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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AOL, CBS, BEN, MYL, NWS, ORCL, RIMM, SFLY, VIA, DIS)

Posted: December 10, 2009 at 8:05 am

These are ten of the most important analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning.  You will probably notice a substantial focus on media-related ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Viacom + Time Warner = Next Big Media Merger

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 12:20 pm

No one would be surprised to see Sumner Redstone, the 86-year-old head of Viacom (NYSE:VIA), and Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), wearing disguises to their private meetings in coffee ...
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Sirius XM (SIRI) And CBS (CBS) Pose Greatest Financial Risk Among Media Firms

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 9:23 pm

CBS (NYSE:CBS) and Sirius XM (NYSE:SIRI) pose the greatest investment risks among media companies based on a forensic measure of their transparency and the statistical reliability of their financial reporting ...
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52-Week High Club

Posted: November 5, 2009 at 4:22 pm

CareFusion Corp. (NYSE: CFN)  rose over 6% to a yearly hight of $24.34  after reporting first quarter earnings of 39 cents per share, beating analyst estimates.  The company also increased ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AEO, BNI, ENR, GET, GES, GD, STEC, VIA, YUM)

Posted: November 4, 2009 at 8:09 am

These are this Wednesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Top Picks at FBR Capital; but ...
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Media Digest (10/15/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 15, 2009 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is having trouble justifying its huge bonuses. Reuters:   Bruce Wasserstein, M&A giant and head of Lazard (NYSE:LAZ), died. Reuters:   Congress will probe compensation at AIG (NYSE:AIG). ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (AKS, BMY, CREE, JPM, LRCX, MAR, RIMM, SVNT, SE, VIA)

Posted: October 9, 2009 at 7:43 am

These are this Friday morning’s top Wall Street analyst upgrades and positive research calls: AK Steel (AKS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. Bristol-Myers (BMY) Started as Outperform at Wells ...
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Comcast Should Buy Viacom, Time Warner, Or Scripps

Posted: October 9, 2009 at 5:47 am

One of the leading media investing firms in the US, Gabelli & Co. wants cable outfit Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) to stop its pursuit of GE's (NYSE:GE) NBCU and turn its focus ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/6/2009) (CTIC)(DDRX)(BA)(XOM)(GOOG)(AIG)(BAC)(AAPL)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 9:14 am

Updates throughout the day. Update 2.40 PM EST: Biotech Cell Therapeutics (CTIC) is getting crushed, down 13% to $.95 on over 46 million shares. Rumors of insider selling, troubles with OPAXIO ...
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DVD Sales Crushed By Rentals, As Apple (AAPL) And Amazon (AMZN) Rise

Posted: September 22, 2009 at 6:25 am

DVD sales are flagging and rentals are up, news which is likely to be unwelcome at the major movie studios. The Digital Entertainment Group announced that in the first half ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (FWLT, GNW, ITRI, NUE, SPR, SNCR, STI, SYNA, USB, VIA)

Posted: September 17, 2009 at 8:13 am

These are this Thursday morning's top analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street: Foster Wheeler (FWLT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Genworth (GNW) Raised to Buy ...
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Media Digest 9/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 3:57 am

Reuters:   Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors. Reuters:   China's manufacturing index gained. Reuters:   A  late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales. Reuters:   A US judge ruled against ...
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Americans Watch Nine Billion YouTube Videos In A Month

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 5:32 am

US internet users watched 8.9 billion videos on Google (GOOG) sites last month. Ninety-nine percent of those were from YouTube. According to comScore, Google had 42% of the online video ...
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Movie Unit Sinks Viacom (VIA)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 7:16 am

Viacom (VIA) had a bad quarter, which was to be expected. Media companies are suffering from drops in advertising revenue and the number of consumers who subscribe to their content ...
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As Viacom’s (VIA) Paramount Looks For Partner It May Be Bought Out

Posted: July 1, 2009 at 5:07 am

The DVD business is bad. Video-on-demand, available on most cable systems, and internet streaming of premium content have cut into one of the largest profit centers in Hollywood. Viacom's (VIA) ...
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