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Short Sellers Sticking With Hostess Brands
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 4:38pm | 379Read More...Short sellers loaded up on this snack maker in the most recent period. This remarkable turnaround story only began to trade publicly in November. The stock is up sharply since the beginning of the year. Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK), maker of the iconic Twinkie snack cake, rose...
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Short Sellers Stock Up On Hostess Brands Again
Friday, January 27, 2017 - 7:53am | 245Read More...Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK), maker of the iconic Twinkie snack cake, rose from the dead in June 2013, and shares began trade publicly back in November 2016. And judging by the surge in the number of shares short in the most recent period, short sellers again think they have found...
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Short Sellers Stock Up On Hostess Brands
Monday, December 12, 2016 - 7:53am | 297Read More...Short sellers loaded up on this snack maker in the most recent period. The company only began to trade publicly last month. The share price rose handily during between the most recent settlement dates. Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK), maker of the iconic Twinkie snack cake, rose...
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Wal-Mart And Hostess Push The Envelope With Debut Of Deep-Fried Twinkies
Friday, August 12, 2016 - 11:39am | 347Read More...The ongoing trend towards healthy eating and fresh ingredients could be pushed aside and ignored for a special treat of deep-fried Twinkies. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said in a blog post it has teamed up with Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies, to bring a frozen, ready-to-heat...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Arista Networks, Northern Trust, 1-800-Flowers And More
Saturday, July 9, 2016 - 3:48pm | 634Read More...Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for networking underdog and a former newspaper publisher. The prospects for a Midwest asset manager and a bright spot in retail are also examined. Another article suggests that a "death spiral" is coming for electric utilities. "...
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Hostess Brands Set To Go Public In The Third Quarter
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 10:46am | 251Read More...Hostess Brands, best known for its popular and iconic "Twinkies" snack brand, said on Tuesday it has decided to go public and list its shares on a stock exchange just two years after emerging from bankruptcy. Hostess Brands emerged from bankruptcy in 2013 and streamlined its production through...
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Report: Twinkie Titan Hostess Brands On The Block For $2 Billion
Friday, April 24, 2015 - 10:21am | 141Read More...Hostess Brands LLC is for sale at $2 billion but potential buyers are balking, according to a report in the New York Post. Apollo Global Management and billionaire C. Dean Metropoulos have put the maker of Twinkies on the block just two years after acquiring the company for $410 million out of...
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Flowers Foods May Purchase Ailing Hostess
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 10:40am | 516Read More...Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and many other popular snack foods, begins Monday the long process of selling its assets at bankruptcy auction. The first potential bidders may be rival company Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) and the private equity firm C. Dean Metropoulos and Co.,...
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Does the Hostess Bankruptcy Affect the Kraft Trade?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 1:21pm | 664Read More...Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) has announced its EPS for FY2011 is expected to rise to $2.28, a penny increase on previous expectations of $2.27. The news comes shortly after announcements were made that the company would cut 1,600 jobs. The company's stock price rose to a 52-week high of 38.38 and is...
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Stock up on Twinkies – Hostess Files for Bankruptcy
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 9:24am | 688Read More...Could this be the end of an era? Could it be that the company responsible for creating all-American snack cakes like Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos is about to disappear into the ether? Well, possibly. The privately held Hostess Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday as it...
