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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced more toy recalls today for lead paint violations. There is a full list of product recalls here, but interestingly enough this...
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Last April Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) paid $320 million to acquire Blockbuster Inc. out of bankruptcy. Speculation at the time suggested that Dish would enter the streaming video and...
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Disney’s (DIS) Pixar division did fairly well with its new film "Ratatouille" which was No.1 at the North American box office this weekend, bringing in $47.2 million. But, according...
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These are this Tuesday’s early analyst downgrades and cautious research calls which we have seen from Wall Street research firms: Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. American...
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Disney stock jumped by around 6% shortly after Thursday's opening bell. Cost-cutting and new subscribers were important, but there's more.
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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...
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With the market down 300 point in a day and off more than 10% from its recent highs, Wall St. is looking at some of the most active stocks and scratching its head. GM (GM) is off 7% today, very near...
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Streaming video provider Hulu LLC has been taken off the auction block by owners News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), among others. Rumored potential...
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The day that many feared for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has arrived. Steve Jobs is formally leaving Apple as CEO. He has requested to still serve as Chairman of the Board, director, and...
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The CEO of Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) today told an investor conference that programming is “just starting to cost too much,” and that his company will be taking a “hard look” at...
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An unusually large block of put contracts in Walt Disney has been sold.
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Source: courtesy of Sony Corp.A division of Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and Starz (NASDAQ: STRZB) have extended a multi-year agreement under which Starz will remain the exclusive first-run TV outlet for...
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These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Alcatel-Lucent...
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Earnings season is getting thinner on which companies are reporting earnings, but we still have 5 key earnings due the rest of the week. Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC), Cisco Systems Inc....
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