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Buffett Goes M&A Crazy

Posted on March 21st, 2011 in India Shares, inthenews, Mergers, warren buffett

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Warren BuffettWhile he could have retired many years ago, Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.B) Warren Buffett continues to act like he’s in his prime. Hey, perhaps at 80 years old, he is in his prime.

This week, Buffett is visiting South Korea. Of course, he likes the growth prospects of the country and has the cash to pull off some deals there.

Interestingly enough, Buffett was planning on visiting Japan but he had to cancel the trip. Yet he did mention that the country is a great place to invest.

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Buffett Goes M&A Crazy originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Comfort Zone Investing: Did You Know … ?

Posted on February 05th, 2011 in AAPL, acquisitions, amb, ANR, Apple, AstraZeneca, ATHR, auto sales, azn, Berkshire Hathaway, bll, Coach, coca-cola, coh, Comfort Zone Investing, DD, DUK, Duke Energy, DuPont, eaton, ETN, Exxon Mobil, featured, FNF, GE, general electric, Hormel, HRL, India Shares, INTC, Intel, KO, market cap, massey energy, MEE, Mergers, Microsoft, Mo, MSFT, POT, Potash, PRN, QCOM, Qualcomm, RKT, share buybacks, SJM, smucker, SSCC, Stock Splits, XOM, YUM, yum brands

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Comfort Zone Investing: Wall StreetCoca-Cola (KO) has more than $13 billion in cash.

The top five companies (according to market cap) are:

  • Exxon Mobil (XOM): $398.3 billion
  • Apple (AAPL): $309.0 billion
  • Microsoft (MSFT): $237.5 billion
  • General Electric (GE): $215.0 billion
  • Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A): $202.5 billion

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Comfort Zone Investing: Did You Know … ? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is Avon Buyout Bait?

Posted on October 12th, 2010 in avon, Avon buyout rumors, AVP, buyout rumors, India Shares, inthenews, LOreal, Mergers

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Avon (AVP) logoFrom time to time, Avon Products (AVP) becomes the topic of buyout rumors. And yes, this week it happened again. Actually, investors are giving it some credence. In Tuesday morning trading, the shares of Avon were up 5.6% to 35.03. That’s only a couple bucks away from its 52-week high.

The buyout buzz comes from a report in the Daily Mail. According to this UK paper, it appears that L’Oreal is looking at a bid that could be as high as $44 per share, or $19 billion.

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Is Avon Buyout Bait? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is Avon Buyout Bait?

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Avon (AVP) logoFrom time to time, Avon Products (AVP) becomes the topic of buyout rumors. And yes, this week it happened again. Actually, investors are giving it some credence. In Tuesday morning trading, the shares of Avon were up 5.6% to 35.03. That’s only a couple bucks away from its 52-week high.

The buyout buzz comes from a report in the Daily Mail. According to this UK paper, it appears that L’Oreal is looking at a bid that could be as high as $44 per share, or $19 billion.

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