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Before the bell: AAPL, WFMI, OATS, GOOG, MSFT ...
Main market news: Trying to extend Friday's rally Apple 2.0 is examining Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) advertising schedule. Specifically it examines the correlation between Apple ads for its products, in this case the iPhone, vis-a-vis its press ...
Whole Foods acquisition of Wild Oats may be blocked by FTC: Monopolistic organics?
Pretend we're still living in the 1960s for a minute, and imagine someone warning of a monopoly on organic and natural food. Everyone around laughing and pointing... Now cut to 2007 and the headline in the Wall Street Journal: "The FTC plans to file ...
Earnings-hungry Whole Foods misses by 3 cents, devours Wild Oats
Whole Foods Markets, Inc (NYSE:WFMI) announced at 4:03 pm -- a couple minutes after its 4:01 pm earnings report -- that it's acquiring competitor Wild Oats Markets (NYSE:OATS) for $18.50 a share, or about $565 million, plus debt. This represents an ...
Judge opines on the messy Wild Oats (OATS) buyout
Antitrust is always tough to predict. The laws are sketchy -- and markets can change quickly. Besides, politics can play a big role. That's why the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s antitrust lawsuit -- on the Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) and ...
The FTC wants to bring back Wild Oats
How do you de-merge two companies? The FTC thinks that the marriage of Wild Oats and Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) was anti-competitive. Too much concentration in the high-end organic food retail business.
The FTC brought charges against Whole Foods to ...
Judge won't block Whole Foods acquisition of Wild Oats
In spite of John Mackey's most self-destructive efforts at getting the merger he wanted so badly blocked,. it appears that it will go through. Although the FTC says it will appeal, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) appears poised to acquire rival ...
Organic grocery wars get heated: will Whole Foods fix a broken Wild Oats?
I've been in love with natural foods grocers since I was a little girl, when Fred Meyer opened a little mini-store dedicated to raw peanut butter, tofu, wheat germ and a dozen different kinds of bulk grains. The store had candy bars made out of honey ...
If forced to dump Wild Oats, Whole Foods (WFMI) could see shares soar
If a new legal ruling forces Whole Foods to reverse its Wild Oats buy-out, WFMI shares could soar.
A federal appeals court has decided that the FTC's challenge of the merger between Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) and Wild Oats should have gone forward. ...
What will the combined Whole Foods-Wild Oats mean for Wal-Mart & Target?
As was reported by several of us here at Blogging Stocks a few weeks ago, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFMI)looks to purchase one of its largest competitors, Wild Oats (NASDAQ:OATS). This has been the speculative rumor in the niche grocery ...
What do Whole Foods, Sirius and Borders have in common?
What do Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) have in common? What do Wild Oats Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: OATS), Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) have in common? I'll give you a ...
Shorts bet on Whole Foods Market (WFMI) merger
Things looked pretty rough for the Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) bid to merge with smaller rival Wild Oats (NASDAQ: OATS). In late July, the Whole Foods CEO got himself in trouble over online message board comments and that pushed the stock to a ...
Newspaper wrap-up 7-18-07: Bear Stearns calls its two subprime hedge funds worthless
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Bear Stearns Companies Inc (NYSE: BSC) says that its two hedge funds tied to subprime loans are basically worth nothing, reported the Wall Street Journal (subscription required).
An "error in judgment" is what Whole Foods Market ...
Before the bell 5-22-07: Stocks to open higher
Seems like another positive morning is headed to Wall Street. Stock futures are indicating another positive start to continue the run stocks had recently had and possibly break more records as more takeover activity is in the works. Yesterday, U.S. ...
Whole Foods earnings: Beating estimates organically
Today was a big day for Whole Foods Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) as it had its court date regarding the merger with Wild Oats Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: OATS) and reported quarterly earnings after the close. As of 5:47 p.m., WFMI stock is up 10.1% in ...
Before the bell: GOOG, GPS, WFMI, BKC ...
Futures lower as investors await data Has the time come for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to worry about competition from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), the search giant that has become such a formidable competitor to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT)? Well, ...
Twitter to make acquisitions, generate revenue in 2010
Cramer on BloggingStocks: The Fed's push for TARP payback 
Hewlett-Packard reports growth in profit and operating margin in Q4
