"Financial Engineering" and "Spin-offs" seem to be
Post# of 30029
With HP doing a spin off, it's in the news right now. Here is an interesting article that might be applicable to AMBS.
"With Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) moving to cleave itself in two less than a week after eBay Inc. (EBAY) announced it would spin off PayPal to shareholders, it’s clear that CEOs and their investment bankers are hot for reorganizing themselves in a way that pleases a hard-to-impress market five-plus years into a steep ascent.
In addition to spinoffs, the corporate merger calendar is busy and companies continue to search for ways to capture the value of embedded assets, whether real estate or patents. As noted here over the summer, this is typical late-bull-market action.
The conditions that drive companies in this direction remain firmly in place:"
inance.yahoo.com/news/h-p-s-split-p-plan-shows-financial-engineering-still-feeds-the-bull-200433339.html