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InBev And BUD: Pushing Out Another Board
Perhaps this will be the year when replacing corporate boards hits a record level. Carl Icahn wants to do it at Yahoo! (YHOO). Several large investors have been taking a run at…
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Media Digest 7/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, NBC Universal and partners will by The Weather Channel for $3.5 billion. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) will add solar panels to some of its Prius cars. Reuters writes…
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Media Digest 7/1/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, global companies may start to issue profit warnings as business slows overseas. Reuters reports that InBev is sticking to it offer to buy Anheuser-Bush (BUD). Reuters reports that Chrysler…
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Media Digest 6/28/2008 (MBI)(SI)(LEH)(MER)(BUD)
According to Reuters, the Anheuser-Busch (BUD) board is under pressure to justify what it did not take InBev’s buy-out offer. Reuters writes that overseas money is reluctant to invest in US car…
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Media Digest 6/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, M&A activity is down sharply. Reuters writes that Anheuser-Busch (BUD) turned down an offer from InBeve. Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has realigned its senion management Reuters reports that…
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BUD: An Ethical Lapse By The Board
Anheuser-Busch (BUD) is threatened by an InBev takeover like its home city of St. Louis is menaced by the rain-swollen Mississippi. But, BUD took its first step to save itself by rejecting…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:57am ET
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Media Digest 6/26/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Anheuser-Busch (BUD) will reject a $46.3 billion buy-out from InBev. Reuters writes that Oracle (ORCL) posted strong earnings but its outlook was light. Reuters reports that RIM (RIMM) has…
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BUD To Blow Off InBev Bid, Betray Investors
Word from several media sources is that Anheuser-Busch (BUD) will turn down a $46.4 billion offer from InBev. The offer had pushed BUD shares as high $62.72. In the previous five years,…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:58am ET
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Media Digest 6/19/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Paulson will push for more market and financial regulations. Reuters writes the Anheuser-Busch (BUD) board will meet on the InBev offer. Reuters reports that the GAO was critical of…
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When Defensive Stocks Fail Too (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ)
It used to be that DEFENSIVE STOCKS were the way to go during periods of uncertainty and during times of market sell-offs. But now that isn’t even working out. After we looked…
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Warren Buffett Supports InBev Bid For Anheuser-Busch (BUD)
Belgian newspaper De Standaard has reported that Warren Buffett is prepared to throw the Busch family under the bus and support the InBev offer to buy Anheuser-Busch for $46 billion or $65…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:52am ET
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Media Digest 6/17/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Accoriding to MarketWatch, Belgian newspaper De Standaard reports that Warren Buffett support a takeover of Anheuser-Busch (BUD) by InBev. According to Reuters, economists think the PPI will rise 1%. Reuters writes that…
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Media Digest 6/16/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, AIG (AIG) fired its CEO and replaced him with the company’s chairman. Reuters reports that Carl Icahn says the Yahoo! (YHOO) deal with Google (GOOG) has merit. Reuters writes…
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Jerry Yang And August Busch IV: Founder’s Day (YHOO)(BUD)
Two thousand years from now, when archaeologists dig up the bones of present-day CEOs, they will find that those who were in any way related to their company’s founders had a mutated…
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Media Digest 6/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Pfizer (PFE) may make a counter-bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories, the generic drug-maker. Reuters reports that deal talks between Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are dead. Yahoo! will do an…