Market Rumors 05/21

05/21 Market Rumors:

Texas Industries (NYSE: TXI): resurfaced takeover speculation. A major middle east Nassef Sawiris has a 9.9% stake in the company.

First Marblehead Corp. (NYSE: FMD): resurfaced takeover rumors

optionsXpress Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: OXPS): resurfaced takeover speculation. Charles Schwab (Nasdaq: SCHW) and E*TRADE Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: ETFC) mentioned as buyers.

Skechers USA Inc. (NYSE: SKX): Reports from Women's Wear Daily the company and Genesco could be acquired in separate deals and then combined once taken over. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was mentioned as the possible suitor.

Genesco Inc. (NYSE: GCO): Reports from Women's Wear Daily the company and Skechers USA could be acquired in separate deals and then combined once taken over. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was mentioned as the possible suitor.

Joy Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: JOYG): Takeover speculation

Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE: DOX): Takeover speculation

Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM): Reports from the Wall Street Journal the company and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) are talking about a possible alliance to combat Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).

Monster Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: MNST): Comments from Wachovia related to the recent takeover speculation. Wachovia says don't assume the company will be a takeover candidate. Says company lacks ad serving technology to draw buyers.

Virgin Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: VMED): Reports from the Observer the company is the target of a takeover bid from Providence Equity Partners

Visteon Corp. (NYSE: VC): Reports from Business Standard, Tata AutoComp Systems (Taco) and French auto parts maker Valeo are in preliminary talks to buy a stake in the company. Tata denied the speculation.

Dillard's Inc. (NYSE: DDS): New York Post notes that Dillard's Inc. (NYSE: DDS) was up more than 7% on Friday on talk the founding family may be considering strategic alternatives for the company.

Energy Metals Corporation (NYSE: EMU): Announces that it is in exclusive negotiations with respect to a potential sale of the company. No assurance can be given that the negotiations will be successful.

Dow Jones (NYSE: DJ): Reports News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is preparing to "walk away" from the deal.

ValueClick Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK): Continued takeover speculation following last week's Microsoft/aQuantive deal

Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV): Merrill Lynch mentions as a possible LBO target.

BCE (NYSE: BCE): Continued takeover speculation. Company is reviewing strategic alternatives

St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE: STJ): Takeover rumors

Omniture Inc. (Nasdaq: OMTR): Takeover speculation

Mirant Corp. (NYSE: MIR): Continued takeover speculation. Company is reviewing strategic alternatives

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