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Friday, October 5, 2012
Astros let Raymond/Dolan go
But we - like most fans - are pissed. Having come to the Astros in 2006 and worked around Milo's schedule for the last seven years, Dolan and Raymond were pretty damn good radio guys, and that they will not be retained makes me mad.
"I'm really disappointed. Broadcasting baseball is all I've done my adult life, 19 straight years, and the last seven years [in Houston]. It's a difficult change to digest. I guess the disappointing aspect of it is [that] I bypassed pursuing some other opportunity in recent years because I wanted to be here long-term. We'll see what happens next."
Astros County has reached out to the Astros for further comment.
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Yeah this sucks, I really liked their broadcasts. And Dolan was very good when he showed up on the 790 sportstalk shows to talk about the Astros. Especially when considering the host usually couldn't give a damn about the Astros and tried rush through the interview.
- October 5, 2012 at 9:44 AM
They'll land on their feet. Rumor is that Dierker has already signed on as the new color guy and the Astro's are negotiating with another play by play guy.
- October 5, 2012 at 9:50 AM
- Juvenile Court Clerk - Bryan Trostel said...
As some of our readers already know, I have very strong feelings on the business side of the Astros. When the time is right, hopefully this weekend, I'll weigh in.
- October 5, 2012 at 9:58 AM
- What The Heck said...
Bryan, I look forward to hearing your take.
- October 5, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Do we still have the same guys for the television broadcasts?
- October 5, 2012 at 2:32 PM
I'm not exactly heartbroken. They weren't bad, but weren't anything special. Hope they land on their feet, and I wish them best in the future.
- October 5, 2012 at 6:17 PM
I would have liked to hear them for a full year without Milo Hamilton every other inning for home games.
- October 5, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- Reuben said...
Dolan and Raymond were terrible. Intelligent, but both babbled way too much about things unrelated to the game action, and were just very bland, unremarkable game-callers. I'm glad the Astros let them go (hopefully in favor of someone good).
Those who are "mad" about this, I'm afraid I have to question your taste. Neither one of these guys was exactly the 2nd coming of Vin Scully.
Now, if they weren't bringing back JD and Brownie, I'd be leading the pitchfork mob...
- October 6, 2012 at 12:24 AM


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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors and swingman Brandon Rush have completed the deal they agreed to last week.
The Warriors announced Rush's signing Tuesday.
The contract is for two years and about $2.5 million. Rush will hold the option in the second year of the deal.
Rush was Golden State's top reserve and best perimeter defender during the 2011-12 season before tearing two ligaments in his left knee in the team's 2012-13 home opener. He was traded to Utah last summer as part of a salary-shedding move.
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The Ferris State University women's volleyball program has landed yet another talented prep student-athlete as outside hitter Kaley Konjarevich (Clarkston) has announced her intentions to join the Bulldogs for the 2013 season.
The 5-11 Konjarevich was an all-conference and all-region honoree as a junior for Clarkston High School during the 2011 campaign before missing part of her senior season due to injury. She totaled 422 kills and 469 digs as the Wolves posted a 56-6 overall mark in the 2011 season.
"Kaley is a smart player with quite a bit of experience in volleyball," said FSU head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm. "She's definitely a winner and knows how to be successful. We're excited to have her joining our program.
"She's coming off an injury, but if she can stay healthy will make a strong impact early in her career," she added.
A team captain, Konjarevich helped CHS to three-sraight league and district crowns in her prep career. The squad won the 2011 regional championship as she led the way with 71 service aces and was first in total attacks with 1,179 on the year under head coach Kelly Avenall.
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Sixteen-year-old Bert Rosenbaum is living in the Bronx with his family when his brother, Philip, has his first psychotic breakdown. Philip communicates with extraterrestrials through radio stations only he can hear, discovers a homosexual plot to control the world, and burns Bert's cherished Dylan albums to protect him from evil subliminal messages. Haunted by the shadow of his brother's madness, Bert graduates from college, lands a job in the Department of Sewers, and settles into a small, dingy Manhattan apartment.
Confused by his simultaneous attraction to a male coworker and a married woman, stuck in a job that bores him, and surrounded by an odd assortment of neighbors whose troubled lives affect his own, Bert becomes convinced he is following in his brother's footsteps. When three space aliens arrive, Bert's fears seem to be realized. At first menacing, though eventually claiming his friendship, the aliens provide a hilarious spoof on contemporary American culture. Yet whether they are real or imagined, through them Bert becomes ready to take control of his life, come to terms with his sexual identity, and embark upon his first serious relationship.
In this poignant yet comic tour de force, Eugene Stein creates a phantasmagoric Manhattan, a city where craziness is manifested everywhere, and where alienation displaces family and community. Straitjacket & Tie is the bold and memorable introduction of Eugene Stein's expansive talents as a novelist.
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Largely considered to be the most underwhelming of the wild-card games because of the matchup at quarterback. Because of injuries, rookie Connor Cook will start for the Raiders, becoming the first QB in NFL history to make his first start in a playoff game. And he will face the league's top-ranked defense.
"You do the best you can regardless of the circumstances," Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said. "To me it's a great opportunity. You have these great opportunities in life to be at your best, and you get these great challenges."
Oakland is in the playoffs for the first time since the 2002 season, when it went to the Super Bowl and the Raiders have won 12 games for the first time since the 2000 season.
Brock Osweiler, who struggled for Houston after signing a $72 million contract, will start with Tom Savage out with a concussion. Houston looks to win a playoff game for the first time since 2012 season.
The teams met on Nov. 21 in Mexico City and the Raiders won 27-20.


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Great looking statue, Kenji-kun. Makes me want one even more than I already do...
You just have to buy it Rhombaad, I tell you.
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Autumn is here
September is usually a month of cooling down, switching gears to the fall, which happens to be my favorite season right now. Since August however, the weather here in Central Jersey has been an alternating mix of hazy, muggy days and rain. Lots of warm rainfall.
Today we actually got a respite from that, as the midday temps dropped to around 70, and a cool, steady drizzle was falling as I write this. Today felt like fall (still no sun) and this morning, looking out from my porch, I saw this:
tomorrow is supposed to be even cooler, so here's hoping that we maintain some fall-ish weather.
Speaking of fall, it was in the fall of 1966 that the Beatles embarked on a mini-vacation from being Beatles, and enjoyed time on their own for those two months. George Harrison took off to India for about four weeks. And speaking of George, here's the trailer for Martin Scorsese's upcoming biopic of my favorite Beatle, which looks nothing short of awesome:
John Lennon, RIP
One of the saddest things about Lennon's murder is that despite the wealth and fame he found in his years with the Beatles, in 1980 he was only just beginning to find happiness in his life.
At the risk of sounding hokey, Lennon and the Beatles remain one of the few inspirations in my life, and I've been a fan for nearly thirty years. They inspired me to play, respect and enjoy music.
The Beatles are now on iTunes
They finally did it:
That screenshot is one for the ages.
Another year, another Beatles/iTunes rumor
Take it for what it's worth, but the WSJ is reporting that Apple has struck a deal with EMI and the surviving Beatles to release their catalog on iTunes:
Apple Inc. is preparing to announce that its iTunes Store will soon start carrying music by the Beatles, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that would fill in a glaring gap in the collection of the world's largest music retailer.
The deal resulted from talks that were taking place as recently as last week among executives of Apple, representatives of the Beatles and their record label, EMI Group Ltd,, according to these people. These people cautioned that Apple could change plans at the last minute.
Spokesmen for Apple, EMI and Paul McCartney declined to comment.
Apple on Monday posted a notice on the home page of its iTunes Store that it would make "an exciting announcement" Tuesday morning.
First off, I'm a Beatles fan but I'm no sycophant. The first thing I did when I got my iPod was download my entire Beatles catalog, and I'm sure most Beatles fans did the same. If the catalog was available at midnight tonight, I don't think I'd be paying to download songs I already have, even if they were Beatles songs. Maybe I'd stare at the iTunes screen for a bit, but that's about it. Bottom line is, anyone who really wants Beatles music on their iPod so badly, would have bought the CDs and ripped them. End of story.
On its website, Apple is saying that an announcement for something is coming tomorrow and that "Tomorrow is just another day. That you'll never forget". Here is a screenshot:
The tie in of course, is that McCartney released a tune called "Another Day" early in his solo career. But some people are reading way too much into that message, among other subliminal clues, although it would be cool if it came to fruition. As for me, nobody really knows what's going down with Apple tomorrow. To wit, here is a Beatles tune that is a bit more relevant:
Just for the record, I would seriously consider a yellow Beatles iPod preloaded with the catalog.


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Rise in financial hardship for Hull University students
BBC |May 31, 2012
The number of Hull University students facing financial hardship increased by 54% over the past four years, its union said.
The student union said 2,300 students had contacted its advisors for support last year compared to 1,500 in 2008.
About 22,000 students study at the university. Four years ago, there were 21,000.
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) said"generous packages of financial support" were available.
Gina Rayment, from Hull University's student union, said:"They're coming to us with quite serious problems such as possible rent arrears where they could actually lose a roof over their heads."
Food parcels"It isn't just that they need some money for a Friday night, it's actually that they need money for food, they need money to pay their bills and they need money for rent."
The union said there were a number of reasons why students were facing hardship including mismanagement of money or loss of parental incomes.
"One of the main reasons here in Hull is that there are no part-time jobs that students used to rely on to get themselves through university," said Ms Rayment.
The rise in financial hardship has also led to an increase in the number of food parcels it provides to students.
Last year the union distributed 70 food parcels to students compared to 30 in 2008, the union said.
A spokesperson from BIS said: "There is a generous package of financial support to help with living costs in the form of loans and non-repayable grants.
"Our reforms will offer more financial support and lower monthly repayments once you are in well paid work."
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Jellyfish & Other Zooplankton
Deep-living, transparent, and heart-shaped, this ctenophore (or comb-jelly) is called Thalassocalyce, which means "sea chalice." Like all ctenophores, it is predatory, catching prey with sticky secretions. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
What are Zooplankton?
Zooplankton are animals that live all or part of their life as plankton (from the Greek word for "drifting") suspended and drifting in fresh or salt water rarely, if ever, coming in contact with hard surfaces. They are generally either very small animals (and therefore weak swimmers) or large but soft-bodied (and also, therefore, weak swimmers) that are of swimming long distances or against currents like fish, squid, or marine mammals. These include a wide range of animals, from primitive protozoans to the larvae of more complex animals and range in size from microscopic organisms to some of the longest animals in the sea.
Zooplankton live virtually everywhere in the ocean, but the largest number are in the upper ocean, where there is enough sunlight to support phytoplankton, the first link in the food chain and food for many zooplankton.[ MORE ]
Most zooplankton spend their entire lives drifting, but the larvae of many fish and bottom-living animals, before they develop adult forms, are also part of this group. A major category of zooplankton is crustaceans, both the larval form of larger animals such as crabs and shellfish, and smaller, floating crustaceans that are an abundant and critical food source for larger animals. Another major category is the gelatinous zooplankton or jellies, unrelated groups that all have soft, transparent bodies and spend much of their life drifting in the water column. Included in this group are jellyfish and comb-jellies (see below), plus some worms, mollusks, and chordates.
The smallest zooplankton are single-celled protozoans, also called microzooplankton, which eat the smallest phytoplankton cells in the ocean. In turn, microzooplankton become food for larger animals. This next level includes small crustaceans that eat phytoplankton and microzooplankton. These, especially copepods, which range in size from nearly microscopic to about a half-inch, and the shrimp-like krill, are he most abundant multi-celled animals in the sea and are critical food supplies for fish and baleen whales.
Even large zooplankton, some more than a foot long, consume microbes. Some planktonic snails, called pteropods, and also planktonic tunicates (a sub-group of chordates that includes salps and related forms) filter or catch single, floating cells and other particles in the water using mucus-lined structures.
One characteristic of many zooplankton is a pattern of movement called diurnal vertical migration. Many species, though weak swimmers, migrate hundreds of meters deep during the day to avoid predators and return toward the surface to feed on phytoplankton and microzooplankton at night. As a result, many other parts of the food chain also follow this daily migration pattern.[ LESS ]
What are Jellyfish?
Jellyfish are a type of zooplankton that both drift in the ocean and have some swimming ability. Hundreds of jellyfish species live in every part of the ocean and belong to the same animal group as corals and sea anemones.
Soft-bodied, fragile, and often transparent, jellyfish often look like umbrellas or bells with tentacles around the edge or hanging from the center. This shape is called a medusa, because it reminded people of Medusa from Greek mythology. The smallest medusae are barely visible; the largest are more than one meter across.
Jellyfish swim by pulsing their bells. They also have only primitive organs and nervous systems, and no hard body parts. They are, however, predators that catch plankton and larval fish with stinging cells on their tentacles. Most aren't harmful humans beyond providing an uncomfortable sting, but a few species can be deadly.[ MORE ]
Jellyfish have an unusual reproductive that produces different life forms between stages. The planktonic medusae release larvae that grow to become bottom-living, plant-shaped polyps. Each polyp then produces many medusae and the cycle repeats.
Dense jellyfish populations have recently caused declines in fish larvae, ruined fishing nets, and clogged seawater intakes. Some people speculate that warming oceans are behind these swarms and may lead to more in the future, but scientists recently reported that available evidence doesn't support the idea.
Other jellyfish are not medusae, but colonial animals called siphonophores, conglomerates of attached individuals with bells and stinging tentacles. Some are notorious for painful stings, such as the surface-living Portuguese Man-o'-War. Others grow longer than whales: Scientists have recorded a 130-foot long specimen hundreds of meters below the surface.
Comb jellies are another member of the jellies group and are very similar to jellyfish. Named for comb-shaped paddles on their bodies that they use to swim, comb jellies are soft, round, and transparent. They are also predators, but don't sting, instead capturing prey with sticky secretions.[ LESS ]
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Ocean food chains are often shorter and less diverse than those on land, so each link is essential to the whole. Zooplankton fill a crucial link between phytoplankton ("the grass of the sea") and larger, open-ocean animals. Tiny copepods, krill, and pteropods are food for larger plankton, fish and even whales. If the abundance of these tiny creatures should decline, the consequences for large ocean animals would likely be sudden and severe.
In certain areas, especially polar regions, scientists are studying how climate change will alter ocean ecosystems by investigating links between ocean properties such as temperature, the seasonal timing of phytoplankton and zooplankton growth, and fish and whale populations.
Both salps and krill also live in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, and both feed directly on the great abundance of phytoplankton there. Scientists think that the extent of sea ice and the temperature of the ocean each year may influence the balance between salp and krill populations. When there is more sea ice, krill populations seem to thrive and salps do not; when there is less ice, salp populations increase and krill are less abundant. Krill are the main food for fish, whales, and seabirds in the Antarctic. Unfortunately, the gelatinous salps have much lower nutritional content and therefore are not good food for those higher-level animals.[ MORE ]
Small, shelled plankton, such as pteropods, that are an abundant and important source of food for fish have also become an important indicator of potential widespread impacts from ocean acidification. As the level of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere rises, the ocean's pH—a measure of alkalinity and acidity—has fallen, meaning that it has become less alkaline and more acidic. As this happens, the concentration of calcium carbonate ions that the animals use to form their shells decreases. If the pH continues to fall, then their shell material they have been able to form may actually begin to dissolve.
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Stephanie Tesoro and Patrick J. Costello were united in marriage October 9, 2011 by Kris von Maluski at Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, Salve Regina University in Newport. A reception followed at the Atlantic Beach Club.
The bride is the daughter of Thomas and Rosemary Tesoro of Doylestown, Pa. She is a graduate of Central Bucks High School, Doylestown, and Salve Regina University, Newport. She is employed by the Little Compton School Department.
The groom is the son of Dennis J. and Susan C. Costello of Elite Dr., Warwick. He is a graduate of Warwick Veterans Memorial High School and Assumption College, Worcester, Mass. He is employed by Tides Family Services.
Elizabeth Tesoro, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Jessica Accurso, Michelle DiFusco, Beth Copeley, Kristin Costello-Farrell, sister of the groom, Stephanie Palmieri and Renee Sullivan. Lacie Maher and Isabella Tesoro, cousins of the bride, were flower girls.
Fred DiFusco was best man. Ushers were Brendan Carey, Paul Cotter, Andrew DiFusco, Timothy Farrell, brother-in-law of the groom, Brendal Friel, Steven Lally, cousin of the groom, and Dennis Leamy.
Following a honeymoon in Barcelona, Spain and a Mediterranean Cruise, the couple resides in Newport.


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Ryan Focuses on Medicare During Florida Stop
THE VILLAGES, Fla. – Along with introducing his mother to voters to drive home the point that the health program "was there for our family" and "we have to keep that guarantee," Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan spoke as a passionate defender of Medicare Saturday, promising seniors that he and Mitt Romney would save it.
The vice presidential hopeful tried to strike a careful balance on a dicey subject in his speech at a sprawling retirement community. The Republican ticket has come under withering criticism from President Barack Obama for Ryan's proposals in Congress to overhaul Medicare. Ryan says Medicare will be protected for people in and near retirement, and he wants to see younger generations offered alternatives to the entitlement.
Obama, campaigning in New Hampshire, was casting the choice Election Day as one between two fundamentally different approaches to the government's responsibility to its citizens and who pays the bill. In an excerpt of his planned remarks, he criticized Romney's tax proposals as "trickle-down fairy dust" that has failed to grow the economy in the past and won't work now.
Ryan took the stage in The Villages with his mother Betty Ryan Douglas, 78, while Romney scheduled a series of fundraisers in Massachusetts. The Wisconsin congressman said he saw Medicare's benefits firsthand as a child when his grandmother, with Alzheimer's, moved in with his family. "My mom and I were her two primary caregivers," Ryan said before shifting to his mother and the promise of Medicare for her.
"She planned her retirement around this promise," Ryan said. "That's a promise we have to keep."
"It's not just a program," he added. "It's what my mom relies on."
He accused Obama of undermining Medicare by cutting billions from the program to devote to expanded coverage under his health care law, and asserted: "We want this debate. We need this debate. And we are going to win this debate.
She planned her retirement around this promise...That's a promise we have to keep.
Older Americans have often resisted changes in Medicare, the federal health care insurance program for people 65 and older, and for the disabled.
The Romney-Ryan ticket is betting that voters' worries about federal deficits and the Democrats' health care overhaul have opened the door for a robust debate on the solvency of Medicare, one of the government's most popular and costliest programs.
In the week since Romney announced Ryan as his running mate, Medicare and Social Security have appeared as a driving issue. Florida, Pennsylvania and Iowa are among the top five states in the percentage of people 65 and over, and all three are closely contested this election.
Polling generally finds that the public places more trust in Democrats' ability to handle Medicare. People also generally oppose plans to replace the current program with one in which future seniors receive a fixed amount of money from the government to be used to purchase health coverage, according to polls.
Ryan, a deficit hawk who has stood out in Washington for laying out tough spending choices that many lawmakers in both parties avoid, proposes to preserve the traditional Medicare program but only as one of many options for future retirees. His plan would encourage future retirees to consider private coverage that the government would help pay for through a voucher-like system.
Ryan's stop Saturday at the gated retirement cluster known as The Villages was familiar ground for presidential candidates. Florida has the highest concentration of voters over 65 in the country, with some 17 percent of Floridians fall into that group. Betty Ryan Douglas spends part of her year in Broward County's Lauderdale-by-the-Sea community and has been registered to vote in Florida since 1997.
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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While all of the 2010 Verizon iPhone/Tablet rumors are still in the air, Verizon has seen a very real loss of profit this last quarter. Their total profit was $3.16 billion, which was down from $3.4 billion one year ago. According to Denny Strigl, Verizon's president, this loss is partly due to AT&T and iPhone 3GS.
blockquote>"When you think about what Apple has done in bringing the iPhone into the marketplace, it truly has accelerated innovation. And as we talk to all of our manufacturers, everybody has come out with their own iconic device, and I think that this has been very good overall for our customers."
Verizon is planning to launch a few iPhone competitors in the near future with the Palm Pre and the new BlackBerry Storm 2, along with some Google Android phones. Make no mistake, those are some nice phones, but none of them have an Apple logo on the back side.
2010 should be a very interesting year...


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By Andria Cheng
For a company that hasn't added debt to its balance sheet in at least 20 years, Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc.'s $1.5 billion offering this week caught Wall Street by surprise.
The move followed the company's recent announcement that it plans to repurchase up to $2 billion of its own shares in a new buyback program. The retailer has bought back about $6.6 billion of shares since 2004 through the fiscal first quarter of 2014 without tapping the bond market. Bed Bath & Beyond said the debt will be used to finance buybacks and for general corporate purposes.
For a company that has long been averse to debt, the offering is "a seminal event," said UBS analyst Michael Lasser, who pondered the reasons for the move.
"First, it might want to provide itself with some earnings cushion given the good chance that its margin is likely to be under pressure for an extended period," he said. "Second, it might want to proactively fend off pressure from investors that might agitate for this type of move."
According to Dealogic data, the retailer has not issued debt since its records began in 1995. Bed, Bath & Beyond didn't respond to a request seeking comment. The company is known for being tight-lipped with the public information it provides to Wall Street.
Raymond James analyst Budd Bugatch, who rates the stock a strong buy, has described the retailer's "long-standing and well-known practice of limited disclosure and limited investor access" as a coverage "frustration." He noted the retailer's "radio silence" and "limited accessibility invite criticism and skepticism."
Bed, Bath & Beyond stock slumped to a 52-week low in late June. Its shares have shed 24% this year, making them the fifth-worst performer in the S&P 500. The company in June reported its fiscal first-quarter, same-store sales growth rate has slowed to a 0.4% gain. That was its slowest rate in at least four years, Retail Metrics data showed.
Analysts are concerned about the company's relatively late move toward online selling and its ability to compete with stronger online retailers led by Amazon /quotes/zigman/63011/delayed /quotes/nls/amzn AMZN . There's also concern that Bed, Bath & Beyond's use of coupons to drive sales will hurt profit.
Still, some were upbeat on the news of the bond sale.
It's "an incremental positive that should provide a better floor on the very weak price performance in BBBY's stock this year," said ISI Group analyst Greg Melich. "The board is thinking about alternative ways to increase the share price. That said, the ultimate value of BBBY will be determined by where it can hold the line on margin and traffic. "
But others said it may actually be part of a move to stave off a buyout threat. Taking on board the decline in the share price, the fact that the company has a solid balance sheet with consistent generation of cash flow, the bond deal and buyback may reflect worry on the part of management, Barron's reported.
Private equity firms are currently flush with cash and are eager to tap into the low-interest-rate debt market to finance leveraged buyouts, analysts said.
Activist investor Carl Icahn has disclosed his stake in Family Dollar Stores /quotes/zigman/226252/delayed /quotes/nls/fdo FDO and urged the company to put itself up for sale.
Same goes for Jana Partners, which has accumulated a 10% stake in PetSmart /quotes/zigman/54520/delayed /quotes/nls/petm PETM and also said it should put itself up for sale. Other specialty retail stocks including Express Inc. /quotes/zigman/596845/delayed /quotes/nls/expr EXPR also have been rumored to be buyout targets.
Given Bed, Bath & Beyond's /quotes/zigman/68991/delayed /quotes/nls/bbby BBBY "dramatic price decline," "it is normal for investment professionals to ask whether Bed Bath & Beyond might be attractive for a taken-private scenario," Bugatch said, adding the company could get $80 a share "in the best buy-out case."
That would be a 31% premium to Bed, Bath & Beyond's trading price of $61 on Tuesday.
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