http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/16/verizon-shareholders-get-fairpoint-but-is-it-a-fair-shake/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:34:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/16/verizon-shareholders-get-fairpoint-but-is-it-a-fair-shake/#comment-12650 VZ: Are More Access Line Deals in the Works for Verizon? - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:10:50 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/16/verizon-shareholders-get-fairpoint-but-is-it-a-fair-shake/#comment-12650 [...] VZ: Are More Access Line Deals in the Works for Verizon? When Verizon (VZ) announced a deal to swap some of its access lines for shares of FairPoint (FRP), we wondered if investors were getting a fair shake. At $1,800 per access line, the deal appears to be in line with recent transactions, and serves to take another slug of debt off Verizon’s balance sheet without incurring taxes for shareholders. However, small shareholders could come out of the deal with a handful of FairPoint shares worth little more than the commissions that would be incurred in selling them. [...] […] VZ: Are More Access Line Deals in the Works for Verizon? When Verizon (VZ - Annual Report) announced a deal to swap some of its access lines for shares of FairPoint (FRP), we wondered if investors were getting a fair shake. At $1,800 per access line, the deal appears to be in line with recent transactions, and serves to take another slug of debt off Verizon’s balance sheet without incurring taxes for shareholders. However, small shareholders could come out of the deal with a handful of FairPoint shares worth little more than the commissions that would be incurred in selling them. […]

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/16/verizon-shareholders-get-fairpoint-but-is-it-a-fair-shake/#comment-11346 PPI: Behind the Headlines - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:21:39 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/16/verizon-shareholders-get-fairpoint-but-is-it-a-fair-shake/#comment-11346 [...] Which leads us to ask: why, again, is Verizon getting rid of its lines? The author may hold a position in the securities discussed. The author's current holdings are as follows: Long: Union Pacific (UNP) put options; Air Products (APD) put options; Nasdaq 100 (QQQQ) put options; Bookham (BKHM; Ballard Power (BLDP); Syntax Brillian (BRLC); CMGI (CMGI); Genentech (DNA); Ion Media Networks (ION); Three Five Systems (TFS); IShares Japan (EWJ); StreetTracks Gold (GLD); Starbucks (SBUX); U.S. Oil Fund (USO); Plantronics (PLT) call options; Short: Starbucks (SBUX) call options; Landstar (LSTR) put options; Plantronics (PLT) put options; [...] […] Which leads us to ask: why, again, is Verizon getting rid of its lines? The author may hold a position in the securities discussed. The author’s current holdings are as follows: Long: Union Pacific (UNP) put options; Air Products (APD) put options; Nasdaq 100 (QQQQ) put options; Bookham (BKHM; Ballard Power (BLDP); Syntax Brillian (BRLC); CMGI (CMGI); Genentech (DNA - Annual Report; Ion Media Networks (ION); Three Five Systems (TFS); IShares Japan (EWJ); StreetTracks Gold (GLD); Starbucks (SBUX); U.S. Oil Fund (USO); Plantronics (PLT) call options; Short: Starbucks (SBUX) call options; Landstar (LSTR - Annual Report) put options; Plantronics (PLT) put options; […]

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