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UBS Offers Global Dividend Ruler Stocks to Buy: Total, Teva, TD and More

Posted: May 9, 2013 at 8:35 am

Total return is always the name of the game when it comes to investing success. Stocks that pay dividends on a regular basis help smooth out the rough spots when ...
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Media Digest (3/5/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 5, 2013 at 6:45 am

China will lean on consumer spending to expand its economy. (Reuters) Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) faces more lawsuits over its initial public offering. (Reuters) The White House says it believes ...
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Western Media Next Target for China?

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 1:39 pm

One of the premier brands in the newspaper business is the Financial Times, owned Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), and when the company’s CEO announced her retirement last October, there was ...
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New Partner for Barnes & Noble in Nook Business

Posted: December 28, 2012 at 9:35 am

U.K.-based media giant Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) has made a “strategic investment” of $89.5 million in cash in Nook Media LLC, a joint venture between Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Random House, Penguin Now One Company

Posted: October 29, 2012 at 7:15 am

Two publishing giants have agreed to a merger that will create the world’s largest commercial publishing house. Random House -- owned by Germany’s Bertelsmann A.G. -- and Penguin -- owned ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/26/2013)

Posted: October 26, 2012 at 8:45 am

Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Societe Generale has received requests for information regarding the Libor manipulation case. (Reuters) Credit Suisse Group A.G. (NYSE: CS) may ...
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Random House, Penguin Talk Merger (PSO, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, BKS)

Posted: October 25, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Two of the world’s four largest publishing houses, Random House -- owned by Germany’s Bertelsmann AG -- and Penguin -- owned by the U.K.’s Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO) -- have ...
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Double Dose of Good News Sends Amazon Shares to New High (AMZN, AAPL, NOK, GOOG, CBS, NWS, PSO)

Posted: September 6, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new Kindle reader called the “Kindle Paperwhite,” which includes a new front-lighting technology (called ‘paperwhite’) that allows the device to be used in ...
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Apple, Book Publishers Face Anti-trust Suit (AAPL, CBS, NWS, PSO, AMZN, BKS)

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 9:06 am

The US Department of Justice is prepared to sue Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and five book publishers for colluding to lift prices on electronic books according to a report in ...
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Media Digest (12/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 6:35 am

Congress, close to a budget agreement, may avoid a government shutdown. (Reuters) Washington Mutual shareholders and creditors set a deal that could allow an exit from bankruptcy. (Reuters) The policy ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (GSK, JPM, LEAP, MS, NLS, PSO, PETM, TOT)

Posted: January 26, 2009 at 7:06 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen early this Monday morning with more than two and a half hours to the market open:GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Started ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ALU, BRLI, GPS, GD, PCK, PSO, PAS, PTR, PKX, RTP, COL, WXS)

Posted: January 9, 2009 at 7:17 am

The rate of downgrades versus upgrades is still coming out with a much more negative bias from Wall Street.  These are some of the downgrades and negative research calls we ...
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Fahrenheit 451 & The Internet (GOOG, MHP, PSO, JW-A, CBS)

Posted: October 28, 2008 at 9:40 am

We are seeing a historic event, and one which may outline the future of books.  Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has reached a settlement over its dispute with The Authors Guild and ...
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Many Monday Pre-Market Downgrades (CEG, FIS, FISV, DNA, KBW, NKE, PSO, SHW, SWIR, SWK, WERN, WIT)

Posted: July 21, 2008 at 7:52 am

These are among the top analyst Downgrades or negative analyst calls affecting shares this Monday morning in pre-market trading:Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) Downgraded to Underperform at Jefferies.Fidelity National (NYSE: FIS) ...
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Murdoch Say Wall Street Journal Will Go “FREE”

Posted: November 13, 2007 at 5:53 am

Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp (NWS) told Reuters that the tough economy is not hurting his company in the current quarter. Good news for his shareholders.But, the most important ...
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