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Yahoo! Needs to Keep CEO Ross Levinsohn

Now that Scott Thompson is out as CEO of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Ross Levinsohn is in as interim chief executive, the newly constituted board needs to keep its new leader. Levinsohn, the most…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (5/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Several senior JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) executives will leave the bank in the wake of its $2 billion trading loss. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) ex-CEO Scott Thompson has thyroid cancer. (WSJ) Greece will have elections…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

“The Avengers” Surges Toward Record

The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) super-hero movie “The Avengers” was the top grossing movie at the US box office this weekend. The same was true in many other countries. Estimates are that the film…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (5/11/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Facebook’s initial public offering is already oversubscribed. (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) books a $2 billion trading loss, and the figure could rise by another $1 billion. (Reuters) China’s industrial production and retail activity…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Lions Gate Insiders From Summit Cleared To Sell (LGF)

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) may have enjoyed a serious rally tied to The Hunger Games sensation, but the company has just filed to allow securities holders from a private placement in early…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

Nevada Gambling Revenues Down -11% (MGM, LVS, WYNN, CZR)

In its latest report on gambling revenues in the state, the Nevada Gaming Commission said that total revenue for March 2012 came in at $854.6 million, down -10.86% compared with March 2011. For the…

Paul Ausick · 14 years ago

The Rise of AOL’s Tim Armstrong

By now, it was assumed, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) would have a new “change agent” CEO and Tim Armstrong of AOL (NYSE: AOL) would have been forced out of his job because of low ad…

Trey Thoelcke · 14 years ago

Media Digest (5/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Coalition talks in Greece are unlikely to create a new government, raising the chance Greece could leave the eurozone. (Reuters) GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) will launch a takeover of Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI). (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Disney Earnings Good Enough For 52-Week Highs (DIS)

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) closed up ahead of earnings on Tuesday and the reaction is following the same trend in the after-hours session.  Earnings came in at $0.58 EPS $9.629 billion on a…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

Media Digest (5/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

The GAO says the government could make $15.1 billion on its AIG (NYSE: AIG) bailout investment. (Reuters) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins the company’s IPO road show. (Reuters) Comscore says people spent more time…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago