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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Goldman Sachs (GS) is out with a new overview of the hedge fund industry, examining several aspects of what funds are doing. For example, it notes that while hedge funds have generally "re-risked", they also continue to diversify their holdings. You can see here, for example, that the density of the average hedge fund's top 10 holdings has been falling all year. As for what they're buying...
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SeekingAlpha Media Stocks (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Steve Birenberg submits: Last Thursday, shareholders of Liberty Media Entertainment ( LMDIA ) and DirecTV ( DTV ) formally approved the merger between the two companies. The merger closed Thursday night. Many Northlake clients owned shares in LMDIA. Each share of LMDIA is now one share of DTV. In addition, for every ten shares of LMDIA, shareholders received one share of Liberty Starz ( LSTZA ). For...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Television retailer QVC, a unit of Douglas County-based Liberty Media Corp., has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watchinginstead of mall-hopping — on Black Friday, an event that it has traditionally ignored.
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded its ratings on Liberty Media Corp. and its QVC business deeper into junk territory after Liberty Media split off some assets into a reorganized DirecTV Group Inc.
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The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Overture Films — the two-year-old Hollywood studio owned by Colorado’s Liberty Media Corp. — has had two movies in the weekend box office top 10 for three weeks running.
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Last Thursday, shareholders of Liberty Media Entertainment (LMDIA) and DirecTV (DTV) formally approved the merger between the two companies. The merger closed Thursday night. Many Northlake clients owned shares in LMDIA. Each share of LMDIA is now one share of DTV. In addition, for every ten shares of LMDIA, shareholders received one share of Liberty Starz (LSTZA). [More...]
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Satellite TV (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Rumors of DIRECTV being up for sale have been around for years. Those rumors are now more than that, as DIRECTV itself has publicly stated they may be interested in a buyout. Liberty Media Chairman John Malone restarted DIRECTV merger speculation yesterday in comments made to Bloomberg. The comments had to do with the relationship DIRECTV [...]
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
NEW YORK -- Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.
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Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
DirecTV Group Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV) has appointed Michael White as their new CEO. White previously worked at PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) as the Vice Chairman. Interestingly White does not have much experience in the food and beverage industry so that makes the decision quite interesting for DirecTV. There is speculation that he will act as [...]
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StreetInsider.com News Articles (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes: UPGRADES: Soleil upgrades Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE: STP) from Sell to Hold, price target increased to $13.50. Click Here for more color. Morgan Stanley upgrades Hess Corp (NYSE: HES) from Equalweight to Overweight. Deutsche Bank upgrades Dillard's (NYSE: DDS) from Hold to Buy with a $28 price target, saying Q3 sets a new trajectory. Click Here for...
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