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News & Press
Bad Blood Is Good for M&A, The Edge Reveals 16-Year Global Study The Big Banks Didn’t Want Released
Apr 19, 2016
By Brooke Sutherland, Senior Reporter [@blsuth], Bloomberg Gadfly:
Harvest Interview Series: Finding an Edge in Catalyst Investing
Mar 24, 2016
“I believe that in order to act on anything, you need to have a level of trust. Particularly in a sector which unfortunately breeds some unscrupulous people.” Jim Osman, CEO, The Edge
CNBC: The Kashkari trade – Time to buy bank stocks? The Edge reveals the key opportunity…
Feb 29, 2016
By Evelyn Cheng, Senior Writer, CNBC: In his first speech as Minneapolis Fed President, Neel Kashkari last week stirred up discussion on “too big to fail” banks by calling for serious consideration of breaking up the financial giants.
CNBC: Market hoping for earnings season boost, The Edge is Positive on Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Jan 22, 2016
By Staff Writer, Evelyn Cheng, @chengevelyn at CNBC: Maybe it’s earnings season that will turn the tide for stocks. Earnings are expected to show the worst decline since the financial crisis, yet analysts are holding out hope that the bar is low, earnings will beat and that will help pull the market out of its worst new year slump ever.
Huge Pressure and Management Change at Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) The Edge Predicts Future M&A
Jan 6, 2016
Strategic Initiatives in The Current Scenario Looks Unlikely But Replacing the Current CEO Might Provide Some Assurance to Investors
Will 2016 See ConAgra Lamb Weston Spinoff and Potential Takeover Similar to Hillshire’s? The Edge Group See an Opportunity…
Dec 30, 2015
By Barbara Soderlin / World-Herald staff writer: A new year will bring a new name for ConAgra Foods, and that has some observers weighing how long the Conagra Brands name could be around.
Value Extinction for JCPenney’s (JCP) Bonds in 2016? Credit Investors Switching to The Edge*
Dec 21, 2015
MarketWatch, New York and London: Confidence is sinking over the current market volatility with the uncertain stage of the economy cycle. Now a surging number of global investors are turning to new types of deep fundamentally analyzed bond opportunities. Take the US struggling retailer, JCPenney (JCP – get report), which is showing signs of operational improvement in recent quarters. It looks a quality company to pick and buy in the high yield retail sector, concealing a double-digit ROI.
Yahoo move shows diminished faith in turnaround, The Edge Group & Deloitte identify risk to investors
Dec 10, 2015
By Jon Swartz, Senior Writer, USA TODAY, San Francisco: Another day, another dollop of drama. It’s that way with Yahoo (YHOO), whose board of directors on Wednesday scrapped plans to spin off Alibaba — the company cash cow — and create a new company. Instead, Yahoo will spin off its core business into a new company.
CNBC/Reuters: Yahoo will not spin off Alibaba stake, weighs core business sale, The Edge sees opportunity
Dec 9, 2015
By Staff Writers, Kshitiz Goliya, Michael Flaherty, Deborah M. Todd and Bill Rigby – Reuters: