ABC News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Direct mailer Valassis posts 3Q net income on lower operating costs, as consumers clip coupons
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
LIVONIA, Mich., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valassis (NYSE: VCI) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009. We reported quarterly revenue of $544.1 million, a decrease of 3.5% from $563.7 million for the prior year quarter. The quarterly revenue decline would have been 2.8% excluding revenue of $3.8 million from divested and discontinued businesses in the prior...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
LIVONIA, Mich., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valassis (NYSE: VCI), one of the nation's leading media and marketing services companies, will host its Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call on Thursday, October 29, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. To participate, please dial (877) 941-2332 at least five minutes prior to the start time. The call will also be available on the Valassis Web site...
The Street (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Enbridge, Ingersoll-Rand, Valassis, Exide Technologies and Zimmer Holdings had their ratings changed by TheStreet.com.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Valassis is one of the nation's leading media and marketing services companies, offering unparalleled reach and scale to more than 15,000 advertisers. Its RedPlum media portfolio delivers value on a weekly basis to over 100 million shoppers across a multi-media platform - in-home, in-store and in-motion. Through its interactive offering - redplum.com - consumers will find compelling national and local...
BeCentsAble (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Image courtesy Kristian D. This is part six of the Most Frequently Asked Coupon Questions series. If you missed parts one , two , three , four or five be sure to check them out. I remember feeling so confused when I first started learning the ropes of couponing. I'd started collecting coupons and I was determined to go shopping and snag some bargains. To save some time and benefit from the expertise...
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Since 1985, U.S. Postal Service letter carriers have delivered special mail once a week that often represents the last hope for families searching for their missing children. "The America's Looking For Its Missing Children program has won widespread recognition as one of the nation's most effective public service initiatives," pens Debra Mitchell on the NorthFortMeyersNeighbor.com website....
SeekingAlpha Media Stocks (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
Jeff Jarvis submits: Line by line, newspapers’ businesses are falling apart as they shrink and become less efficient for advertisers against the competition and reach of online media. Consider: * Coupon giant Valassis abandons newspaper distribution for the postal service in three more markets. Says Crains: “The move represents the acknowledgement that newspaper circulation is on the decline...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
Valassis is one of the nation's leading media and marketing services companies, offering unparalleled reach and scale to more than 15,000 advertisers. Its RedPlum media portfolio delivers value on a weekly basis to over 100 million shoppers across a multi-media platform - in-home, in-store and in-motion. Through its interactive offering - redplum.com - consumers will find compelling national and local...
Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
News America Marketing (NAM) is a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corps., kiddies - the mother ship of Fox News. NAM was recently sued by Valassis , a competitor in the newspaper ad-stuffers biz. Rupert Murdoch's NAM lost the case and will pay $300-million to the plaintiff for engaging in underhanded, monopolistic business practices. Along the way, at trial, we are offered a rare glimpse inside...
Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 31/07/2009
By Nat Worden JULY 23, 2009 NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Valassis Communications Inc. (VCI), a marketing company for consumer goods, said Thursday that it won $300 million in damages from a lawsuit alleging unfair competitive practices against News Corp. (NWSA) unit News America Marketing. News Corp., owner of this newswire, said it was "disappointed" with the jury's verdict in a county court in...
StreetInsider.com News Articles (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
Georgia Gulf Corp. (NYSE: GGC) 131% HIGHER; the company announced the closing of its previously announced private debt exchanges and the effectiveness of a long-term amendment to its senior secured credit agreement. Georgia Gulf accepted $736 million of tendered bonds in debt-for-equity exchange that reduces debt by more than 50% and reduces annual cash interest costs by $69. Inovio Biomedical Corporation...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
LIVONIA, Mich., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Valassis (NYSE: ) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. We reported quarterly revenue of $544.0 million, a decrease of 8.6% from $594.9 million for the prior year quarter attributed primarily to the economic uncertainty and its effect on our clients' marketing budgets. The quarterly revenue decline would have...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
News America Marketing must pay damages to a newspaper coupons company after losing law suit A News Corporation subsidiary was yesterday ordered to pay a newspaper coupons company $300m (£182m) in damages after it lost a law suit in the US. A Michigan court judge awarded Valassis Communications the damages after the firm filed a lawsuit against News America Marketing alleging that it had engaged...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
A Wayne County Circuit Court jury awarded a $300-million judgment Thursday in favor of Livonia-based Valassis, one of the nation's largest producers of advertising inserts, against rival News America Marketing, part of the Rupert Murdoch media empire.
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