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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...]

U.S.A. Consumers Confidence Rose In November 2009 ! Will The Market Make Big Gains Today ?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:20:29 GMT

-- Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly rose in November as a brightening outlook masked growing concern over joblessness. The Conference Board’s confidence index increased to 49.5 from 48.7 the prior month. The New York-based Conference Board’s index, which focuses on the labor market and purchase plans, averaged 58 in 2008 and 103.4 in 2007.[More...]

Bernanke Frets About The Dollar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:55:18 GMT

I wrote yesterday I thought markets had focused on the positive on Friday and that appears to have been even more the case overnight. To be fair, yesterday’s 1.2% QoQ rise in Japanese GDP in Q3 was a positive surprise (although this still leaves output down 4.5% YoY). But I wasn’t overly impressed with the stronger than expected 1.4% MoM gain in US retail sales in October, coming as it did after a revised 2.3% MoM decline in September (previously reported as a 1.5% mom decline).[More...]

The Rationale For The Market Rally

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:35:25 GMT

The rationale for the market rally since March 09 has been liquidity pumped by the Fed. The interesting point is that the market decline from summer 2008 to March 2009 has been also explained by the disappearance of liquidity. The disappearance of liquidity was caused by over levered banks.[More...]

Daily Highlights: 11/13/09

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:09:43 GMT

Asian stocks fall, government bonds rally as oil drops; Yuan forwards rise.China this year rejected requests to build 47 projects worth 200B to curb excessive capacity.Copper prices falls as dollar gains for second day, stockpiles at six-month high.Dollar falls versus Krone, Aussie; Europe GDP growth optimism spurs yield demand.European Stocks Advance; Richemont, British Airways, Iberia Shares climbEurozone out of recession after 0.4% growthFHA reserves fall below legal limitHealth legislation being considered would force drug makers to disclose amount spent on continuing medical education classes for doctors.[More...]

US Stock Futures Rise Ahead Of Fed, Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) Eyed

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:59:30 GMT

US stock futures advanced on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve meeting.[More...]

Microsoft (MSFT) Squashes Rumors Of EA Bid

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:08:37 GMT

“An interesting story we’re following, Electronic Arts shares selling off by 4% after an executive for Microsoft said there’s not a possibility of any deal here. There was options activity surrounding that. And shares of Electronic Arts actually over the past couple of days had risen in anticipation. Speculation of a possible deal not going to happen, apparently according to Microsoft.” — CNBC’s Power Lunch 9/24/2009[More...]

Disney’s Spidey Sense Is Tingling

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:07:00 GMT

The entertainment world is changing, and companies in the business know that all too well… hence the reason why The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) just announced its acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: MVL)[More...]

Weekly Credit Summary: August 28

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:57:29 GMT

Credit underperformed equities this week as single-name tighteners edged wideners by four-to-three leaving indices (especially HY) underperforming intrinsics in general. CONSumer and ENRG names underperformed as TMT and FINLs were best with INDUstrials mixed. Financials outperformed non-financials but the strength in the former was more at the tails of the distribution while the weakness in the latter was more broad-based.[More...]

Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows.
It's understandable why the strategy might seem dubious: Another media company, Time Warner Inc., just gave up on that and spun off its cable TV division.
Yet while Comcast seems to be taking a different approach - marrying entertainment content with the largest cable TV system in the nation - it and Time Warner have arrived at the same conclusion: The future is in content, and the pipes that carry it matter less.

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Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

U.S.A. Consumers Confidence Rose In November 2009 ! Will The Market Make Big Gains Today ?

Bernanke Frets About The Dollar

The Rationale For The Market Rally

Daily Highlights: 11/13/09

US Stock Futures Rise Ahead Of Fed, Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) Eyed

Microsoft (MSFT) Squashes Rumors Of EA Bid

Disney’s Spidey Sense Is Tingling

Weekly Credit Summary: August 28

Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content

Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content

Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content

Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review

Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

Comcast to buy controlling stake in NBC Universal

Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review

City OKs deal for SKyPAC parking: Commissioners also discuss cable franchise with Insight

Modavox Releases Management Letter to Shareholders

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Benchmark Journal Began Monthly Review on Stocks in the Basic Materials, Financial & Services Sectors

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MediaG3, Inc. Announces the Launch of Imperial Wireless(TM) IW4G Mobile Broadband Internet Service to Las Vegas, Nevada

Clearwire to Launch Rights Offering to Existing Stockholders

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