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Media General's Television Stations Generated $41.5M in Political Advertising Revenue
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 8:18am | 28Media General (NYSE: MEG) announced today that its 18 broadcast television stations generated approximately $41.5 million in Political advertising revenues through November 2.
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Hooray for America! Now with 90% More Lawsuit Investments!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 7:45am | 266I swear on my discontinued (limited edition?) BlackBerry Tour that this is from an actual New York Times article and not The Onion or some dystopian Orwell novel: Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people's lawsuits,...
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Jefferies Reports McGraw-Hill To Realign Financial Services Division
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 8:16am | 156McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) reported this afternoon that Financial Services would be realigned into two segments: S&P and McGraw-Hill Financial. The company also announced that Jack Callahan Jr. will succeed Robert Bahash as CFO. Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agency, will be headed by...
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Exane BNP Downgrades PSO To Underperform
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 7:12am | 40Analysts at Exane BNP downgrade Pearson Plc (NYSE: PSO) from "neutral" to "underperform." PSO's shares lost 0.26% to close at $15.27 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Market Roundup
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 12:44pm | 326US Technology stocks moved up, with Isilon Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ISLN) as the top performer in the list. EMC Corp (NYSE: EMC) has agreed to purchase ISLN for $2.25 billion or $33.85 per share in cash. Some of other gainers in the list were Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ), Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL),...
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Paul Saleh named Gannett's CFO
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 9:15am | 36Paul Saleh has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Gracia C. Martore, president and chief operating officer, announced today.
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What's Wrong With Muni Bonds? Everything.
Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 7:00am | 538The litany of woes in the muni bond world finally caught up with the muni bond market this week. Like a South Carolina Waffle House at 4 in the morning, ugliness was all around. The selling got especially ugly on Friday when Ireland default talk pushed California muni bond closed-ends off a cliff...
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Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights: News Corporation, Google, Gannett, and The New York Times - Press Releases
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 10:33am | 1407For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 12, 2010 – Today, Zacks Equity Research discusses the Steel Industry, including News Corporation (NWSA), Google Inc. (GOOG), Gannett (GCI) and The New York Times Company (NYT). A synopsis of today's Industry Outlook is presented below. The full article...
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Benzinga's Top Performing Industries (CTRP, INTX, FCX, SCCO, NYT, GCI, WPO, SSRI, HL, SLXP, TBV)
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 5:47pm | 273Consumer Services industry gained 2.27% on Thursday. In the space, Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: CTRP) added 4.01%, and Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX) jumped 2.57% in the regular trading session. In the after hours, Intersections (INTX) spiked 9.56% and it is currently trading at...
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Publishing Industry Outlook - Nov. 2010 - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 5:33pm | 2061The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the print-advertising model...
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Publishing Industry Outlook - Nov. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 5:33pm | 2061The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the print-advertising model...
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Publishing Industry Outlook - Nov. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 5:33pm | 2070The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the print-advertising model...
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Valassis and The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Announce Marketing Partnership
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 3:02pm | 73Valassis (NYSE: VCI) announced today that it has entered into a multi-year partnership with The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) (NYSE: GAP) to develop and execute in-store marketing and media programs. The new partnership will maximize efficiencies across the A&P family of...
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Top Performing Industries For November 11 (AAP, LIWA, PDM, GCI)
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 10:38am | 199At 10:30 am, the Dow lost 0.75% to 11,271.33, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.73% to 1,209.82 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 1.31% to 2,544.96. The industries that are still afloat in the market today are: Auto Parts Stores: This industry jumped 0.93% by 10:30 am. The...
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Global Sources Posts Q2 Results
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 5:45am | 56Global Sources Ltd (NASDAQ: GSOL) reports its Q2 EPS at $0.06, versus the consensus of $0.09. GSOL reports its Q2 revenue at $39.4 million, versus the estimates of $38.10 million. GSOL shares gained 1.60% to close at $8.26 yesterday. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.