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Borders (BGP) To Sell Australian Unit for $110 Million
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This is the first in either preparing for a sale by improving equity and debt levels OR, continuing the turnaround by improving liquidity.<>
From the press release:
Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced that it will sell 100 percent of its Australia/New Zealand/Singapore businesses -- which includes 30 Borders superstores -- to A&R Whitcoulls (ARW), the leading Australasian retailer of books and related products owned by private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP). The total transaction is valued at up to $110 million and is expected to close next week.
Upon closing of the trans...
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Borders (BGP) To Sell Australian Unit for $110 Million
This is the first in either preparing for a sale by improving equity and debt levels OR, continuing the turnaround by improving liquidity.<>
From the press release:
Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced that it will sell 100 percent of its Australia/New Zealand/Singapore businesses -- which includes 30 Borders superstores -- to A&R Whitcoulls (ARW), the leading Australasian retailer of books and related products owned by private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP). The total transaction is valued at up to $110 million and is expected to close next week.
Upon closing of the trans...
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Arrow Shares Look Like Poison: Weak Q1, Ugly Outlook
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Arrow Electronics (ARW) shares are down sharply today after the company this morning reported weaker-than-expected Q1 results and a downbeat outlook for Q2. <>The electronics distributor reported Q1 revenue of $4.03 billion and non-GAAP EPS of 79 cents; the Street had expected $4.08 billion and 82 cents. “The first quarter was a challenging one for us and did not meet all of our expectations,” Arrow CEO William Mitchell said in a statement. “We saw increasingly challenging market conditions in the last few weeks of the quarter, primarily in our enterprise computing solutions business. This cre<><><><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
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3 ‘Pick and Shovel’ Stocks for the Tech Industry
ARW
In America’s great Gold Rush in the 1800’s many prospectors went bust
looking for gold while the real money was being made in outfitting them with
picks, shovels and other equipment needed for the endeavor. In today’s world
where technology changes quickly perhaps it’s time to be investing in the
equivalent companies that supply to the ‘prospectors’ [read: tech manufacturers]
rather than the innovators themselves. <!--more-->
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Anticipation for the New Week...
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Anticipation or being enthusiastic, is an emotion involving pleasure (and sometimes anxiety) in considering some expected or longed-for good event.
 Anticipation can culminate in a rewarding and satisfying experience, wouldn't you agree?
Events of interest for the week of, March 3rd - 7th, include:
Monday:
<>KEG Analyst Meeting; CTXS, GOOG, HPQ, MOT, JAVA, VRSN, CREL at Morgan Stanley Technology Conf; GLUU, BCSI, GLOW, FTWR, INAP, LCCI at Merriman Curhan Ford, & Co. 2nd Annual IP Video Conf; HME, OFC, WRI, AKR, TCO, CLP at Citigroup Global Property CEO Conf; LNC, XL, ALL, AGII, UNM at AIFA Annual...
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