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  • Growth Picks From The Baron Funds: Part 1

    By Reuben Brewer - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: DGI, PLL, PNK

    The Baron fund family is a predominantly small- and mid-cap growth shop with a solid long-term record of performance and a history of owning companies for long periods of time. Growth investors should take a look at recent additions Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL), Pinnacle Entertainment (NYSE: PNK), and DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI).

    A Hand Shake

    Ron Baron's first quarter comment recounts a story about Jay Pritzker, the principal owner of more »

  • All That Glitters Is Not Gold

    By Declan Fallon - January 25, 2013 | Tickers: DGI, GEOY, HNR

    The market has been offering a number of stocks trading higher on strong volume.  Even on days when the market has closed lower, the number of individual stocks enjoying surges remained strong.  Two stocks which have enjoyed recent strong accumulation are DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI)  and Harvest Natural Resources (NYSE: HNR), but not all may be what it seems.  While heavier volume buying is typically bullish, the reasons for it are more »

  • Corsair Capital Management’s Latest Heavyweight Plays

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 18, 2013 | Tickers: AON, DGI, GSM, IPHS, IDCC

    Eleven years after its inception, Corsair Capital Management has grown into a half-a-billion dollar hedge fund, best known for sniffing out value-driven investments in public equities. Managed by Jay Petschek and Steven Major, the fund keeps a well-diversified portfolio of names that the average investor may not see on his radar amongst the tech and financial giants. Deep-value and distressed plays are the bread and butter of Corsair, and they more »

  • Scott Forstall and the Loss of Trust

    By Mark Hibben - October 31, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, DGI, GOOG

    It wasn’t Maps

    Although it may seem self-evident to the tech media that Forstall is out as head of iOS at Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) because of Maps and Siri,  the reality must be more complicated and more serious.  Maps continues to be decried in the media as a “disaster,” and it has been a public relations messfor Apple, but it is not the “profoundly bad product” that Adam Lashinsky more »

  • This Company Had a Board Member Buy In

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 14, 2012 | Tickers: DGI, FDS, IHS, DNB, TRI

    Michael Armstrong, a Board member at IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), directly purchased 5,550 shares of the company’s stock on Oct. 10 at an average price of $89.96. IHS is an information company whose product line includes energy statistics, supply chain consulting, and intelligence for both national security and business customers. The stock price had consistently risen throughout 2012 up until mid-September, when it peaked around $118 per more »

  • When a Minnow Swallows a Whale

    By Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko - May 22, 2012 | Tickers: DGI, GEOY | Editor's Choice

    Investors and analysts are keeping a close eye on the acquisition battle being played out between satellite imaging companies GeoEye Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) and DigitalGlobe Inc. (NYSE: DGI). Most of the “experts” seem to believe that smaller GeoEye is out of its league for countering a DigitalGlobe takeover bid with one of its own. According to Yemi Oshodi, managing director of mergers and acquisitions and special situations at WallachBeth Capital more »