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News Breaks | | | | October 30, 2012 | | 09:59 EDT |  | GE, BKS, CMCSA, AMZN | Barnes & Noble's NOOK subsidiary announces content deals
Barnes & Noble (BKS) subsidiary NOOK Media announced that it had reached content licensing partnerships with NBC Universal and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Under the deals, content from NBC and 20th Century Fox will be added to the NOOK Video service. NOOK's newly announced content agreements will bring thousands of movies and TV shows for all ages and interests to the NOOK Video catalog, NOOK Media added. NBC is owned by Comcast (CMCSA) and GE (GE), while 20th Century Fox is a subsidiary of News Corp. (NWSA). | |
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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 | | | 07:10 EDT | | AMZN | U.K. to question Amazon over income tax, Reuters reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:43 EDT | | AMZN | Apple disputing government's e-book allegations, NY Times says
Apple (AAPL) is aggressively combating the U.S. government's contention that it pushed Amazon.com (AMZN) and publishers to raise e-book prices,The New York Times reported yesterday, citing court papers filed this week. Amazon and publishing companies were already looking to use a different pricing model before Apple joined the e-book business in 2000, the newspaper quotes Apple as stating. A trial over the Justice Department's lawsuit against Apple regarding e-book pricing is slated to start June 3, the newspaper noted. Reference Link | | | 06:12 EDT | | AMZN | Apple losing its edge as innovator, poll shows, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:06 EDT | | AMZN | On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up
WALL STREET JOURNAL: A so-so Q1 earnings season hasn't dented investors' enthusiasm for stocks as prices have been rising, with the DJIA up 16% for the year and 4.2% since earnings season began April 8, the Wall Street Journal reports...JPMorgan Chase (JPM), in a last-ditch effort to beat back activist investors, sent a letter to shareholders who have yet to vote on the nonbinding proposal ahead of the May 21 annual meeting, urging them to reject a proposal to split the chairman and CEO roles held by James Dimon, the Wall Street Journal reports...REUTERS: Amazon.com (AMZN) will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the U.K. justify its low corporate income tax bill, Reuters reports...J.C. Penney (JCP) CEO Ullman says that the department store chain is emerging from what he called an abyss but warned he needs time to fix the issues of the retailer, Reuters reports...BLOOMBERG: Apple (AAPL), which holds $102B in cash and investments outside the U.S., will suggest changes to corporate-tax laws to encourage companies to bring more cash into the country, Bloomberg reports...Fiat’s (FIATY) deliberations over moving its headquarters to the U.S. after a merger with Chrysler Group LLC. raised concern among Italian unions and politicians about the plans of the country’s biggest manufacturer. CEO Marchionne is considering the move because Fiat’s main sources of revenue and profit are shifting to North America, Bloomberg reports. | | | May 16, 2013 | | 10:03 EDT |  | AMZN | 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 | | AMZN, CMCSA | Amazon.com expands content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:46 EDT | | AMZN | Amazon.com initiated with a Buy at Lazard Capital
Subscribe for More Information | | | 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 | | | 17:46 EDT | | AMZN | SAC Capital gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Discovery (DISCA), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Media (LMCA), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), and Cubist (CBST). INCREASED STAKES: Suncor (SU), EQT Corporation (EQT), Amazon.com (AMZN), Visa (V), and GNC Holdings (GNC). DECREASED STAKES: News Corp. (NWSA), Facebook (FB), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), and Avago (AVGO). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Coach (COH), Dover (DOV), and Virgin Media (VMED), . | | | 17:30 EDT | | GE | GE, Boeing warn of defective engine parts, WSJ reports
General Electric (GE) said more than 70 Boeing (BA) 777 models may be affected by an engine manufacturing defect, reports The Wall Street Journal. Reference Link | | | 17:03 EDT | | GE | Soros gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: MeadWestvaco (MWV), Brocade (BRCD), Red Hat (RHT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and VMware (VMW). INCREASED STAKES: Google (GOOG), Liberty Global (LBTYA), EQT Corp (EQT), Charter (CHTR), and US Airways (LCC). DECREASED STAKES: Citigroup (C), AIG (AIG), Apple (AAPL), Invesco (IVZ), and Motorola Solutions (MSI). LIQUIDATED STAKES: JPMorgan (JPM), General Electric (GE), CF Industries (CF), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Capital One (COF). | | | 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 | | | 08:19 EDT | | AMZN | Amazon paid $3.7M tax in U.K.on $6.B in sales, Reuters reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:33 EDT |  | GE | National Association of Business Economics to hos a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 14, 2013 | | 12:47 EDT |  | BKS | Options with increasing implied volatility: FMCN FIO SVU BKS
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