Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform and $600 price target by Credit Suisse.…
ThinkstockThe plan under which Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) will spin off its Time Inc. magazine division received mostly negative press, particularly about the fate of the print operations. Most analysts believe…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy Boeing Co.Bad News for Boeing Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) got some more bad news about the battery problems in its 787 Dreamliner. Fires caused by the batteries are hard to extinguish.…
ThinkstockOwners of print media finally have started to do what they have threatened to do since advertising in the sector began a sharp and relentless drop a half a decade ago. In an…
ThinkstockTime Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) will spin off its Time Inc. publishing unit. (Reuters) The National Transportation Safety Board will release a report on Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner battery problems.…
ThinkstockThe conventional wisdom is that old media online content gets trumped every time by new media properties, at least when it comes to ad revenue. This does not have to be the…
ThinkstockIn a lawsuit filed late yesterday in New York, Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) is taking on Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) in a move that challenges the media company’s practice of forcing…
ThinkstockPrint journalism had a bad few days. The Reader’s Digest filed for Chapter 11 for the second time in three years, with $1.1 billion in assets and $1.2 billion in liabilities. The…
ThinkstockReader’s Digest Bankruptcy Print journalism had a bad few days. The Reader’s Digest filed for Chapter 11 for the second time in three years, with $1.1 billion in assets and $1.2 billion…
courtesy of Time WarnerIf most of Time Inc., the world’s largest and most famous magazine publisher, may be sold, then so can any other pillar of old media. Rumors are that relatively…
Outerwall Inc.The German and French economies contracted in the final three months of 2012. (Reuters) The merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) is approved by each company’s…
ThinkstockOnce again investors are faced with the fact that the politicians in Washington D.C. cannot get anything done. With the president’s State of the Union address tonight, the focus turns again to…
courtesy of NetflixBrief government spending cuts brought on by disagreements in Congress could badly hurt the economy. (Reuters) Earnings at Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) are fueled…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning before bouncing into positive territory briefly and then turning south again. As happened yesterday, the focus was on Europe, where Italy’s oldest bank was expected…
courtesy of Time WarnerTime Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The entertainment giant posted quarterly adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.17 and…
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