013 | | 16:00 EDT | | CSCO | Options Update; May 17, 2013
Subscribe for More Information | | | 14:03 EDT | | CSCO, DELL | Market set to finish week with gains after Cisco results, comments
Subscribe for More Information | | | 11:59 EDT | | CSCO | Options with decreasing implied volatility: ILMN LO A HES INFY CSCO
| | | 09:37 EDT | | HPQ | Active equity option families trading on open
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:29 EDT | | DELL | JPMorgan's business and information services analyst holds a conference call
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:02 EDT |  | DELL | Dell results could increase votes for Silver Lake offer, says Wells Fargo
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:35 EDT |  | CSCO | Aruba Networks downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel
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