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News Breaks | | | | October 16, 2012 | | 06:11 EDT |  | BTU, NWSA | On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Federal regulators are considering giving mortgage lenders protection from certain lawsuits, sources say, a move designed to encourage lending to well-qualified borrowers. The proposal for the first time would establish a basic national standard for loans, known as a "qualified mortgage," the Wall Street Journal reports...China is now watching cash stream out. China hasn't reported on capital inflows and outflows since last year, but it is possible to gauge more recent flows using trade data, reign-exchange reserves numbers released Saturday and other economic statistics. Iin the 12 months through September, about $225B flowed out of China, equivalent to about 3% of the nation's economic output last year, suggests an analysis by the Wall Street Journal...REUTERS Mongolia’s state-owned developer of the huge Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit invited Peabody Energy (BTU) to help build infrastructure and be a temporary mine contractor on the project ahead of a much-delayed bidding process, Reuters reports...BLOOMBERG: News Corp. (NWSA) CEO Rupert Murdoch faces renewed calls from shareholders today to step down as chairman. Investors have mounted a campaign to separate the chairman and CEO roles, both held by Murdoch, to increase accountability, Bloomberg reports...The global sugar glut is extending into a third year, the longest stretch in more than a decade, as Brazil and Australia expand output and imports contract to the smallest since 2008. Raw-sugar futures traded in New York may fall 9.9% to 18 cents a pound by the end of the year, according to the median of 15 estimates from traders and analysts compiled by Bloomberg. | |
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| May 24, 2013 | | 17:26 EDT |  | NWSA | News Corp. to take $1.2B-$1.4B charge in Q4 related to publishing segment
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 15:07 EDT | | NWSA | Yahoo submits bid for Hulu, AllThingsD reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 14:44 EDT |  | NWSA | News Corp. management to meet with JPMorgan
Subscribe for More Information | | | 13:19 EDT | | NWSA | KKR, Silver Lake to join bidding for Hulu video service, Bloomberg reports
| | | 08:38 EDT | | NWSA | News Corp. adopts stockholder rights plan ahead of split up
News Corporation and the new News Corporation announced that, in advance of their planned separation, the Board of Directors of the company and the current Board of the new News Corporation has each determined to adopt stockholder rights agreements for the company and for new News Corporation, respectively. The rights agreements would expire one year after the date of this announcement, in the case of the company, or one year after the date of the separation, in the case of the new News Corporation. The company said it has considered that there may be significant volume of trading in shares of 21st Century Fox and the new News Corporation around the time of the separation, and for a period thereafter. The rights agreements are intended to protect the stockholders of the company and the new News Corporation from efforts to obtain control of such companies that their respective Boards of Directors determine are not in the best interests of the companies and their respective stockholders, News Corp. said. | | | 08:35 EDT | | NWSA | News Corp. board approves separation of businesses, stock buyback after split
News Corporation announced that the separation of News Corporation into two distinct publicly traded companies, 21st Century Fox and the new News Corporation, has been formally approved by the company’s Board of Directors. The company also announced appointments to the Boards of Directors of both companies, effective upon the completion of the separation, which is expected to occur on June 28. In connection with the separation, the company’s Board has approved the distribution of all shares of the new News Corporation to the company’s stockholders in a ratio of one share of the new News Corporation for every four shares of News Corporation. Furthermore, the Board authorized a $500M stock repurchase program for the new News Corporation following completion of the separation. | | | 07:11 EDT | | NWSA | Hulu attracts several bidders, Reuters reports
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Subscribe for More Information | | | May 23, 2013 | | 15:39 EDT | | NWSA | News Corp. to host investor day
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 20, 2013 | | 07:58 EDT | | BTU | BofA/Merrill's metals and mining analysts hold analyst/industry conference call
Metals & Mining Analysts discuss the recently held 30th Annual BofAML Global Metals, Mining & Steel Conference on an Analyst/Industry conference call. Relevant companies BHP, RIO, VALE, BNX, CLF, NUE, AA and BTU may be included on the Analyst/Industry conference call to be held on May 20 at 9 am. | | | | May 17, 2013 | | 15:51 EDT | | NWSA | 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 | | NWSA | DirecTV considering acquisition of Hulu, Dow Jones reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 15, 2013 | | 19:59 EDT | | NWSA | 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 | | NWSA | 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), . | | | 10:49 EDT | | NWSA | 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 | | | 06:42 EDT | | NWSA | U.S. says Apple was "ringmaster" in e-book price fixing scheme, NY Times says
The Justice Department is alleging that Apple (AAPL) was "the ringmaster" in an e-book price fixing scheme, according to The New York Times, citing a lawsuit filed by the agency. One piece of evidence the agency is using to try to prove that charge is an e-mail from former Apple CEO Steve Jobs to News Corp's (NWSA) James Murdoch, in which Jobs allegedly suggested that the two companies set specific prices for e-books, the newspaper added. Reference Link U | | | May 14, 2013 | | 17:48 EDT | | NWSA | Lone Pine gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), Virgin Media (VMED), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), CME Group (CME), and Liberty Media (LMCA). INCREASED STAKES: Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), News Corp (NWSA), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Monsanto (MON), and Qualcomm (QCOM). DECREASED STAKES: Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Equinix (EQIX), Ralph Lauren (RL), Disney (DIS), and Oceaneering International (OII). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Facebook (FB), Crown Castle (CCI), Accretive Health (AH), Informatica (INFA), and NetEase (NTES). | | | 16:31 EDT | | BTU | Peabody Energy targeting FY13 capital spending $450M-$550M
Company says this is approximately 50% below FY12 levels, as it is deferring early-stage growth projects. Company said Q1 capital spend approximately 70% below prior-year levels. Guidance given in slides ahead of presentation to be made at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch 2013 Global Metals and Mining Conference. | | | 10:01 EDT |  | NWSA | On The Fly: Analyst Initiation Summary
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:54 EDT |  | NWSA | News Corp. added to U.S. 1 List at BofA/Merrill
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