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Clash Of The Titans (JOE)
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 8:35am | 118In what turn out to be a clash of the titans of the hedge fund world, Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme Capital added to his stake in The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE), by buying 100,000 shares at $22.21. This came right after David Einhorn's presentation at the Value Investing Congress, in which Einhorn...
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Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods Reiterates Market Perform on St. Joe (JOE)
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 8:10am | 145Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Market Perform rating on St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE); it has a $30.00 price target on the stock. The KBW analyst said, “JOE shares were featured as "over-valued" at a conference yesterday. A main focus...
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QE2 Has Set Sail 10-13-2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 2:08pm | 903Cusick's Corner The QE2 has now set sail, or at least the markets think so -- what now? Well, cherry picking is tough for fear of a potentially violent change of heart, plus piecing into positions leaves you wondering what if I went all in grabbing the full upside. For stock traders who are going...
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The Only Way David Einhorn's Thesis On St. Joe Is Wrong
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 11:32am | 80At the Value Investing Congress, Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn gave his reason for his bearish stance on St. Joe (NYSE: JOE). Benzinga was the first to report this news about 35 minutes ago while the stock was up 2%; St. Joe is currently down close to 10%. The only way David Einhorn said he...
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Value Investing Congress: An Overview Of David Einhorn (JOE)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 11:29am | 480David Einhorn Greenlight Capital is short The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE), as he believes the company is a scheme. JOE's management used to talk about how much land was a mile from beach, now it talks about how the land is 40 miles from airport. Bulls of JOE are saying Luecadia (NYSE: LUK) bought...
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Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn Speech Causes St. Joe To Fall 3%
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 10:54am | 67Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn speech is causing St. Joe (NYSE: JOE) to fall close to 5%. When Benzinga first reported that Einhorn was going to speak bearishly on St. Joe Company, JOE was trading up 1.5%. David Einhorn was very bearish on Lehman before it was actually popular to be short it.
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Is Ackman Fishing for Control of JCP?
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 8:07am | 177Anonymous sources are reporting that JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) has hired Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) as an advisor. This comes just a week after Bill Ackman, along with Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO), made a sizeable investment in the retailer. Readers should note that Goldman was also hired by Target...
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Goldman Sachs Reiterates Neutral Rating on Vornado Realty Trust (VNO)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 9:43am | 187Goldman Sachs is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Neutral rating on Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO); it has an $86.00 price target on the stock. The analysts cited VNO's recent announcement of a 9.9% interest in shares of national retailer JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), for...
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VNO Focusing On Buying Retailers
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 7:35am | 179Vornado Realty Trust Common Sto (NYSE: VNO) is taking on a new strategy by targeting operations, real estate and capital structure, which appear under leveraged. In a research report Citi writes, "Their plans likely first involve improving JCP's core operations and offering and bringing in new...
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NASDAQ Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs (CROX, RDEN, DAVE, INTG)
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 10:51am | 147Crocs Inc (NASDAQ: CROX) shares jumped 7.61% to create a new 52-week high of $14.57. Analysts at Sterne Agee initiated coverage of CROX with a “buy” rating. Elizabeth Arden Inc (NASDAQ: RDEN) shares gained 2.37% to touch a new 52-week high of $20.32. RDEN's earnings are likely to surge by 407.93%...
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PS Business Parks, Inc. Announces Redemption of All Outstanding Depositary Shares
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 7:53am | 72PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE: PSB) announced today that it is calling for redemption on November 8, 2010 all outstanding depositary shares representing interests in its 7.60% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series L (NYSE: PSBPrL) at $25 per share plus accrued dividends from October 1, 2010 through...
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Senior Notes from CB Richard Ellis - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 6:12pm | 624CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. (CBG), the world's largest commercial real estate services firm (on the basis of 2009 revenues), has recently announced an offer to sell 6.63% senior notes due 2020 worth $350 million. BofA Merrill Lynch, the investment banking and wealth management division of Bank of...
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US financial Sector Down, Led By M&T Bank (MTB, AIB, CBG, MROE, ONB, ABK, PMI)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 1:16pm | 237The US financial sector was slightly down, after the weaker-than-expected private-sector employment report. Shares of M&T Bank Corp (NYSE: MTB) fell after a major shareholder announced its plans to sell its stake. Shares of MTB dropped about 5.41% to lead the list of financial decliners in the...
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News Summary (LCC, BPO, BHS)
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 8:45am | 168US Airways (NYSE: LCC) reported a 7.5% increase in its mainline September traffic. The company's mainline September traffic came in at 4.91 billion revenue passenger miles, up from 4.57 billion revenue passenger miles, in the year-ago period. The consolidated passenger revenue per available seat...
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CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Announces Private Offering of $350 Million of Senior Notes
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 7:43am | 107CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBG) today announced that it intends to offer $350 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2020 in a private placement, subject to market and other conditions. The Notes will be issued by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, CB Richard Ellis...