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Nook

Microsoft Nook Stock Rumors Already Fading, aQuantive Legacy Carries On

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 2:23 pm

Is Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reconsidering how much it really wants to spend on yet another digital media effort? Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) are getting clipped ...
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Microsoft Mulls Acquisition of Nook Media

Posted: May 9, 2013 at 8:45 am

Almost exactly a year ago, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) agreed to pay $300 for a 17.6% stake in a joint venture with Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) that was ...
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Nook

Barnes & Noble Nook Accepts Google Apps

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 6:45 am

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) may have gotten an investment for Nook, its e-reader and e-book operation, from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) as the software company presses into tablets. ...
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What Is Important in the Financial World

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 6:35 am

Slow EU Economic Recovery Europe believes that it is doing poorly, financially. The European Commission (EC) put out its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) activity for this year and ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 6:24 am

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) shows airlines plans for a 777 that would have the longest range of any plane in the world. (Reuters) A low-end version of the Nokia Corp. ...
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Merger

Toys”R”Us Kills IPO

Posted: March 30, 2013 at 9:42 am

Toys"R"Us, battered by the same problems that have beset Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), has pulled its initial public offer in at ...
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Beware of the Coming Activist Bubble

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 6:31 am

You have heard of all sorts of bubbles in the financial world. There are instances like the housing bubble, a bond bubble, the dot-com bubble, the tech bubble, the private equity ...
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Bull and Bear

Eleven Must-Read Weekend Stock Stories for Monday

Posted: March 2, 2013 at 12:01 pm

24/7 Wall St. has tracked many stocks on the move in the last week. Now it is the weekend and this can be considered your weekend cheat sheet for the ...
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Media Digest (3/1/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 6:15 am

China's PMI slips to a slow 50.1 in February, a signal of slacking demand for manufactured goods. (Reuters) Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) fires its CEO after poor financial performance. (Reuters) ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 28, 2013: Markets Climb Before Late Day Slide (EBAY, RHT, SKS, FSLR, VMW, CECO, CLR, GRPN, GTAT, JCP, LTD, MNST, RGR, PANL, BKS, CVC, KSS, SHLD, BODY, CTIC, CLNE, DECK, GPS, MCP, PANW, SD, BBY, GRPN, JCP, BSFT)

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as the federal budget sequester appears to be set to go into effect tomorrow. Global data releases were also mixed. In Europe, the ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 27, 2013: Markets Climb on Mixed Data, News (LNKD, GOOG, VRSN, GTI, NOK, AWK, EIX, PCLN, FSLR, RRC, WFT, DLTR, JOY, SWC, TGT, CECO, CLR, GRPN, GTAT, JCP, LTD, MNST, RGR, PANL, BKS, CVC, KSS, SHLD, FSLR, ZNGA, AH)

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following markets in Europe and Asia, most of which were also pointed higher. In Asia, equities were mostly higher following yesterday’s buoyant session ...
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Barnes and Noble

Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 11:13 am

The stock market is mixed Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.08%, the Nasdaq up 0.17% and the S&P 500 down 0.01%. Today's winners are an online gaming firm ...
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Barnes & Noble — Another Founder LBO?

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 6:17 am

The Wall Street Journal published a rumor that Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) chairman and large shareholder Leonard Riggio may try to takeover the part of the company that owns its stores through a leveraged ...
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Media Digest (2/25/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 6:15 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) aggressively moves into India, with discounts on the iPhone, to get a part of the huge market. (Reuters) Japan will spend $100 billion on infrastructure to boost its ...
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Bull and Bear

The Top 20 Must-Watch Earnings for the Week Ahead

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 2:03 pm

The week ahead is going to have many key earnings reports. Retail is heavily represented, while technology and banking giants are non-existent. Some of these are stocks which can move ...
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