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ThinkstockApparently changing your corporate status to a real estate investment trust (REIT) does not always come easy, nor is there such thing as a free lunch. Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) is...
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ThinkstockThe explosive global growth of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has led to equally explosive growth in demand for mobile bandwidth to feed the ever-hungrier devices. Growth in...
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ThinkstockIn another move to boost subscriptions to its Prime Instant Video service, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today said that it has signed a licensing agreement with the NBCUniversal division...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, buoyed by a smaller-than-expected total of new claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. (more coverage here). The U.S. trade deficit also fell...
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courtesy of Facebook Inc.Lehman Bros. sues Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) over $1 billion in seized collateral. (Reuters) Glencore continues to push to buy Xstrata. (Reuters) Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ:...
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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a weaker-than-expected employment report from ADP and concern that Friday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will follow the ADP...
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thinkstockThe battle over whether broadcast television can be streamed over the Internet has become more complicated. Television companies have started to spread their risk. This is because the move...
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courtesy of Facebook Inc.The European Commission indicates that it will lower pressure on spending cuts among several nations as Spain and France miss budget targets. (Reuters) The flash HSBC...
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ThinkstockBroadcast TV networks have failed twice to get the courts to stop a start-up called Aereo Inc. from capturing the networks’ broadcast signal on an antenna leased to a subscriber and then...
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The first-quarter earning season begins today with the quarterly ritual of perennial lousy, or at least lackluster, earnings leading off the deluge of reports, from aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:...
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ThinkstockA federal appeals court today denied the appeal from a group of broadcasters including CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), which owns the ABC television network, News...
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courtesy of NetflixA Fed study says China growth will slow in 2030. (Reuters) Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) may cuts its cash position to $35 billion to redeem expensive debt. (Reuters) Battery problems...
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ThinkstockThis might be one of those times that’s it difficult to tell the players even with a scorecard. The battle for control of the living room is about to be joined in earnest as big players...
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thinkstockWe’ve been following for some time now the jockeying for position that has been going on in the entertainment industry. The past weekend brought a new offer from Verizon Communications...
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Typically in the investing world, if everybody expects an event, the opposite happens. In March of 2009 after a brutal sell-off had knocked the S&P 500 down almost 60% from its 2007 high, there...
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