http://www.stockrumors.com Today's Rumors Become Tomorrow's News! eng (c) Copyright StockRumors.com stockrumors@gmail.com stockrumors@gmail.com 1 http://www.stockrumors.com/BB/templates/AcidTechGreen/images/logo_left.jpg http://www.stockrumors.com Today's Rumors Become Tomorrow's News We went an alert out yesterday about OREX and this baby was up just over 21% after releasing it:<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/41 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/41 For those of you who like to kick yourself because you didn’t sign up for StockRumors.com and didn’t get timely alerts for stocks, this is another great reason for your jaw to drop.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/40 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/40 Yesterday, Monday, Jan 10, 2011, we were thrilled with a whopping jump of 16.5% by one of our Wall Street rumors. This rumor about AUTH was released yesterday at 10:44 AM EST.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/39 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/39 Yesterday we released a little alert about a mining company called Xstrata - Xstrata PLC (XTA.L). You'll note that we mentioned recently that have a whole slew of day traders who choose not to get greedy but set their automatic sell triggers at 8-10% gains. We do not advocate one trading strategy over another. We provide real-time information and allow our premium subscribers to use their truly real-time information as power. But for those who choose to set these sell triggers at 8-10% small jumps there may be some wisdom lately. <br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/38 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/38 Yes, even during the holiday break involving Christmas and New Year's eve there is stockrumors activity. So you know how the holiday usually don't provide much stock rumor activity? Well, this is not always the case. On New Year's Eve we received an interesting bit of information that we passed along to our subscribers. <br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/35 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/35 Okay today we're going to tell you about two rumors we released...yesterday and the day previously.<br /> <br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/34 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/34 This morning we alerted our subscribers with this:<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/33 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/33 Well we all know it's a slow time of the year for stocks, but that doesn't mean you can't get in on the best information. Stockrumors.com let's you know about the best rumors in real time. Make sure you keep your instant messenger online so that we can notify you of rumor alerts. <br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/32 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/32 Although you may have felt like it was a snooze fest last week. You could have used this alert since it is up even more:<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/31 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/31 Yesterday we released the following:<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/30 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/30 <br>Now that Yahoo (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/YHOO">YHOO</a>) has formally rejected the buyout offer<br /> of Microsoft (<a href="http://ww... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/27 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/27 <p><br /> During the last year, Sepracor (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/SEPR">SEPR</a>) has had a substantial correction in price, dropping over fifty percent. This significant decline has taken the market cap of the company to only $3.11B. Even with this significant drop, however, takeover rumors continue to circulate. StockRumors.com has received and reported takeover rumors on Sepracor virtually every two months since the beginning of 2006. <br /> </p><p><br /> Most of Sepracor's current product line deals with Asthma. They also own the drug Lunesta, which is a sleeping aid for insomnia. Sepracor is currently developing several drugs which will mostly be used to treat depression, anxiety, and epilepsy. The product line that Sepracor owns, therefore, is small and very limited. Regardless of this, the earnings of the company have been, for the most part, growing.<br /> </p><p><br /> During the past several years takeover rumors on Sepracor have typically been with Johnson and Johnson as the acquirer. On occasion Pfizer has also been named as a possible acquirer. Sepracor is not usually mentioned as a leveraged buyout (LBO) candidate. The main reason for this is the relatively low free cash flow of the company, at only about $60M between the period of September 2006 and 2007. The Price / Free Cash Flow ratio (P/FCF) is about 53, meaning it would take 53 years of FCF to pay for the company. In addition to the low free cash flow of the company the total equity of Sepracor is at roughly only 8% of its market cap, which would make borrowing on the company difficult (8% is high for Big Pharma). Even though Sepracor would not be highly valued in the private equity market, the company is still growing and to another Big Pharma could be very attractive with a P/E of only 19.<br /> </p><br /> <img src="http://www.stockrumors.com/images/SEPR_1-9-08.gif"><br /> <br /> <p><br /> <h3>Johnson and Johnson (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/JNJ">JNJ</a>) as an Acquirer</h3><br /> The product offering of Sepracor would fit perfectly with Johnson and Johnson. Johnson and Johnson owns many different brands and medicines for a wide variety of illnesses. On their site, Johnson and Johnson has a <a href="http://www.JohnsonandJohnson.com/product/conditions/index.htm">list of Diseases and Conditions</a> that their products can be used to treat.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/26 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/26 <br><br /> One year ago in November, 2006 when BIDU was just $75 per share, StockRumors.com posted an analysis of BIDU takeover rumors here: http://www.sto... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/25 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/25 <p><br /> <h3>Historical Rumor Data</h3><br /> BSX leveraged buyout rumors circulated throughout most of 2006 and 2007. A leveraged buyout has typically been mentioned as what will happen to BSX, though Johnson & Johnson has also been mentioned as being a possible acquirer.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/24 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/24 <br><br /> One of the favorite targets of takeover rumors in the past year has been Hansen Natural Corporation (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/H... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/23 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/23 <br><br /> In January 2007 we wrote an article on <a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/18" target="new">MU Leveraged Buyout and Takeover Rumors</a>. Now, five months later we analyze further rumors on Micron.<br /> </p><br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/22 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/22 <p><br /> MAMA takeover rumors have circulated throughout much of this year, starting in January and then recurring throughout the rest of the year. GOOG has typically been the rumored acquirer, although Mark Cuban has also been rumored as being interested. YHOO has also been named on occasion as a possible acquirer.<br /> </p><br /> <p><br /> <h3><a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/MAMA">MAMA</a> ($5.15)</h3><br /> Mamma.com Inc provides search technology for the Web, for desktop space, and now has entered the mobile search/multimedia market with their new "revolutionary" plug-in (<a href="http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=246373">See press release from May 1, 2007</a>).<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/21 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/21 <p><br /> Satyam (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/SAY">SAY</a> $21.92) takeover rumors began circulating only recently. IBM has been rumored as the acquirer of SAY.<br /> </p><p><br /> <h3>India and IT</h3><br /> Satyam is an Indian based IT company that offers a variety of services from application development and maintenance to infrastructure management. India is a growing market and will add millions of internet and IT users within the next few years. The opportunity for tech companies in India is immense.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/20 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/20 <p><br /> Takeover rumors have circulated around PALM throughout most of last year. After August of 2006, the rumors began to circulate with greater frequently. Leveraged buyout rumors on PALM are more recent, and were initially reported by StockRumors.com in early February 2007.<br /> </p><br /> <p><br /> <h3>Palm Inc. (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/PALM">PALM</a> $15.29)</h3><br /> Palm has long been known as a provider of mobile computing solutions. They currently manufacture Treo smartphones and other popular computing devices. They are an extremely well known company and have a solid reputation. When many people refer to their PDA, they will often just say “Palm”.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/19 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/19 <p><br /> StockRumors.com initially reported Leveraged Buyout rumors on MU in early December, 2006. Rumors of private equity interest circulated again in early January.<br /> </p><p><br /> <h3>Micron Technology, Inc. (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/MU">MU</a>):</h3><br /> Micron develops memory products for many different applications. I was recently speaking with a friend who was leaving Arizona and applying for a job at a Micron (MU) / Intel (INTC) project in Utah. He was convinced that hard drives as we know them will soon be outdated and instead we will simply carry flash memory around with us from computer to computer - or in other words take our own work around with us wherever we go and use public kiosks instead of laptops whenever we travel. The idea would be to have everything including all of our programs and operating systems installed directly on the flash memory. My friend sees the potential for growth in flash memory to be immense. <br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/18 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/18 <p><br /> StockRumors.com has recorded takeover rumors on TLAB since April, 2006. Every couple months the takeover rumors continue to spur up again. In the past few trading days the takeover rumors on TLAB have circulated yet again.<br /> </p><p><br /> Why would TLAB be a good takeover candidate? With a market cap of almost $5B, 40% of which is held in current assets, and quarterly revenues of around $500M ($60M net) and with the international market penetration TLAB has been able to attain, they could be an attractive takeover target for a similar network based company.<br /> </p><p><br /> <h3>Tellabs, Inc. (<a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/TLAB">TLAB</a>)</h3><br /> Tellabs, Inc. deals mostly with networks and network peripherals. Tellabs has been around a long time and has significant experience in the network industry. In 2000, TLAB peaked its stock price at around $75 per share. Since then the company has dropped 85% in value. EPS during that time dropped roughly 66%.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/17 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/17 <p><br /> Recent rumors on recent IPO Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc (RNIN) have been positive in nature. These days everything is going digital, everything from cameras to bank accounts.<br /> </p><br /> <a href="http://www.wirelessronin.com/2.0_market_applications.html" target="new">Market Applications for Ronin</a><br /> <p><br /> Digital signs are a more recent innovation, one that Ronin Technologies provides. The ability to change signs and displays instantly has been around for some time, however the ability to move the signs/displays and to schedule content is a more recent innovation.<br /> </p><p><br /> Speculation has been positive recently on RNIN. Here are some possible reasons why:<br /> </p><br /> <p><br /> <h3>Theatres, finally a solution:</h3><br /> As I was at the theatre this weekend, I realized just how ready the market is for such an innovation. Looking at the list of available films and the associated posters, it is hard to know exactly what the different films are. Also, considering the amount of money spent by studios on posters and displays, the time for a digital solution is at hand. For years there have not really been any significant advances or innovation regarding posters and displays for theatres.<br /> </p><p><br /> Imagine: going into a theatre and watching trailers for the different movies by walking around to digital signs and listening to the directional sound before you actually buy the tickets. No more trying to decide which movie to watch based on a single poster, and no more will we have to watch the trailers at home before even going to the theatres.<br /> </p><p><br /> While online-ticketing and trailer viewing are becoming more and more popular, the use of digital signs and trailers could create a whole new atmosphere for theatres.<br /> </p><br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/16 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/16 <p><a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/OSTK">OSTK</a> leveraged buyout and takeover rumors are fairly recent. <a href="http://www.stockrumors.com">StockRumors.com</a> first reported them on December 1, 2006 when the stock was still at $15.00 per share. This takeover chatter has helped drive OSTK over 10% higher in less than two weeks.<br /> </p><br /> <p><br /> <h3>Overstock.com:</h3><br /> Overstock.com is an online closeout retailer based in Salt Lake, UT that offers discounted brand name merchandise. OSTK currently has a market cap of $346M. True, OSTK earnings and growth have been negative, along with its Alexa ranking decreasing (traffic to their site), but quarterly revenues have still been almost 50% of its market cap. Much of the blame has been put on the CEO, and he recently was named second-time runner up for the "Worst CEO of 2006" (<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B07A8EE18-402B-4088-9181-27A2BD10B6E1%7D&dist=rss" target="new">See Article</a>)<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/15 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/15 <p><br /> With the Indian internet community growing, significant interest has sprung up in Indian tech stocks. <br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/14 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/14 <p><br /> StockRumors.com has reported takeover rumors on MRVL since May of 2006. Takeover rumors picked up again in September and October. SNDK takeover chatter is more recent, starting in September of 2006. Merger and leveraged buyout rumors have also circulated.<br /> </p><p><br /> <h3>Marvell Technology Group Ltd.:</h3><br /> <a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/MRVL">MRVL</a> currently has a market cap of just over $11B with cash and securities of almost $1B and a P/E of about 35. Near the beginning of 2006 MRVL had a market cap of around $20B – almost the double of what it is valued at today. This significant drop in the valuation of the company has caused the takeover rumors to circulate.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/13 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/13 <p><br /> After great quarters for both <a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/SIRI">SIRI</a> and <a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/stock/XMSR">XMSR</a>, merger and takeover speculation has picked up and continued to make its way around. <a href="http://www.stockrumors.com/">StockRumors.com</a> initially reported merger and takeover rumors between SIRI and XMSR in July of 2006. <br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/11 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/11 <p>Yesterday, BIDU posted record earnings of $0.31 per share for Q3 2006. BIDU currently has a P/E around 100, and has had earnings growth of approximately 450% during the last year.... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/10 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/10 <p><br /> SEPR has held a P/E ratio of approximately 100 for most of this year. What has justified a P/E ratio so high? Significant growth in earnings and takeover rumors are the main reasons. SEPR has had significant revenue growth (especially Q4 2005) during the past year, and has begun posting positive earnings. ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/9 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/9 YHOO is currently sitting right above its 52 week low, and has had a pretty bad quarter. In the last 6 months, Yahoo stock has dropped over 30%. A lot of speculation has been going around that YHOO could be a takeover target of Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Comcast (CMCSA), AOL Time-Warner (TWX), or AT&T (T).<br /> <p><br /> There has been a lot of negative sentiment towards YHOO, and the negative growth does bring some concern. However, Yahoo.com is still the #1 most visited site on the internet, catching about 30% of all web traffic.<br /> ... http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/1 http://www.stockrumors.com/blog/1