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News Breaks | | | | October 25, 2012 | | 05:55 EDT |  | AON, AON, GT, GT, COL, COL, NWL, NWL, MCO, MCO, LYB, LYB, MRK, MRK, LM, LM, IPG, IPG, CVH, CVH, CMCSA, CMCSA, WY, WY | Companies reporting Before the Market Open on Friday, October 26
Notable companies reporting before the opening bell include Aon (AON), Comcast (CMCSA), Coventry Health Care (CVH), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Legg Mason (LM), Merck & Co (MRK), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Moodys (MCO), Newell Rubbermaid (NWL), Rockwell Collins (COL), The Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) and Weyerhaeuser (WY). | |
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News For AON;CMCSA;CVH;IPG;LM;MRK;LYB;MCO;NWL;COL;GT;WY From The Last 14 Days Check below for free stories on AON;CMCSA;CVH;IPG;LM;MRK;LYB;MCO;NWL;COL;GT;WY the last two weeks. |
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| May 17, 2013 | | 15:51 EDT |  | CMCSA | DirecTV weighing bid for Hulu, WSJ reports
DirecTV (DTV) is considering making a bid for Hulu, the video website jointly owned by News Corp. (NWSA), Comcast (CMCSA), and Disney (DIS), reports The Wall Street Journal citing a person familiar with the matter. Reference Link | | | 15:26 EDT |  | CMCSA | DirecTV considering acquisition of Hulu, Dow Jones reports
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 13:12 EDT |  | AON | Aon Corp. participates in a luncheon meeting hosted by Detroit Economic Club
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 16, 2013 | | 12:28 EDT | | LM | Legg Mason management to meet with Jefferies
Meetings to be held in London on May 22-23 hosted by Jefferies. | | | 10:03 EDT |  | IPG | On The Fly: Analyst Initiation Summary
Today's noteworthy initiations include: Amazon.com (AMZN) initiated with a Buy at Lazard Capital... Apple (AAPL) initiated with a Neutral at Susquehanna... Churchill Downs (CHDN) initiated with a Buy at Brean Capital... Interpublic Group (IPG) initiated with an Overweight at Evercore... Monarch Casino (MCRI) initiated with a Buy at Brean Capital... Stillwater Mining (SWC) coverage resumed with an Outperform at Wells Fargo... Wabtec (WAB) initiated with an Overweight at Atlantic Equities... eBay (EBAY) initiated with a Buy at Lazard Capital... Dangdang (DANG) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill... Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE) coverage resumed with a Neutral at JPMorgan... ValueClick (VCLK) initiated with an Underperform at Northland Securities... Yelp (YELP) initiated with an Outperform at Cowen. | | | 09:24 EDT | | CMCSA | Amazon.com expands content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:55 EDT | | MRK | BofA/Merrill's pharmaceuticals analysts hold analyst/industry conference call
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:28 EDT | | COL | RBC Capital to host a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:25 EDT | | IPG | Interpublic Group initiated with an Overweight at Evercore
Target $17. | | | 05:51 EDT | | CMCSA | NBCUniversal says winter Olympic Games ad sales strong, WSJ reports
Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal unit is projecting advertising sales over $800M for the Olympic Games next year in Russia, which would be a record for the Winter Games, despite the decision by Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) and Hilton Worldwide not to advertise on the event in Sochi, reports the Wall Street Journal. The company said it has sold 75%-80% of its TV inventory.Reference Link | | | | May 15, 2013 | | 19:59 EDT | | CMCSA | Pay-TV operators eye Hulu, WSJ reports
At least two pay-TV operators, including Time Warner Cable (TWC), are looking at an investment in Hulu, jointly controlled by Comcast (CMCSA), Disney (DIS), and News Corp. (NWSA), reports the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Reference Link | | | 17:26 EDT | | LYB | Third Point gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Virgin Media (VMED), Tiffany (TIF), B/E Aerospace (BEAV), Anadarko (APC), and Thermo Fisher (TMO). INCREASED STAKES: International Paper (IP), Abbvie (ABBV), TransDigm (TDG), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Dollar General (DG). DECREASED STAKES: Delphi (DLPH), Murphy Oil (MUR), AIG (AIG), LyondellBasell (LYB), and Liberty Global (LBTYA). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Tesoro (TSO), Morgan Stanley (MS), Symantec (SYMC), Herbalife (HLF), and Illumina (ILMN). | | | 14:31 EDT | | LYB | LyondellBasell to shut down HDPE unit in Germany during Q3
LyondellBasell announced that it will shut down a high density polyethylene unit in Wesseling, Germany in the third quarter. The 100 KT per year unit is among the smallest and least efficient of the LyondellBasell HDPE units in Europe. The company has sufficient HDPE capacity to meet customer needs from its larger scale facilities. "LyondellBasell continues to take definitive steps to reorganize our operations in Europe to increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve the competitiveness of our businesses," said Bob Patel, Senior Vice President, Olefins & Polyolefins, Europe, Asia and International. "The closure of under-competitive assets, along with the restructuring and efficiency-improvement initiatives in our business areas, manufacturing and R&D, will better position LyondellBasell to compete in today's economic environment." | | | 11:48 EDT | | CMCSA | Appaloosa reports new stakes in Comcast, Ashland, sells Oracle
David Tepper's Appaloosa in its quarterly filing report new positions in Comcast (CMCSA), Prudential (PRU), Hess Corp. (HES), Check Point (CHKP), KBR (KBR) and Ashland (ASH). The fund sold its stakes in Oracle (ORCL) and Noble Corp. (NE). Appaloosa's top position is in Citigroup (C), with a stake worth over $376.9M. | | | 11:24 EDT | | CMCSA | David Tepper's Appaloosa reports new stake in Comcast
| | | 10:49 EDT | | CMCSA | Senator questions TV broadcasters' free spectrum rights, The Hill says
Democratic Senator Mark Warner questioned whether broadcast stations that pull their programming off the air should be able to keep using spectrum for free, The Hill reported yesterday. A number of TV networks have threatened to broadcast only on cable and satellite in response to the launch of Aereo. The latter service uses stations' over the air signals to send programming to consumers' Internet devices. Reference Link | | | 07:35 EDT | | IPG | JPMorgan to host a conference
41st Annual Global Technology, Media & Telecom Conference is being held in Boston on May 14-16 with webcasted company presentations to begin on May 15 at 8 am; not all company presentations may be webcasted. Webcast Link | | | May 14, 2013 | | 17:39 EDT | | MRK | Moody's lowers Merck's guaranteed debt to A1 from Aa3; stable outlook
Moody's Investors Service lowered the long-term ratings of Merck by one notch, including the guaranteed senior unsecured rating to A1 from Aa3 and the non-guaranteed senior unsecured rating to A2 from A1. This action concludes a review for downgrade initiated on May 1, 2013. At the same time, Moody's affirmed Merck's Prime-1 commercial paper rating. The rating outlook is stable. | | | 10:30 EDT | | NWL | Newell Rubbermaid management to meet with JPMorgan
Meeting to be held in Toronto on May 16 hosted by JPMorgan. | | | 10:01 EDT |  | WY | On The Fly: Analyst Upgrade Summary
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