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News Breaks | | | | February 5, 2013 | | 07:31 EDT |  | BKS, CBS, AMZN, PSO | Bookish.com, retail website, to launch today, WSJ reports
Bookish.com, the long-delayed retail website backed by three major publishers, is expected to launch today, reports the Wall Street Journal. Its intent is to make it easier for reading enthusiasts to learn about new novels and nonfiction. The site will sell books directly but also link to such retailers as Amazon.com (AMZN) and BarnesandNoble.com, the online bookselling arm of Barnes & Noble (BKS). The site will initially offer about 1.2M titles. Three publishers funding the site: CBS Corp.'s (CBS) Simon & Schuster., Pearson's (PSO) Penguin Group (USA) and Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group. Sixteen other publishers are also supplying content and metadata. Reference Link | |
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| May 22, 2013 | | 13:56 EDT | | AMZN | Amazon.com to add 500 jobs in Web services unit, Washington Post says
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:07 EDT |  | AMZN | Amazon introduces 'Kindle Worlds' commercial publishing platform for fan fiction
Amazon Publishing announced Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform that will enable any writer to create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters and earn royalties for doing so. Amazon Publishing has secured licenses from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Alloy Entertainment division for its series Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and Vampire Diaries and plans to announce more licenses soon, the company said. Through these licenses, Kindle Worlds will allow any writer to publish authorized stories inspired by these Worlds and make them available for readers to purchase in the Kindle Store. Amazon Publishing will pay royalties to both the rights holders of the Worlds and the author. | | | May 21, 2013 | | 09:07 EDT | | AMZN | Amazon.ca introduces Amazon Cloud Drive for Canada
All customers get 5 GB of free storage. Additional storage plans start at C$10 a year, the company said. | | | 05:33 EDT | | AMZN | Amazon Web Services achieves FedRAMP compliance for AWS GovCloud
Amazon Web Services, or AWS, an Amazon.com company, announced AWS GovCloud and all U.S. AWS Regions have received an Agency Authority to Operate, or ATO, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, requirements at the Moderate impact level. FedRAMP is a U.S. government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. With this distinction, AWS has demonstrated it can meet the extensive FedRAMP security requirements and as a result, an even wider range of government customers can leverage AWS's secure environment to store, process, and protect a diverse array of sensitive government data. Leveraging the HHS authorization, all U.S. government agencies now have the information they need to evaluate AWS for their applications and workloads, provide their own authorizations to use AWS, and transition workloads into the AWS environment. | | | May 20, 2013 | | 08:51 EDT | | BKS | Barnes & Noble to add browser, email to low-cost e-readers, TechCrunch says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:40 EDT | | BKS | Barnes & Noble could rise above $30 a share, Barron's says
Barnes & Noble (BKS) shares are up about 15% since TechCrunch said Microsoft (MSFT) may pay $1B for its Nook e-reader business but the stock may have another 50% upside to $30 per share based on Barnes & Noble's asset value, contended Barron's in a report this weekend. Barron's, however, called the situation "admittedly tough to assess" because neither Microsoft nor B&N will comment on the purchase rumor. The Fly notes Barnes & Noble shares are up 4% to $20.80 in pre-market trading. Reference Link | | | May 17, 2013 | | 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 | Amazon.com expands content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:09 EDT | | CBS | CC Media, CW announce broadcast agreement for iHeartRadio events
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:46 EDT | | AMZN | Amazon.com initiated with a Buy at Lazard Capital
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 15, 2013 | | 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), . | | | 17:09 EDT | | CBS | Greenlight gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Oil States International (OIS), Hess (HES), Spirit (SPR), IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI), and Capital Bank (CBF). INCREASED STAKES: Apple (AAPL). DECREASED STAKES: Microsoft (MSFT), Seagate (STX), Delphi (DLPH), CBS (CBS), and Computer Sciences (CSC). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Ensco (ESV), Xerox (XRX), Yahoo (YHOO), NVR (NVR), and Google (GOOG). | | | 10:49 EDT | | CBS | 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 | | | May 14, 2013 | | 12:47 EDT |  | BKS | Options with increasing implied volatility: FMCN FIO SVU BKS
Subscribe for More Information | | | 10:01 EDT | | CBS | On The Fly: Analyst Initiation Summary
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