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Indian Stock Market Closing Report: Sensex Closes Up 1% For The Week

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:02:41 GMT

The volatile trading session today largely mirrored the market movements during the week, which saw mixed investor sentiments. While some sectors managed to draw investor interest others continued to witness their apathy.[More...]

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:58:40 GMT

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is expected to pay $13.75 billion in cash and assets to gain control of NBC Universal from General Electric Company (GE).[More...]

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:33 GMT

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) will acquire a 51% stake in General Electric Co.’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal Inc. for $13.75 billion in cash and assets, giving the cable giant lucrative cable channels including SyFy, Bravo and the USA Network, as well as Universal Pictures and its related theme parks in California, Florida and Japan.[More...]

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.[More...]

Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would Shock You

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:21:28 GMT

Every now and then, ordinary citizens can glimpse the breadth and depth of the surveillance infrastructure erect to monitor us. In the last few days, Americans have had such an opportunity, thanks to privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian, a doctoral student at Indiana University.[More...]

Best Buy: This Season's Top Retail Stock?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:59:53 GMT

“I think it’s Best Buy, BBY for all you home gamers. It reports December 15th and I think it will deliver, yes, indeed… We went to a local Best Buy, under cover, of course, and found that…They have 47 different sets of flat panel TVs, versus 11 at Walmart. Average price, $957, cheaper than Walmart. This best buy beat Walmart on price. Hallelujah! Best Buy had great Black Friday traffic. The crowds were quote, materially bigger than last year.[More...]

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:07 GMT

China isn’t just leading the global economic recovery – it’s lapping the field.[More...]

Provision Interactive Set To Revolutionize The Billion Dollar Advertising Market (OTC: PVHO.OB)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:30:44 GMT

MiV Investments Inc. has initiated an independent research report on Provision Holding Inc. Starting with the traditional wall paintings traced back from Indian rock art dating back to 4000 BC, out-of-home advertisements and billboards have dominated the main stream media, thus affecting the public's opinions and buying habits for ages.[More...]

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:51:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES - Apple Inc. is in advanced talks to buy online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened "the end of the MP3" with its fast song-streaming application.
In October, Lala co-founder Bill Nguyen demonstrated to the AP a working model of an application the company had developed for Apple's iPhone.
The song quality is lower than what Apple's iTunes songs offer, but "intelligent caching" allows tracks to load and play in seconds, with playback possible even outside of cell phone coverage.

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Indian Stock Market Closing Report: Sensex Closes Up 1% For The Week

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would Shock You

Best Buy: This Season's Top Retail Stock?

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Provision Interactive Set To Revolutionize The Billion Dollar Advertising Market (OTC: PVHO.OB)

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

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Form 4 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY For: Dec 03 Filed by: NARAYANAN LAKSHMI (10K)

Form 4 EBAY INC For: Dec 03 Filed by: JACOBSON MICHAEL R (10K)

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Rosenberg Jonathan J (10K)

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: HENNESSY JOHN L (10K)

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: Brown Shona L (10K)

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: Rosenberg Jonathan J (10K)

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: HENNESSY JOHN L (10K)

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Form 4 LAM RESEARCH CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: Marks Jeffrey (10K)

Form 4 APPLE INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: JOHNSON RONALD B (10K)