The US equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but soon turned around and spent the rest of the morning lower before returning to about even by afternoon. Equities could close at…
In yet another move aimed to boost its position in the streaming video space, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has signed a deal with Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB), adding the owner of MTV and…
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) came out with earnings and reported an adjusted $0.94 EPS and revenues were $8.2 billion. The prior year showed $0.67 EPS and $7.81 billion in sales; Thomson…
Jon C. Ogg We are entering into the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates, and we are entering the first waves of the earnings reports from…
There is one ETF which many investors have forgotten about (or never wanted to know about)… The PowerShares Dynamic Media (NYSE: PBS) shares aims to track the Dynamic Media Intellidex(SM) Index which…
A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. That’s an 84% increase from 10 years ago and the highest amount advertisers have ever had to…
All three major indexes opened lower again today on weak markets in both Europe and Asia. European markets continued to be weighed down by the lack of a firm agreement on the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. Advanced Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to Buy…
When a group including movie studios and streaming video companies released a new streaming format called UltraViolet last October hardly anyone noticed. That’s likely to change now that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has…
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html The U.S. may start legal proceedings against Swiss financial firm Wegelin & Co. based on beliefs that it helped shield Americans from taxes. (Reuters) The EPA may send fresh water to…
Redbox video vending machine owner Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) has denied that the company has a new deal with Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) that doubles the time that Coinstar must wait…
Samsung shares rise after its victory in the U.S. against Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to block its Galaxy tablet from the U.S. market. (Reuters) HSBC data show that China’s PMI slowed considerably. (Reuters)…
 Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) publishing arm, Time Inc., has hired a senior digital media executive to run the largest magazine publisher in the U.S. Laura Lang, who headed digital ad agency giant Digitas,…
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Bain may bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) along with Asian partners Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan. (Reuters) China’s PMI contracts for the first time in three years. (Reuters) The…
Media producer Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) this morning posted adjusted EPS of $0.79 on $7.07 billion in revenues. Consensus estimates called for EPS of $0.76 on revenues of $6.97 billion. The…
