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Time Warner Cable considering stake in Hulu External-link
The possible fate of Hulu grows more intriguing by the day. Last week, the rumor mill churned with the news that Yahoo!’s Marissa Mayer had met with execs at the online video venture. Last month, Hulu tapped Guggenheim Partners to consult on the sale of the company. And Peter Chernin has bid $500 million on the serv...
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Source: Los Angeles Business N...
May 16, 2013 - 12:11 PM
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Sony under fire: Goodbye, Mr Bond? External-link
Time to dump 007? AN ADDICTION to short-term financial results was one of the flaws in American capitalism that Sony’s co-founder, Akio Morita, used to bewail. (That was back in the 1980s, when the Sony Walkman, a portable music-player, was trampling its rivals underfoot.) So Mr Morita must have turned in his grave ...
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Source: Economist
May 16, 2013 - 7:59 AM
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Dan Loeb Sold Some Yahoo Stock External-link
Billionaire hedge funder Daniel Loeb, who runs Third Point LLC, has filed his fund's 13F for the quarter ended March 31st.  According to the securities filing, Loeb has completely exited his stakes in Morgan Stanley and Herbalife during Q1.   He owned 7,750,000 shares of Morgan Stanley in the previ...
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Source: Silicon Alley Insider
May 15, 2013 - 1:28 PM
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Tiger Global Dumped 790,000 Shares Of Apple In The First Quarter External-link
Tiger Global, the tech-oriented hedge fund run by Chase Coleman and Feroz Dewan, has just filed its latest 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission.   During the first quarter ended March 31st, Tiger Global massively pared back its stake in Apple.  According to the filing, the fund held 260,...
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Source: Silicon Alley Insider
May 15, 2013 - 11:19 AM
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Yahoo Planning A Big Marketing Blitz To Win Younger Users External-link
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc plans to ramp up advertising and marketing efforts as it seeks to break its reliance on an "aging demographic" and become more relevant among young adults, the company's finance chief said on Tuesday. The struggling Web portal's brand will be more visible on outd...
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Source: Silicon Alley Insider
May 15, 2013 - 3:39 AM
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (GOOG, AAPL, TSLA, YHOO) External-link
Good morning, here's the news: Larry Page revealed why his voice has grown softer: his vocal cords are partially paralyzed. Google is going to do a Spotify-style music streaming service. It's also revamping its Maps with all new features. Yahoo's CFO says Yahoo will be doing more advertising to attract young people...
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Source: Silicon Alley Insider
May 15, 2013 - 3:32 AM
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Sony shares surge as stockholder calls for spinoff of entertainment unit External-link
If Daniel Loeb had his way, Sony Corp. would take its entertainment business public. Why should Sony care what Loeb thinks? Well, the hedge fund manager’s firm Third Point has acquired a 6.5 percent stake in the Japanese conglomerate and is known for engineering dramatic changes at the companies in which he invests,...
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Source: Los Angeles Business N...
May 14, 2013 - 1:27 PM
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THE GAIJINS ARE COMING! New Sony Owner Dan Loeb-San Tells Japan How It's Going To Be External-link
Shareholder activism is a rough business.    Investors who amass large stockholdings and then demand changes are usually resisted and excoriated by the companies' managements, who do everything they can to defeat them. The resulting fights for control can often be public and ugly, with both sides s...
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Source: Silicon Alley Insider
May 14, 2013 - 8:04 AM
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Hedge Funder Dan Loeb Makes A Huge Play On Sony External-link
TOKYO (Reuters) - A New York-based hedge fund with a reputation as an activist investor has proposed that Sony Corp spin off its entertainment division via an IPO, saying the move could boost the Japanese electronics firm's shares by as much as 60 percent. An IPO of Sony Entertainment, which includes one of Hollywoo...
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Source: Silicon Alley Insider
May 14, 2013 - 2:45 AM
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CEO Jeff Weiner Has A Big, Audacious Goal For LinkedIn's Next Decade (LNKD) External-link
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different. LinkedIn Corp. promotes its service as a stepping stone to a more enriching career. As it turns o...
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Source: Silicon Alley Insider
May 13, 2013 - 3:56 PM
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