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Monday, August 8, 2011, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AGO, BBBB, BEXP, BKD, CFN, DRYS, ESV, GA, LYV, MGM, MR, MRX, SLXP, TTWO, YOKU Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, July 1, 2011, 8:09 AM Educational software developer Blackboard (BBBB) agrees to be acquired for $45/share ($1.64B plus $130M in debt) by Providence Equity Partners, a 21% premium to when Blackboard said it was exploring a sale on April 18. Shares closed Thursday -0.6% to $43.39, but surged 12.8% AH to $48.93 on speculation of a deal. (PR) Comment! [M&A, Breaking News, On the Move, Top Stories]
Friday, June 24, 2011, 9:24 AM Buyout firm Providence Equity Partners is in exclusive talks to buy educational software company Blackboard (BBBB), and a deal could be announced as early as next week, WSJ reports. Blackboard reportedly has sought more than 12x Ebitda, or ~$1.5B. BBBB +6.9% premarket. Comment! [M&A, On the Move]
Monday, May 9, 2011, 4:22 PM Blackboard (BBBB): Q1 EPS of $0.28 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $119M (+18% Y/Y) in-line. Shares -0.3% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech]
Monday, May 9, 2011, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AONE, AGO, ATVI, AVNR, BBBB, BWC, CLNE, CVI, EGLE, IDTI, MNKD, PANL, RAX Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 3:23 PM Blackboard (BBBB +33.6%) shares surge after the education technology company says it is evaluating preliminary buyout proposals and has hired Barclays Capital as its financial adviser. The sources of the offers weren’t disclosed. (PR) Comment! [M&A, On the Move]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 5:55 PM UBS lists 15 stocks their clients are shorting heavily right now: FSLR, GMCR, CIEN, JNJ, CRM, BBBB, GCI, NFLX, ROVI, SLG, VZ, X, BAC, HOT, CREE. 3 Comments

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