If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years in doing merger arbitrage in Australian companies, it is to always check the fine print. In quite a few small quirky Australian M&A deals, the ones…
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When I revived my blog last December, I was full of good intentions to blog more often, and most of all, shorter. Use my blog to do less time-intensive write-ups on special situations I had…
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Shares in battered biotech Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: TTPH) were yesterday’s big winner in US trading, moving up 78% after La Jolla (Nasdaq: LJPC) announced it had submitted a 22M non-binding all-cash proposal to acquire the…
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Posera, a Canadian listed global provider of software solutions for the hospitality industry, is being acquired by PayFacto, a provider of payment solutions.
Posera is a nano-cap with a market capitalization of about 14 million…
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Every now and then you encounter a situation in the (micro-cap) stock market that makes you wonder: am I wrong or is the market wrong?
Canada-listed The Intertain Group (TSE:ITX) is an indirect subsidiary of…
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After the trading session on the 9th of January trading in shares of Novelion Therapeutics (PINK: NVLNF) will likely be suspended indefinitely. If the company’s liquidation plan is approved by the Court of British Columbia…
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The Boards of both Anixter (NYSE: AXE) and Wesco (NYSE: WCC) won’t have time to celebrate Christmas at home this year. A bidding war to buy Anixter, a distributor of communication and security products, ensued…
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A lot has already been written about the planned merger between Fiat Chrysler (NYSE: FCAU) (BIT: FCA) and French PSA Group (EPA: UG), to create the world’s fourth-largest automaker. The companies said last week they…
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NII Holdings (NASDAQ: NIHD) has been a frequently discussed stock on a number of stock blogs over the course of 2019.
Earlier this year the South-American network operator announced it planned to liquidate after selling…
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Eurocastle Investment (AEB: ECT) is a closed-end investment company, listed on Euronext Amsterdam. The company announced some time ago it will no longer seek material new investments, and will focus on distributing cash to shareholders…
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