To be a great NBA player, athletes need size, skill, athleticism, and dedication to their craft. While any player can have a bad game shooting the ball, the one thing he can always control is his...
Source: ThinkstockLive sports programming commands the highest subscriber rates in the cable and satellite industry, and the competition for leverage in live sports programming is only going to get...
NCR Corp (NCR-NYSE) has made a somewhat surprising move this morning, and its shares are up 4% in applause of the deal.  NCR hired J.P.Morgan to separate into two independent publicly traded...
NBC has told Apple (AAPL) that it will not renew its long-term deal with the iTunes store. The GE (GE) unit is "the No. 1 supplier of digital video to Apple’s online store, accounting for...
The NBA and Nike announced an eight-year global merchandising and marketing partnership that will make Nike the official on-court apparel provider beginning with the 2017-18 season.
Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, is in a jam.  This huge secondary offering of shares has run into snag after snag.  Brazilian politics is also in the mix.  The deal was first said...
GE (GE) may sell its NBC Universal unit after the Beijing Olympics. So say the FT. The paper writes "The fate of the NBC Universal entertainment unit, will be decided only after the Beijing...
KBR shares rose after it released its second-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Monday.
Neostem, Inc. (AMEX: NBS) is a bit soft this morning after making two separate share sale filings with the SEC.  The company has filed to sell shares for existing holders and it has filed to raise...
Standard & Poor’s may have just come to the rescue of Greece in a better or more clear manner than what the European nations have tried to do all along.  The ratings agency has just affirmed...
About once a week a traditional media company announces that its programming will be available in planes, trains, and automobiles. The latest launch is NBC’s (GE) new on-demand shows which will...
In a slap at Apple (AAPL) iTunes, the NBC Universal unit of GE (GE) yesterday announced that they would make a number of their TV shows available for download and viewing. Consumers can play them on...
If you want to know what happens to the credit ratings of large banks in lands of the PIIGS when the underlying country ratings have been cut over and over, you should know that it isn’t pretty. ...
According to the New York Post, embattled NBC Chief Jeff Zucker has secured a golden parachute worth between $30 and $40 million. Though General Electric (NBC’s parent company) denies it,...
Based on the Comscore January traffic numbers that followed unique visitors to web properties, NBC Universal has a long way to go to catch most of its competition. No one would think that the GE...