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Today in 3Com: Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the RightWhen HP recently agreed to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion, we learned two things /55505/3com-deal-somethings-fishy/ : (1) The deal announcement was preceded by brazen insider trading, and (2) 3Com is one of few publicly-traded tech companies whose value has risen more than 20% since last fall's financial collapse (based on how much Bain Capital was planning to pay in 2007, before the feds intervened). Today we got updates on both issues. Bloomberg reports http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0LDGguBASUU&pos=3 that the SEC is investigating the insider trading situation, in which trading volume on $5 strike calls grew by 40x just hours before HP sent out its press releases. It's obviously a welcome development, and perhaps signals that the SEC is finally getting tough on an illicit epidemic that has run rampant for years. Why it never did anything during the buyout boomtimes of 2006 and 2007 -- when option volume regularly bloomed before a take-private offer was made
- More private equity pros moving to public office
Jonathan Silver's move to the DOE is just the latest
- peHUB Wire: Monday, November 16, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Monday, November 16, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Friday, November 13, 2009
Old Deal, Meet New Firm
- peHUB Wire: Friday, November 13, 2009
Old Deal, Meet New Firm
- peHUB First Read
* Brad Feld: Board meeting lessons from the Supreme Court http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/11/board-meeting-lessons-from-the-supreme-court.html * Buyout blackball? Why private equity is having such a hard time getting into bank deals http://www.thedeal.com/newsweekly/features/special-reports/banking-buyout-blackball.php * What lessons can be drawn from the Bear Stearns aquittals? Mark Gimein says it's that white dollar defendants should sit down and shut up http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/money-trail/2009/11/11/white-collar-defendants-sit-down-and-shut * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower http:// London opens flat http://www.reuters.com/article/londonMktRpt/idUSLC46762220091112 European shares stay put http://www.reuters.com/article/londonMktRpt/idUSLC46762220091112 the Nikkei slips http://www.reuters.com/article/tokyoMktRpt/idUST23863920091112 and Hong Kong loses 1.01% http://www.reuters.com/article/hongkongMktRpt/idUSHKG37238420091112 * Four stages of private equity fund life http://seekingalpha.com/article/172992-4-stages-in-the-life-of-a-private-equity-fund?source=kizur * Zynga CEO Mark Pincus discusses the Playfish acquisition by EA http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/11/zynga_ceo_playf.html * As we wait to see if TPG Capital partners with American Airlines for a stake in Japan Airlines, Shasha Dai runs down TPG's hits and misses in the airline space http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2009/11/11/tpg-and-the-airlines-tales-of-bad-meals-and-a-fax-gone-astray/