Record-Setting March Warm Weather… Climate Change or Global Warming?
Did you notice how there were no cold fronts worth noting at all in March in many parts of the country? March of 2012 appears to have been the warmest March on record. Weather.com…
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Newest first · Page 246Facebook Acquires Instagram… A $1 Billion Waste??? (SFLY)
Facebook is paying $1 billion to acquire Instagram in cash and stock and in a deal which should close in the next 30-days. The deal is likely to come right before the Facebook IPO hits…
Netflix Recommendations Getting More Personal (NFLX)
In the first of a two-part post, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) describes how it has fine-tuned its recommendation algorithms over the past couple of years and indicates the direction the company will follow in…
Media Digest (4/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Sony (NYSE: SNE) to fire 10,000 people as its tries to improve its long-term profit growth. (Nikkei) The number of U.S. public jobs continues to fall along with tax receipts. (Reuters) Iraq says political…
Media Digest (4/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM), and…
US Consumers Plan to Buy HD-TVs, Smartphones
A recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association indicates the US consumers plan to purchase a lot more smartphones, high-definition TVs (HDTV), cameras, and tablets this year. Some 22% of US households plan to…
Viacom Lawsuit Against YouTube Revived (VIAB, GOOG)
Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) sued Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for $1 billion in 2007 over the use of Viacom-copyrighted content without permission on Google’s recently acquired YouTube. The judge threw the case out, but…
Media Digest (4/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
After legal issues slowed their progress last year, foreclosures are about to increase. (Reuters) Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) may end its deal with Current TV because of low ratings. (Reuters) The Securities and…
Google Makes an Offer it Hopes You Can’t Refuse (GOOG, VIAB, TWX, DIS, CMCSA)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced a deal with Paramount Pictures, owned by Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB), that will add 500 Paramount titles (including “The Godfather”) to its video rental store on YouTube. Google…
Media Digest (4/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Apartment vacancy rates reach a 10-year low, according to Reis. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the departing head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), makes $20 million. (Reuters) China’s premier, Wen Jiabao, says the monopoly of large…
Playing Down Chances of a Sirius-Liberty Takeover (SIRI, LMCA)
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) shares have been creeping higher in the last couple of days on hope that Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA) will take the satellite radio giant over. The…
Media Digest (4/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
After a record first quarter, investors will look more carefully at financial data and earnings. (Reuters) Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) to open a division to handle the ultra-rich. (Reuters) Strong Chinese PMI helps calm…
Verizon Could Offer Mobile Video If Spectrum Deal is Approved (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, AAPL)
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD) could be ready to offer cable TV subscribers access to programming on their mobile phones before the…
Facebook’s Final Private Share Sale Is Near
You have already been told that Facebook is asking for private market exchanges to cease trading its shares. You have also been told about a fund dedicated solely to buying Facebook shares from SecondMarket. …
National Sports Network on Tap for News Corp.? (NWS, DIS, CMCSA, CBS)
News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) is considering the launch of a new national sports network to compete with the 600-pound gorilla, ESPN, owned by Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), and the recently re-branded NBC Sports…