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10 Responses to “Bloomberg M&A screen”

1. bizprof Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 10:22 am

   I note the nature of bid…”friendly”! Does this mean we actually wanted to buy this failed business model?

2. drollere Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am

   wish that were my bank account. i’ve always wanted to buy belize.

   barry, since you’ve run a couple of these bloomberg screens recently, two comments. i like the fact that your screen grab is not a thumbnail, as zerohedge runs them (and a lot of them!). but these screens require some annotation, which zerohedge consistently fails to provide: screen shot with comment: “wow, look at that spike!” (“ok, tyler, what’s so remarkable about that spike? lots of other spikes in there” etc.). not all of us have a trading desk and a fed window, and these screens are both instructive and arcane.

   really, is there anything more here than the usa is categorized as sovereign and tarp is categorized as friendly?

3. tagyoureit Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 10:48 am

   Payment type: Cash “printed fresh daily”! LOL.

   Cash Value: “declining”

4. Wes Schott Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 11:47 am

   it says “Sovreign”, not “Solvent”

5. matt Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 pm

   What’s so amusing about it? It would be amusing if the industry read: Bailout

6. Cursive Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm

   How in the hell does this fit into “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Sad times for a diminished republic.

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   May 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm

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8. philipat Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 9:27 pm

   The US is TBTF. God will come to the rescue, preferably in the form of a large ARC which will take onboard all the Bankers in the world two by two and float them to the Middle East somewhere. Anywhere.

9. Wes Schott Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 pm

   matt, that you?

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    May 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm

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