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Harbinger Group Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2013 Results

Business Wire (May 9, 2013)
Harbinger Group Inc. Announces Pricing of Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc.’s $300 Million Senior Notes

Business Wire (Mar 22, 2013)
Harbinger Group Inc. Closes Joint Venture with EXCO Resources; Establishes New Energy Operating Partnership; New Partnership Signs Agreement to Acquire Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Assets from Affiliate of BG Group plc for $132.5 Million

Business Wire (Feb 15, 2013)
Harbinger Group Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2013 Results

Business Wire (Feb 8, 2013)
Harbinger Group Inc. Moves Date of 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; Provides Increased Voting Opportunity for Expanded Shareholder Base

Business Wire (Jan 17, 2013)
Movers & Shakers: Thursday’s big movers: J.C. Penney’s win streak

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 13, 2012)
After Hours: CA shares up, Harbinger falls after hours

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 12, 2012)
Harbinger Group Inc. Announces Launch of Debt Offering

Business Wire (Dec 10, 2012)
Harbinger Group Inc. Announces Launch of Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for its 10.625% Senior Secured Notes Due November 15, 2015

Business Wire (Dec 10, 2012)
Harbinger Group Inc. Reports Fiscal 2012 Results

Business Wire (Nov 27, 2012)
Harbinger Group Inc. Establishes Energy Operating Business through $725 Million Joint Venture with EXCO Resources

Business Wire (Nov 5, 2012)
Harbinger Group Inc. Grows Consumer Segment Through Spectrum Brands Acquisition of Stanley Black & Decker’s Hardware & Home Improvement Group

Business Wire (Oct 9, 2012)
Harbinger Group Inc. Reports $1 Billion in Revenues for Third Quarter Fiscal 2012 on Continued Progress at Operating Subsidiaries

Business Wire (Aug 10, 2012)
Spectrum Brands Holdings Announces Voluntary $50 Million Prepayment on Term Loan

Business Wire (Aug 9, 2012)
Spectrum Brands Holdings Reports Net Income and Diluted EPS More Than Doubled in Third Quarter of Fiscal 2012; Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA Improved 21 Percent and 4 Percent, Respectively

Business Wire (Aug 7, 2012)
Spectrum Brands Holdings Announces Plans to Initiate a Quarterly Dividend Starting in Fiscal 2013 of $0.25 per Share and Declares a One-Time, Special Dividend of $1.00 per Share

Business Wire (Aug 7, 2012)
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Sector: Conglomerates

Country: United States

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Thursday, May 9, 8:58 AM Harbinger Group (HRG): FQ2 EPS of -$0.33 misses by $0.38. Revenue of $1.41B beats by $0.17B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, January 23, 11:29 AM Harbinger Group (HRG +2.8%) moves up after Jefferies intiated coverage on the shares with a Buy rating and a $9.50 price target. Jefferies says the stock is trading at a discount to its current NAV and has solid cash flow from all its core segments; consumer, insurance and energy. These are all sectors that are highly leveraged to economic growth. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 12:45 PM Midday top 10 gainers: ONCY +51%. TELK +23%. PRGN +21%. GBR +17%. SDBT +16%. SAM +15%. BBY +15%. CLWR +14%. ZAGG +14%. TROV +13%.
Midday top 10 Losers: RIGL -35%. EVI -31%. HRG -26%. PTIE -19%. CBMX -18%. OSN -15%. MEIP -13%. DQ -12%. CSUN -12%. ALLT -11%. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 9:37 AM Harbinger Group (HRG -24.5%) prices its 20M share secondary offering at $7.50/share (yesterday's close was $10.22 - ouch). Buying opportunity? Reported book value at the end of September was north of $10/share. (PR) Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 9:22 AM Harbinger Group (HRG) dives 25% premarket as the holding company for several of Phil Falcone's investments files for a secondary offering of stock. (PR) Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: TELK +28%. ONCY +22%. BBY +17%. CLWR +13%. CVS +5%. TSL +5%.
Losers: RIGL -33%. HRG -26%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 5:37 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: ORCC +7%. BBY +5%. KEM +4%. WWW +4%. MED +3%.
After-hours top losers: HRG -17%. GEF -7%. FMC -5%. SNV -4%. PZE -4%. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 5:59 AM Apollo Global Management (APO) and Guggenheim Partners are reportedly in the lead in a combined bid to acquire Aviva's (AV) U.S. life insurance and annuities unit, which is expected to be sold at a "substantial discount" to its book value of £2.4B, excluding debt. Also in the hunt is Philip Falcone's Harbinger Group (HRG). Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 3:49 PM Exco Resources' (XCO +2.4%) partnership deal with Harbinger (HRG +4%) gives XCO temporary relief under the company’s debt covenants, but sets an "upper bound” for XCO's valuation, Jefferies says. The fields with which XCO is parting tend to produce more oil and gas liquids and have longer productive lives than the rest of its wells, "supporting our view that shares are overvalued." Comment! [Energy, M&A, On the Move]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 10:47 AM Exco Resources (XCO +3.8%) announces a partnership with Philip Falcone's Harbinger Group (HRG +2.7%) where XCO will contribute its conventional non-shale assets in east Texas and Louisiana and its shallow Canyon Sand and other assets in west Texas to a limited partnership. EXCO will $597M in cash, a 24.5% limited partner interest and a 50% interest in the general partner. Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 4:31 PM Harbinger Group (HRG) announces the resignation of Philip Falcone as President, appointing Omar Asali as acting President, subject to Board approval. Mr. Falcone will continue to serve as the Chairman of the Board and CEO. Shares -0.2% AH. Comment!

Ocean Man
Bought $HRG at $7.53. Was trading over $10.50, book value over $10, then a secondary on Thursday took it down 25%+ to $7.50.
12/17/12
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neobliviscar: Jackie55- read your profile & blog. Donald? Gen don't like Tin Foil & Muddy Waters funds as they often throw mud on those wearing white at
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neobliviscar: the funerals of frauds. Must say complicated struct, ?value & nature of L.T. Invstmnts (hate that part'o GAAP), etc make me cautious on HRG.
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Jim Van Meerten
HRG - 100% Barchart technical buy signal - 16 new highs and up 23.11% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 81.54%
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Michael Bryant
Consumer products company Harbinger Group (HRG) sounds like a Buffett stock. Enterprise Value/EBITDA is 0.99. http://yhoo.it/MxHoOi
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Edward Schwartz
SPB up 3.8% today. HRG, which has a 28% interest in SBP, up close to 10% on heavy late day trading volume.
9/23/11
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Edward Schwartz
Started a position in HRG
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Pradeep Kandasamy
$HRG have moved +42% in a month since my article "Harbinger Group should be at least 50% higher" http://seekingalpha.com/a/53q4
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Pradeep Kandasamy
HRG should be at least 50% higher http://bit.ly/b1SySl
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Pradeep Kandasamy
HRG should be at least 50% higher http://seekingalpha.com/p/2ewo
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Ocean Man
Bought $HRG at $7.53. Was trading over $10.50, book value over $10, then a secondary on Thursday took it down 25%+ to $7.50.
12/17/12
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neobliviscar: Jackie55- read your profile & blog. Donald? Gen don't like Tin Foil & Muddy Waters funds as they often throw mud on those wearing white at
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neobliviscar: the funerals of frauds. Must say complicated struct, ?value & nature of L.T. Invstmnts (hate that part'o GAAP), etc make me cautious on HRG.
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