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  • 2:02 PM Judges in France are questioning the CEO of UBS' French unit in what may be a prelude to a formal investigation regarding investments "designed to cheat the taxman," sources tell Reuters. Comment! [Financials]
  • 2:01 PM Polypore International (PPO -2%) slips on a tepid initiation at Ascendiant Capital with a Neutral and a $45.50 price target. The firm says the stock is trading a premium to its peers, and appears fairly valued based on current metrics. Also adding to the weakness in the shares today could be the plunge in Exide (XIDE -43%). Comment! [On the Move]
  • 2:00 PM On the hour: Dow -0.05%. 10-yr +0.05%. Euro -0.1% vs. dollar. Crude -0.1% to $94.16. Gold -0.36% to $1386.85. Comment!
  • 1:53 PM PrivateBancorp (PVTB) declares $0.01/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.20%. For shareholders of record June 14. Payable June 28. Ex-div date June 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
  • 1:50 PM More on Bausch & Lomb/ Valeant (VRX +12.8%): Warburg Pincus may agree to terms with VRX as early as next week, but sources tell WSJ the deal could still fall apart. If the deal fails to come to fruition, Warburg may opt for an IPO of Bausch & Lomb instead, something the private-equity firm has mulled since early this year. Comment! [Healthcare, M&A, On the Move]
  • 1:40 PM Add KKR and Silver Lake Management to the list of bidders for Hulu (CMCSA, DIS, NWS), according to Bloomberg. Earlier reports indicated Time Warner Cable (TWC -0.8%), Guggenheim Digital, and DirecTV (DTV -0.6%) are in the hunt. What to watch: Some analysts think Hulu could evolve into a payment authentication system for the cable industry, while others bet that a single media/tech company will snap up the firm to create a unique position for itself in video - either as a premium streaming service or an ad-supported content monster. Either way Netflix (NFLX -0.5%) is watching. Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
  • 1:39 PM Hydrogenics (HYGS +14%) adds to yesterday's gains for a two-day rally of ~28% as SA Pro author Joe Springer's article comes out of embargo. (previous) Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
  • 1:37 PM Shares of Exide Technologies (XIDE -43%) collapse to a nine year low on a report that it's hired Lazard and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to advise on a restructuring, including a possible Chapter 11 filing. The company had initially engaged Deutsche Bank last year to lead a global refinancing, but the effort failed, and management is now pursuing more aggressive restructuring alternatives amid a looming September maturity on its convertible notes. 1 Comment [On the Move]
  • 1:28 PM Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) declares $0.1275/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.15%. For shareholders of record June 14. Payable June 28. Ex-div date June 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
  • 1:27 PM American Superconductor (AMSC -2.2%) slides after saying earlier that China's Supreme People's Court has scheduled a hearing for May 29 to review the jurisdiction of the company's software copyright infringement cases against Sinovel Wind Group and Guotong Electric. These are just two of the four legal cases that AMSC filed against Sinovel regarding its alleged contractual breaches and alleged discovery of intellectual property theft by Sinovel. AMSC is seeking a cease and desist order and damages totaling $6M. Comment! [Tech, Global & FX, On the Move]
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