Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.…
ThinkstockAl Jazeera bought Current TV, the failed cable channel started by Al Gore and an army of optimists. Likely the Qatar-headquartered media company paid nothing for the U.S.-based one. It may have…
thinkstockThe Tribune Company, one of America’s oldest and largest media firms, will exit Chapter 11 today. Reuters reports that the firm will get a $1.1 billion senior secured term loan and other…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. With this being the week of Christmas, analyst upgrades and downgrades likely…
courtesy of AOL, IncA patent case between Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) draws to a close. (Reuters) The European Union and International Monetary Fund fail to reach a…
courtesy of NetflixNews Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) will buy a 49% interest in YES. (Reuters) Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) will pay $360 million to end its dispute with Lehman Bros. (Reuters) Cisco Systems…
courtesy of AOLAs a Justice Department investigation of Deepwater Horizon continues, BP PLC (NYSE: BP) may pay a record fine for the results of the disaster. (Reuters) Qatar says it would back…
thinkstockTen major media companies control most of the news content in America. Each of these companies reaches millions of people. The five largest reach more than 50 million people each. Discussions about…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as traders and investors tried to sort out their reactions to the re-election of President Obama. The initial reaction is that the U.S. economy is…
ThinkstockThousands of websites “live blogged” the election’s progress, or it may have been tens of thousands. Hundreds offered original live TV from their own modest studios, which covered the same details of the election…
thinkstockNews Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) reported first fiscal quarter 2013 earnings after markets closed today. For the quarter, the media giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.43 on revenues of…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as investors seemed to prefer a little risk trading on U.S. election day. Asian markets were cautious ahead of today’s elections, while in Europe some…
ThinkstockG-20 ministers say they worry about the fiscal cliff and Europe’s debt issues. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) raises its profit forecasts but says its trouble in China was significant. (Reuters) As…
Some experts believe that the fiscal cliff may cause a drop in gross domestic product much greater than the Congressional Budget Office estimates. (Reuters) General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) will test magnesium car…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. ADT Corp. (NYSE: ADT) started as Outperform with $45 target…
