Report: Apollo To Buy Cedar Fair
Apollo Management is nearing a deal to acquire Sandusky, Ohio-based theme park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment (NYSE: FUN), according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal would be valued at approximately $2.3 billion, including the assumption of around $1.6 billion in debt.
Cedar Fair owns 11 North American theme parks, including Knott’s Berry Farm in Los...
Cramer on BloggingStocks: People have finally seen the light on Disney
Filed under: Market matters, Walt Disney (DIS), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks, Marvel Entertainment (MVL)
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Amazing Pictures
A friend on FaceBook left a link to a collection of photos posted at the Denver Post that are mostly from 1905-1915 taken in Russia.Based on the text at the top of the page they were originally processed as color pictures back then.
Bring a problem parties – speed therapy
Sometimes, when you are talking to someone, you come on an idea that makes so much sense you are surprised that it has not been thought of before. Often these ideas are not anyone's in particular: they emerge somehow in the conversation. Bring a prob...
Bring a problem parties – speed therapy
Sometimes, when you are talking to someone, you come on an idea that makes so much sense you are surprised that it has not been thought of before. Often these ideas are not anyone's in particular: they emerge somehow in the conversation. Bring a prob...
Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: BP, DIS, JCG, MOS, POT, PSUN …
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Analyst initiations
Analyst upgrades:
- Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral by Pali Capital, which cited low expectations, new CEO experience, and compelling risk/reward for...
Inefficient Units of Currency
By Joseph Streckert, from the Canadian literary magazine McSweeney's:ChildrenMillstonesImaginary euros*Copies of Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 7**Pieces of long-grain rice that are not actually very longUnicorn headsCanadian dollars*Arguably, the ...
Inefficient Units of Currency
By Joseph Streckert, from the Canadian literary magazine McSweeney's:ChildrenMillstonesImaginary euros*Copies of Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 7**Pieces of long-grain rice that are not actually very longUnicorn headsCanadian dollars*Arguably, the ...
Creativity
A lovely rant from Jenny Diski on the LRB blog:... I’m left wondering what the word ‘creative’ means to people who can overcome difficulty by just being creative. It seems to be like an ingredient that’s available down the shops. If it’s nece...
Creativity
A lovely rant from Jenny Diski on the LRB blog:... I’m left wondering what the word ‘creative’ means to people who can overcome difficulty by just being creative. It seems to be like an ingredient that’s available down the shops. If it’s nece...
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (FUN)
Q2 2009 Earnings Call
August 4, 2009 10:00 am ET
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Collectibles
FT Alphaville linked to this article from Bloggingstocks about investing in collectibles, specifically the article was about investing in stock certificates a hobby called scripophily.I tend not to be much of a collector, I have several collections of ...
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