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  • August 2007

    • Dow Surges After Asian Bleeding, Roller-Coaster Day

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 1, 07 4:06 PM CDT

      Dow Surges After Asian Bleeding, Roller-Coaster Day

      (Newser) - Wall Street is dizzy after mixed signals threw traders into buy mode despite an abundance of bearish indicators today, making for one of the most volatile days in weeks. The Dow finished up 150.38 points at 13362.37, even after Asian markets plummeted across the board last night, a buyout for Bauch & Lomb failed, and a troubled Bear Stearns put another subprime-backed hedge fund on hold. More »

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      subprime mortgages  • Wall Street  • Bear Stearns  • hedge fund  • markets  • Asia  • Nikkei  • Hang Seng  • trading  • Bausch and Lomb  • Beazer

  • May 2007

    • Eye-Care Recall Reverberates on Wall Street

      MarketWatch  |  May 29, 07 1:24 PM CDT

      Eye-Care Recall Reverberates on Wall Street

      (Newser) - In the wake of reports linking its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution to a rare eye infection that can lead to blindness, Advanced Medical Optics has recalled the product. Competitor Bausch & Lomb's stock price dropped on the news, since the recall may put AMO's plans to enter the bidding war for B&L in jeopardy. More »

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      medicine  • infection  • CDC  • blindness  • eye care  • Bausch and Lomb  • contact lenses

    • Private Equity Firm Eyes Bausch & Lomb

      Rochester Business Journal  |  May 16, 07 11:34 AM CDT

      Private Equity Firm Eyes Bausch & Lomb

      (Newser) - Bausch & Lomb is seeing the private equity light at the end of the tunnel. After a year of costly recalls, accounting snafus, and lawsuits that have shaken the contact lens giant, B&L is entertaining a $4.5 billion offer—including $830 million in debt—from Warburg Pincus. The company has 50 days to solicit better offers. More »

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      business  • stocks  • private equity  • takeovers  • Bausch and Lomb

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