Welcome to today's edition of the Special Situation Investing News. It's like to kick things off by talking about the best investing idea that I've seen this week. It comes from Barron's Stock Alert column. The piece is titled "Two Small-Cap Stocks That Can Rise Over 40%". I need to begin by saying that there's definitely a little confirmation bias going on here because I already was long this stock before the article came out. The stock that I'm talking about is Volt Information Sciences $VISI. A two-year chart of $VISI vs. the S&P 500 (click to enlarge) This small cap stock has several things going for it, including impressive new management, significant room for margin expansion compared to its peers and non-core businesses that can be divested. How's this for a non-core business...Volt is a staffing company that also owns a Uruguay telephone directory publishing unit. Huh? That thing has to go. So that's my favorite article of the day. It's definitely a must-read. Here's the rest of the news: Spinoffs Community Health Will Soon Lack A Quorum With Newly Announced Spinoff http://www.stockspinoffs.com/2015/08/06/community-... CHS' Smith: Quorum spinoff 'made a lot of sense' http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/h... Exelis spinoff Vectrus $VEC Posts Solid Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results http://finance.yahoo.com/news/vectrus-posts-solid-... Wall Street missed the lesson of "Humpty Dumpty" http://www.breakingviews.com/humpty-dumpty-ma-sing... Chemours to Cut $350 Million in Costs, Review Chemicals Segment $CC was so beaten down that it's up over 10% on Meh http://www.wsj.com/articles/chemours-to-cut-350-mi... We Need A Spinoff Stat! Ventas Sets August 17th For Care Capital Spinoff http://www.stockspinoffs.com/2015/08/04/we-need-a-... Baxalta Responds To Shire: Umm, No Thanks http://www.stockspinoffs.com/2015/08/05/baxalta-re... Former Cable One parent Graham Holdings Company Reports Second Quarter Earnings http://finance.yahoo.com/news/graham-holdings-comp... Spinoff NRG Yield Pounded as Low Wind Production Leads to Earnings Miss http://blogs.barrons.com/incomeinvesting/2015/08/0... Edgewell reports Q3 loss following Energizer spin-off http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2015/08/05... . Takeover Targets Boulder Brands is up over 15% after announcing that it is going to "Explore Strategic Alternatives to Enhance Shareholder Value." This one's going to leave a mark on the shorts out there. http://investors.boulderbrands.com/phoenix.zhtml?c... Internap Should Sell Itself http://seekingalpha.com/article/3409766-internap-s... How Warren Buffett’s Sweet Tooth Figures in Bill Ackman’s Mondelez Play http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/08/06/how-warr... As Ackman suggests the idea of a tie-up with Mondelez, newly merged Kraft Heinz still has a lot on its plate http://www.wsj.com/articles/kraft-heinz-is-still-t... Three Coca-Cola Bottlers in Europe Agree to Merger http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/business/dealboo... EMC Jumps After Report of Deal Involving Buyout by VMware http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-05/... . Whale Watching GMCR After-Hours Leaves Einhorn Unhappy http://www.investing.com/analysis/me-so-einhorny!-... A Conversation with Nelson Peltz and Bill Ackman http://www.beyondproxy.com/nelson-peltz-bill-ackma... Activist Panel: Macy's & Other Ideas http://www.beyondproxy.com/activist-panel-macys-an... Ackman takes $5.5 billion stake in Mondelez: WSJ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ackman-takes-5-5-bil... Bank of America Starts to Pull Clients’ Money Out of a Paulson Fund http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/business/dealboo... Shares of Samsung C&T After Losing Merger Battle http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/business/dealboo... 12 West Capital Discloses Atlantic Power Stake $AT. I wonder what the plan is, $AT already sold its marketable assets. I guess that the price has dropped significantly lately. http://www.marketfolly.com/2015/08/12-west-capital... . Investment Write-Ups Genworth Long Thesis Booth Laird Investment Partnership. $GNW has been a painful trade for anyone in it thus far. http://www.boothlaird.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/... TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. & Cannell Capital LLC Investor Presentation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QJ3Bnelmz_d6kR... LKQ Continues Consolidating Junk Industry: Profits And Sales Are Rising. The shorties are getting beaten up on this one, too. http://seekingalpha.com/article/3401045-lkq-contin... Blog Post from College Student Causes Massive Sell-Off in $AAC Holdings http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/08/05/blog-pos... Let's Be Real Here, Q2'15 Positives Outweigh The Negatives By A Mile http://seekingalpha.com/article/3401955-aig-lets-b... . Demutualizations Millington Savings Bank Releases Second Quarter Earnings http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/globe... . Other Investing News Buy MLPs, They're Cheap, Cheap, Cheap http://tmfdeej.whotrades.com/blog/43451600939 Vereit unveils plans, sets guidance, re-establishes dividend. Yields a conservative 6.3%. http://seekingalpha.com/news/2703036-vereit-unveil... Vereit Seeking as Much as $2.2 Billion of Property Sales http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-06/... A More Granular Analysis Of REIT Performance During Rising Rate Periods http://seekingalpha.com/article/3406616-a-more-gra... Speaking of Ackman...Herbalife shoots higher on 2Q results http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/08/05/her... Thanks for reading. While this is a ton of news, I'm sure that there are some interesting things that I have missed. If you've seen one, please take a second to give back by sharing it in the comments section. 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