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Yahoo! and the Temptation to Merge with a Major Media Firm

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:37 am

Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) earnings were weak, which raised the matter of a business combination with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or Aol (NYSE: AOL) again. A more suitable merger would be with ...
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Walmart’s E-commerce Woes Cannot Be Solved by a New Online CEO

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:44 am

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) added a new CEO to oversee its e-commerce operations. The general perception is that this business should be more competitive with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). That will be hard to ...
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Media Digest (1/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:43 am

China’s economy expands at a better-than-expected 8.9% in Q4 and area markets soared. (Reuters) Walmart (NYSE: WMT) appoints a former CBS (NYSE: CBS) digital executive as head of its digital operations. ...
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Best and Worst Run Companies in America

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:26 am

Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations ...
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November Share Buybacks Already Nearing $30 Billion (ALL, AIG, CBS, FIS, PFE, RAI, SBUX, SYY, TMO, VIA, VRX, PKW)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 10:57 am

Some companies just want to keep bringing on new share buybacks whether they work or not.  Some are to stop dilution from acquisitions or employee stock options, while others are ...
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Media Digest (11/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:18 am

There is concern that the new Greek government will not be stable enough to run the nation. (Reuters) As finances in Italy deteriorate, concerns grow about the ability of the ...
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Time Warner Leads Off Media Earnings (TWX, SNE, DIS, CBS, CMCSA, NFLX, AMZN)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 9:30 am

Media producer Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) this morning posted adjusted EPS of $0.79 on $7.07 billion in revenues. Consensus estimates called for EPS of $0.76 on revenues of $6.97 ...
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Expected Price Gains for Network and Cable TV Operators (CBS, DIS, CMCSA, TWC, DISH, DTV, VIA, LSTZA, DISCA, CHTR)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 2:12 pm

There are plenty of challenges facing the network and cable TV industry these day, not the least of which is the growth in streaming video. The well-known troubles of ...
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Today’s Best Rumor (9/14/2011) Hulu Sale, InnKeepers USA

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. Cerberus and Chatham Trust will buy Innkeepers USA (Reuters) Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) will license "Gossip Girl" and other premium content from CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Time ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BIIB, CSIQ, CBS, CTL, DE, EMC, FTE, HAIN, MRO, MCD, NOK, PLD, RHT, SBUX, TEVA)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 8:07 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. ...
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Media Digest (8/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 6:21 am

Hitachi and Mitsubishi may merge (Reuters) Japan intervened in the yen (Reuters) Spain will offer bonds and the European Central Bank meets to examine option to help the country's debt ...
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CBS, Left For Dead, Rises

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 6:27 am

The traditional network TV business was supposed to have begun a sharp decline years ago, killed by the Internet and online video. CBS (NYSE: CBS) proved that is hardly true. ...
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Media Digest (8/3/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 6:25 am

Fitch and Moody's kept the U.S. rating at Aaa (Reuters) Years of slow growth and aging populations in the West could hasten the rise of BRIC economies (Reuters) Google+ (NASDAQ: ...
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News Corp Moves Back Toward 52-Week High

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:24 am

There has been enough good news about News Corp in the last two days that the stock appears headed back to the level where it traded before the phone hacking ...
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Drop In Display Ads Will Hit Tier Of Sites Below Yahoo!

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 6:38 am

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) said its revenue fell last quarter to a large extent because of a drop in its display advertising. The trend will spread to other websites with smaller ...
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