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Will USA Today Buy a Chocolate Factory?

Posted: October 2, 2012 at 6:24 am

The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) is once again the envy of the newspaper industry. The last time investors were so bullish about the company is when Wall St. saw the huge ...
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Major Changes Made To Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stakes

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 5:03 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings showing that there have been some significant changes in the positions of ...
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Ten Brands That Will Disappear In 2013

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 7:03 am

Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 important American brands that we predict will disappear within a year. This year’s list reflects the brutally competitive nature of certain industries and ...
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Sports Illustrated Lay-Offs: TIME Magazine’s Last Chapter

Posted: May 31, 2012 at 6:25 am

Editor's Note: The New York Times reports that one of TIME, Inc.'s big three weeklies, which include TIME, People, and Sports Illustrated, will lay off a number of employees. According ...
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Newspaper Industry Gets Torn Up Again

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:18 am

Warren Buffett may be the only newspaper owner in American who wants to support the business. In addition to his ownership of daily newspapers in Omaha and Buffalo, he recently ...
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Warren Buffett Tries To Save The Newspaper Business

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 9:26 am

It is no secret that the newspaper business has not been a good sector over the last decade.  Subscriptions declined about as fast as the number of smokers did in ...
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Big Changes to Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to Z

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 5:05 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/8/2012) Buffett’s Newspapers, Facebook Road Show

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:42 am

For some reason, Europe’s largest stock markets have shrugged off election results in Greece and France. Many indexes are down, particularly in Greece. But the markets the world watches most ...
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Buffett Buys Newspapers

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:24 am

Warren Buffett surprised investors when he said Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) may buy more newspapers. It already owns the daily in Buffalo and recently bought the paper in Omaha, which ...
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Media Digest (5/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 6:22 am

Voters in Greece and France turn away from German austerity measures set for the region’s weakest nations. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) moves into the home monitoring market. (Reuters) Ally Financial ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (LNKD, FDX, ALL, RHT, SKS, FSLR, SPWR, AES, DUK, EL, WPO, EXC, MSG, AWR, BBEP, DNDN, DISH, LPX, KID, JKS, TSN, BAGL, DLB, BODY)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 4:07 pm

The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a weak report on non-farm payrolls (our coverage here). The lack of any further data to chew over left the ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (CHK, LVLT, QCOM, CRM, DSX, COCO, APA, WNR, YRCW, SHOO, SRE, SLE, RGLD, OWW, GM, MGM, AES, LNG, DUK, EL, PGR, WPO, GMCR, KNSY, HLF)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm

The major US stock indexes opened mostly flat this morning following a softer-than-expected report from the Institute for Supply Management on non-manufacturing growth (our coverage here). The report on new ...
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Capella Leads For-Profit Colleges’ Downturn (CPLA, APOL, DV, CECO, COCO, STRA, WPO)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 12:02 pm

The crackdown on financial aid to students at for-profit colleges has taken a toll on the revenues of these institutions over the past couple of years. But the restrictions on ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMZN, APOL, MT, T, CY, DK, EBAY, ESRX, GOOG, HFC, JNS, LVS, LOGI, JWN, POT, VZ, WPO, WFM, YHOO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 8:23 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Sell with $2.00 target at S&P. ...
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AP Hires Worst CEO in Newspaper Industry

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 6:40 am

The Associated Press hired the worst CEO in the newspaper industry as its 13th chief executive. Its board of directors should be ashamed, as should anyone who works at the news ...
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