American Capital Strategies

Equity Returns for Loans? I Wonder...

If you haven’t seen the Seeking Alpha article "Firesale Prices Could Mean Equity Returns for Loan Investors", check it out. It’s very thought provoking. It suggests that once could achieve a 10 percent annual return by...

UPDATE 1-Allied Capital amends revolving credit facility

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Buyout firm Allied Capital Corp said it amended certain terms under its revolving credit facility and private notes, reducing its capital maintenance covenant to more than $1.5 billion and 85 percent of...

Halt Medical raises $5 million more to treat uterine fibroids

Camille Ricketts | December 29th, 2008 Livermore, Calif.-based Halt Medical tacked an additional $5 million onto a third round of financing — now totaling $17 million — to test a device that can remove uterine fibroids without...

Dividends Get Slashed

Weak cash flow is prompting some investment companies with high yields to cut payouts to shareholders. This became evident in November, when Allied Capital (symbol ALD) and American Capital Strategies said their 2009...

Is Negative Dividend News Positive for the Stock Price? (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Dobromir Stoyanov November 16, 2008 | about stocks: Dobromir Stoyanov About this author: Last week there were several companies that cut or suspended their dividend payments. On November 10, American Capital Strategies...

Merisel, Inc. Announces Earnings for Third Quarter 2008

NEW YORK, NY, November 14 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Merisel, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MSEL), a leading provider of visual communications and brand imaging solutions to the consumer products, retail, advertising and entertainment industries,...

American Capital (ACAS) Sees Insider Buying

More News related to Insider Trades More News related to Insider Trades American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) sees insider buying. Director Stan Lundine bought 5,000 shares on 11/12, Director Kenneth Peterson bought 30,000...

Fitch Revises American Capital Strategies' Outlook to Negative

Fitch Ratings has affirmed and revised the Rating Outlook to Negative from Stable on the following American Capital Strategies LLC (Nasdaq: ACAS) ratings: --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB'; --Senior Unsecured debt at...

Shares slide despite China's stimulus plan

new york — Stocks dropped Monday as a worsening outlook for companies from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Google Inc. overshadowed China's $586 billion stimulus plan and pledges by the world's biggest nations to bolster economic...

VCs bet $250M on vacation rental site HomeAway

You'd think that one of the largest venture rounds since the dot-com era would happen before, not after, the public markets tanked and the U.S. economy entered crisis mode. But the new $250 million fourth round for Austin,...

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