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Apple Targeted by DOJ Over eBooks (AAPL, BKS)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 10:07 am

Few details are out, but the Department of Justice is going to be making an announcement today that it is filing a lawsuit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and book ...
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Americans Would Rather Text than Eat

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 11:13 am

When the financial going gets tough, Americans would rather change their eating habits than give up text messaging, cable TV, or Internet downloads. That’s the finding of a survey conducted ...
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Record-Setting March Warm Weather… Climate Change or Global Warming?

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Did you notice how there were no cold fronts worth noting at all in March in many parts of the country?  March of 2012 appears to have been the warmest ...
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Netflix Recommendations Getting More Personal (NFLX)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 8:07 am

In the first of a two-part post, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) describes how it has fine-tuned its recommendation algorithms over the past couple of years and indicates the direction the ...
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Viacom Lawsuit Against YouTube Revived (VIAB, GOOG)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 12:10 pm

Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) sued Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for $1 billion in 2007 over the use of Viacom-copyrighted content without permission on Google’s recently acquired YouTube. The judge threw ...
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Alternative Investing Extreme: Titanic Artifacts Auction Extended (PRXI)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRXI) is far from a typical public company and it has been featured by us as one of America's most unusual public companies before.  The company is a ...
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Google Makes an Offer it Hopes You Can’t Refuse (GOOG, VIAB, TWX, DIS, CMCSA)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 1:02 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced a deal with Paramount Pictures, owned by Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB), that will add 500 Paramount titles (including "The Godfather") to its video rental ...
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Playing Down Chances of a Sirius-Liberty Takeover (SIRI, LMCA)

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 9:06 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) shares have been creeping higher in the last couple of days on hope that Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA) will take the satellite radio ...
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Verizon Could Offer Mobile Video If Spectrum Deal is Approved (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, AAPL)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 1:53 pm

Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD) could be ready to offer cable TV subscribers access to programming on their ...
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Private Equity Firms File For Michaels Stores IPO (MIK, BX)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 11:47 am

Michaels Stores, Inc. has just filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to come public again via an initial public offering.  Todays move confirms recent reports and speculation ...
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National Sports Network on Tap for News Corp.? (NWS, DIS, CMCSA, CBS)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 1:31 pm

News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) is considering the launch of a new national sports network to compete with the 600-pound gorilla, ESPN, owned by Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), and the ...
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SIRIUS XM Antitrust Suit… Prelude to Margin Squeeze, or a Price Hike (SIRI)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 9:31 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is in the news after it filed a complaint against SoundExchange, Inc. and American Association of Independent Music ("A2IM").  The suit alleges that these two ...
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Xbox Live to Add Comcast, HBO Go Today (MSFT, CMCSA, TWX, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 7:22 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) will roll out new applications for its Xbox 360 platform today, including one for the Xfinity video-on-demand platform from Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), another for HBO ...
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Zynga Preps Secondary Offering (ZNGA, GOOG)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 9:52 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has filed a Form S-1/A with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sell about 43 million shares of class A common stock. None of ...
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Discovery Channel Could Post Big Loss on Oprah Network (DISCA)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 9:21 am

Cable network Discovery Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA) could lose $143 million in 2012 on its $312 million investment in the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). That’s in addition to the $92 ...
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