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Closing Price on November 8, 2024

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The MTV unit of Viacom (VIA), which makes up most of the revenue in its Media Networks operation, is in trouble. And, it has been coming on for some time. For the first six months of 2007, operating...
Earlier today, we sent out a couple pieces discussing some of the pending mergers and spreads still having wide ranges.  This can be indicative of a deal at risk, but some will close and will offer...
Reuters is reporting that Google (GOOG) has taken a stake in Chinese Chinese community Web site Tianya.cn, a move into social networking there. GOOG has stayed out of the business in the US but has...
It was a bit surprising to see Barron’s used Jim Cramer for the cover story.  The article points out that Jim Cramer’s picks have lagged the market.  For starters, Cramer rarely gives formal...
Facebook has built an application that runs on the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. TechCrunch believes that it is the best application yet for the handset. The new product is a win for both companies. The...
It appears that the speculation about Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NWS)  making the WSJ online edition free to expand its audience may not make sense. Based on measurements from Net Ratings, Wall...
Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp (NWS), has spoken about some of his plans for The Wall Street Journal. At least one of his ideas could do severe damage to two companies which are already on the...
According to Reuters, BNP Pariba suspending three funds due to sub-prime problems in their portfolios. Reuters writes the net income and sales rose at News Corp (NWS). Reuters reports that Wal-Mar...
News Corp’s (NWS) interactive unit made money last quarter, driven by advertising and search revenue at MySpace. For the quarter ending June 30, the entire company had net income of $890 million up...
According To Reuters, News Corp (NWS) agreed to buy Dow Jones (DJ) for $5.6 billion Reuters reports Sanofi-Aventis profits were hit by cometition from generics. According to The Wall Street...
comScore came out with a little study on the geographic spread of the users of social networking sites. Perhaps the most striking point is that the two largest properties, MySpace (NWS) and Facebook,...
A look at traffic patterns for online news sites indicates that there is a decline in consumers using the internet as a source of mainstream news. Using information from website tracking service...
According to Reuters, a groups lead by an internet entrepreneur is still pressing it case to buy Dow Jones (DJ). Reuters writes that Alcatel-Lucent”s (ALU) loss for Q2 was greater than expected....
Henry Blodget’s new site, Silicon Vally Insider, is reporting that News Corp’s (NWS) MySpace will do as much as $1 billion in revenue in 2007. In December, Rupert Murdoch put that number at $30...
Brad Greenspan, a former shareholder of the company that owned MySpace has presented details of his bid to buy a large piece of Dow Jones (DJ), setting himself up as an alternative to Rupert...