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Media
Amazon Producing Sitcoms
In response to a request for ideas made last May, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and its Amazon Studios received more than 2,000 proposals from which it has now culled six to develop…
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Telecom & Wireless
LTE-compatible Smartphone Shipments to Triple in 2013
ThinkstockLed by smartphone makers Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Samsung Electronics, and LG Electronics, 4G LTE phone shipments will rise from just under 91 million units in 2012 to 275 million units in…
6:18am ET
Investing
Best CEOs of 2012
ThinkstockBest CEO lists can be based on dozens of factors. For public companies, the best metric is usually share price. It is hard for chief executives to be considered very good if…
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Media
Hulu Video Streaming Service Revenues Up 65% in 2012
ThinkstockHulu, the streaming video company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), expects revenues of $695 million in 2012, up 65%…
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Energy
Will Exxon Pass Apple in Market Value?
Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders were thrilled when its market value moved above that of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and then the…
11:23am ET
Companies and Brands
Apple Gives Way on European E-book Pricing
ThinkstockIn a settlement announcement today, the European Union’s competition commission formally accepted the offer from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and four publishing houses that will substantially change the rules under which Apple…
6:31am ET
Media
Verizon Instant Movie Failure
courtesy of Verizon WirelessOn the Redbox homepage, the DVD rental firm owned by Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) has begun to promote a streaming movie service it plans to launch with Verizon Communications…
2:01pm ET
Consumer Electronics
E-readers on a Path to Extinction
ThinkstockTablet devices like the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and the Galaxy…
6:24am ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple May Enter Market It Did Not Pioneer — TV
thinkstockIn all the markets in which Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has had success, the consumer electronics company has been a pioneer. If it moves into the television industry, it will lack that…
6:22am ET
Investing
Media Digest (12/12/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of YouTubeThe Federal Reserve probably will add to its bond-buying programs as the economy continues to sputter. (Reuters) India begins an investigation into Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s (NYSE: WMT) activity in the country,…
11:17am ET
Retail
New Tax Collector in Town — Amazon
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has struck an agreement with the state of Massachusetts to begin collecting the state’s 6.25% sales tax in the fall of 2013. As of September, the online behemoth…
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Retail
Kindle Arrives at GameStop Just in Time
courtesy GameStop Corp.Just as the holiday retail shopping season gets down to its last two weeks, GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) said today that it would begin selling two models of the Kindle…
2:32pm ET
Retail
Schulze Buyout of Best Buy Looks Less and Less Likely
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.A buyout of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is looking less and less likely. The process of founder Richard Schulze has just gone on for too long…
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Retail
E-commerce Fuels FedEx’s Busiest Day of the Year
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia , from Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) claims today will be its busiest day of the year. The rise of e-commerce has fueled that. As in-store sales fall…
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (12/10/2012)
Turmoil in Italy The very modest hope that government actions in Italy might stabilize its economy probably has ended. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti will resign, which leaves the national political situation…