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The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Acxiom Tilting? The data collator reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers tomorrow after close of market. Investors, here's what you need to know to put them in context.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Tom Taulli	Printronix Doesn't Print Much Money The past couple of years have been tough for Printronix, a manufacturer of enterprise printer technologies. The company announces it is going private in a transaction with investment firm Vector Capital.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Tom Taulli	ValueAct's "Tough Love" Letter ValueAct is a fund that doesn't sit around. If management falters, it agitates for change.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Rich Smith	Management Wants to Buy American Acxiom competitor infoUSA is on the block, and its own CEO is the one pulling the trigger, offering to take the company private.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Acxiom Just Spinning? Buying Acxiom looks like a better idea than betting against it. The company's trailing-12-month P/E of 42 may not look cheap, but its mammoth cash flows give the firm an ultra-cheap price-to-free-cash-flow ratio of 8.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Acxiom's Turn The data collator reports its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings tomorrow after close of market. Investors, here's a review of the company's recent numbers.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2005 Rich Smith	Acxiom Collects Data Collector The the data-brokering company bids to make its third acquisition in the past six months. In total, and subject to approval by Digital Impact's shareholders, Acxiom will pay $129 million to acquire 36.9 million shares.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2007 Tom Taulli	Proxy Fights 101 How shareholder skirmishes are transforming Wall Street. It's smart to understand how proxy fights work, but don't assume they're a good system for investing. Proxy battles often target struggling companies with volatile stocks.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Tom Taulli	BEA Babbles On Amid continued weakness, the software company attracts even more buyout buzz. While it's impossible to predict these things, one can suspect that shareholders will put ever-greater pressure on BEA to sell.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2005 Tim Beyers	Who's Buying Now? Data management, heart drugs, and medicine for tots top this week's list of insider buys: Acxiom... AtheroGenics... ITT Educational Services... Natus Medical... Tessco Technologies... etc.
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The Motley Fool September 7, 2006 Aswath Damodaran	The Return of Leveraged Buyouts Investors, get up to speed on this resurgent financial trend. Several key consequences for investors, positive and negative, emerge from these buyouts.
InternetNews October 1, 2007 Paul Shread	Stocks Start October with a Bang Stocks soared Monday, with the Nasdaq notching a new post-2002 high and the Dow setting a new all-time high... Corporate mergers played a big role in Monday's trading session... China Techfaith surged on a licensing deal... etc.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Jason Ramage	Fred's Searching for Wilma General merchandiser Fred's announces in its third-quarter earnings report that there have been multiple buyout inquiries regarding the company.
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The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Rich Duprey	Chiron's Shareholder Revolt Hedge funds oppose the biotech's buyout by pharmaceutical giant Novartis. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool June 7, 2006 Chuck Saletta	Profit From Buyout Mania Earn premium payouts by investing in companies that invite buyouts.
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The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Anders Bylund	It's for Real: Seagate Confirms Buyout Talks Hard drive maker Seagate Technology has confirmed that it's in buyout talks with an unnamed "interested party."
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The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 William Trent	Technology's Cash Flow Kings Quite a few technology stocks offer the strong free cash flow that many value investors find attractive. Let's take a look at some of them.
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