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NY Times’ About Sale Brings in Balance-Sheet Stabilizing Capital (NYT, IACI)

Posted: September 24, 2012 at 10:50 am

The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) has closed the previously announced sale of its About Group to IAC/Interactive Corp. (NASDAQ: IACI). The sale did include the websites About.com, ConsumerSearch.com and ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 28, 2012: Markets Mixed on Mixed Data (AKS, IACI, CHK, VMW, GSK, STP, BWS, MY, MOV, SAFM, TFM, GCO, HNZ, ISLE, JASO, JOY, YGE, ZLC, SBX, ESGR, LXK, NOK, AAPL)

Posted: August 28, 2012 at 4:09 pm

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and bounced around the flat line for most of the day. It seems that everyone is waiting to hear what ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKS, APH, MT, AN, CHK, GSK, GMED, IACI, KNXA, MTB, PCYC, VMW, NOK, AAPL, F, GM, DELL, HPQ)

Posted: August 28, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to ...
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Media Digest (8/27/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 6:08 am

Hurricane Isaac causes several companies, including BP PLC (NYSE: BP), to shut down drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. (Reuters) Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) will buy Dollar Thrifty ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/22/2012) About.com Sale

Posted: August 22, 2012 at 8:45 am

Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) offers $300 million for the About.com division of The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT). (Reuters) The ...
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Media Digest (8/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 22, 2012 at 6:26 am

Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ: DELL) quarterly numbers leave investors worried. (Reuters) The head of the eurozone goes to Greece to evaluate its finances. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung make ...
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Rumor: Diller’s IACI Bids for NYT’s About.com

Posted: August 21, 2012 at 7:51 pm

A circulating rumor picked by by Reuters and Bloomberg claims that Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) has bid $300 million for About.com, a search property owned by The New York Times Company ...
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Nokia Sheds Patents, App Development Platform (NOK, VRNG, FB, GOOG, IACI, GCI, TGT, AOL MSFT, AAPL)

Posted: August 9, 2012 at 10:04 am

Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) has agreed to sell a portfolio of more than 500 patents to Vringo Inc. (NYSEMKT: VRNG) for an undisclosed sum. Nokia will retain ...
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Media Digest (7/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 26, 2012 at 6:26 am

The USDA reports that drought has made a large increase in food prices likely. (Reuters) The government of Changsha in China launches a $130 billion stimulus program. (Reuters) Hackers have ...
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Newsweek Magazine to Go Online Only?

Posted: July 25, 2012 at 2:39 pm

During a conference call today to discuss IACInteractiveCorp’s (NASDAQ: IACI) second-quarter earnings, the company’s chairman was asked whether the company would continue to publish a hard-copy edition of Newsweek magazine, ...
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Media Digest (7/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 24, 2012 at 6:41 am

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) may buy a unit of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX). (Reuters) More factories move to the United States as China's manufacturing costs rise. (Reuters) The CEOs of Apple ...
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America’s Worst Boards

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 12:17 pm

At a time when corporate malfeasance is high on the public radar, it is important to understand corporate structure and how the checks and balances within a public company operate. ...
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Live TV Streaming Gets Court OK

Posted: July 13, 2012 at 8:46 am

In a ruling that could change the way people watch TV, a New York judge has denied a petition for an injunction against TV-rebroadcasting start-up Aereo, a company partially backed ...
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Nasdaq Shuffles Q-50 Index (NDAQ, ADI, FTNT, IACI, LECO, NTES, PDCO, ARMH, FLIR, GNTX, RGLD)

Posted: June 11, 2012 at 9:41 am

The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will make some changes to its Nasdaq Q-50 index next Monday, June 18th. The index will add Analog Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), Fortinet ...
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Netflix Under Pressure to Change Board Structure (NFLX, EXPE, IACI, FICO, GOOG)

Posted: June 6, 2012 at 12:45 pm

At the company's annual meeting last week, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shareholders voted overwhelmingly to change the way the company’s board is structured. The vote was advisory only, but if ...
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