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Media Digest (4/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 4, 2011 at 4:11 am

Data mistakenly released by Epsilon compromised the personal security of millions of people including customers at Citigroup (NYSE: C), Capital One (NYSE: COF), and Tivo (NASDAQ: TIVO) (Reuters). Tepco used ...
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Online News Growth Faces Challenges

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 6:30 pm

About the only good news in the news business is coming from the web.   The growth, though impressive, is not enough to sustain the profitability of newspaper publishers which are ...
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Over $40 Billion in Share Buyback Announcements in February (KSS, DOX, DDS, TJX, WLP, WAT, LEA, PLXS, ARG, CVC, KLAC, VAR, COP, MMM, CHKP, ISRG, ALL, CMI, GME, GD, ROST, MHS, ERTS, PFE, TUP)

Posted: February 24, 2011 at 10:51 am

Many shareholders argue that share repurchase and stock buyback plans are generally a waste of shareholder capital aimed solely as a short-term share price targeting mechanism.  Many would prefer to ...
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Comcast Trumps Cablevision in Earnings (CMCSA, GE, CVC, T, VZ, DTV, DISH)

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 9:56 am

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported fourth quarter and full-year earnings this morning that both beat analysts' expectations. For the quarter, Comcast posted EPS of $0.36 on revenue of $9.7 billion, ...
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AT&T Deal for Dish Network Still Okay After EchoStar/Hughes Merger? (SATS, HUGH, DISH, T, VZ, DTV, CMCSA, TWC, CVC)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 12:27 pm

EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS) has agreed to acquire Hughes Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGH) for about $2 billion, including debt, in a deal that would give EchoStar, which makes set-top boxes ...
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The Eight Big Spin-Offs To Watch For 2011 (AMR, MT, CVC, FST, FO, LORL, MOT, NOC, HHC, GGP, MSG)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:35 am

2010 has been a positive year for the markets.  IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue.  Many spin-offs have been announced and ...
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Media Digest 11/19/2010 (Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg)

Posted: November 19, 2010 at 4:11 am

Dell's (NASDAQ: DELL) margins rushed past expectations and shares moved higher (Reuters) Bernanke said a strong US recovery is essential to global economic health (Reuters) Lawmakers attacked regulators and banks ...
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Media Digest (11/1/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 1, 2010 at 4:02 am

China's PMI grew much faster than expected. (Reuters) China will not slow rare earth shipments. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sued Motorola (NYSE: MOT) over six patents. (Reuters) New search engine ...
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Media Digest (10/28/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 4:08 am

Mortgage investors have begun to pressure banks to buy back bad loans. (Reuters) China may use its rare earth stocks to help it move ahead with alternative energy.  (Reuters) Bank ...
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Media Digest (10/20/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 4:07 am

Reuters:   Wall St. was disappointed by Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue forecast. Reuters:   French police unblocked the fuel deposites held by strikers against auterity. Reuters:   The CEO of Research In Motion ...
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Media Digest 9/20/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 20, 2010 at 4:11 am

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) says its $20 billion escrow has paid out 19,000 claims which total $240 million. Reuters:   The US said that BP has "killed" the leaking well. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CVC, DPS, DIOD, UFS, DWA, EW, JKS, LULU, MWW, ONNN)

Posted: June 23, 2010 at 8:39 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. ...
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Some Stocks Won’t Perform With Market (BWLD, CMCSA, CVC, DF, DRWI, HAL, MCO, MHP, NRG, PCBC, WMT, COST, GENZ)

Posted: May 10, 2010 at 12:35 pm

What happens when you have a huge rally and you still see many popular stocks not performing at all or hardly up at all on the broad market?  Traders either ...
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Gabelli’s New Focus Five Picks (HSNI, MJN, AMTD, TIVO, WFT, CVC, KOF, STZ, MA, ESI)

Posted: May 3, 2010 at 12:01 pm

GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) is the parent of Gabelli & Company and is run by the very well known investment manager Mario Gabelli.  This morning came the release of ...
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Media Digest 4/16/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 16, 2010 at 3:59 am

Reuters:   The Fed backed "extending language" on rates. Reuters:   About 60% CDS could be cleared centrally according to experts. Reuters:   Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) and Symphony will link ...
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