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Today's financial entertainment is brought to you by Business Week, which reports that Disney and Comcast, fresh off their own failed merger attempt, are both scooping up shares of InterActiveCorp on the belief that Disney may try to acquire it. RSS Press - the international press website:: By KATHY SHWIFF IAC/InterActiveCorp has entered into agreements to finance the Music to your ears: how to plug in to downloading http://www.rsspress.info/article/01f2bb72631b679824b2696fdrn%20nation-building.htmlHOME | The Technology Liberation Front Archive The ACLU and Media Hysteria:: which there was NOT timely, adequate public debate, a case could be made access to the greatest political thought in the world at the click of a mouse. http://techliberation.com/2008/05/21/the-aclu-and-media-hysteria/HOME |
The combined company would have a bigger market cap than Comcast and supposedly discourage the cable giant from making another takeover attempt, or so goes the thinking. Disney chief Michael Eisner and IACI boss Barry Diller are supposedly buds, and there's also speculation that Diller might succeed Eisner as head of Disney in a year or two.
An interesting story, and certainly Disney would get some first-rate Internet properties in the deal, but Disney's record with the Web hasn't been all that stellar (read: Go.com), and we're not sure what the media giant would do with travel and lending properties, among other assets. It's hard to see the synergies, but stranger things have happened. Pay Articles 07/2004 Links:: TECHNOLOGY; Victory for InterActiveCorp In Tax Dispute With Vivendi Cover Your Ears! Uniteds Pensions on Increasingly Shaky Ground http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/articles/pay/pay200407_8.htmlHOME |
The market was unchanged Friday on inline manufacturing and consumer confidence reports. September 19:: Opposing counsel, for example, could track to whom you send a draft settlement. I just know that Ill be keeping my eyes and ears open (and my firewall closed) http://www.arribaconnect.com/news%201A.htmHOME | Technical Analysis: Nasdaq Remains Stuck - Learn to Trade - RULES OF :: Technical Analysis: Nasdaq Remains Stuck - Mar 30, 2007 P/E Ratio Global Stock Markets Analysis and Pre-Article:Could InterActiveCorp Get Mouse Ears? http://zebatlas.cn/699/technical-analysis--nasdaq-remains-stuck-8699.htmHOME |
The Nasdaq slipped 2 to 2029, the S&P 500 was unchanged at 1144, and the Dow added 3 to 10,583. Volume rose to 1.51 billion shares on the NYSE, and 1.88 billion on the Nasdaq. Advancers led 21-10 on the NYSE, and 17-14 on the Nasdaq. Upside volume was 60% on the NYSE, and 47% on the Nasdaq. New highs-new lows were 279-2 on the NYSE, and 148-5 on the Nasdaq.
Oracle fell 3% on news that it plans to fight the Justice Department's rejection of its bid for PeopleSoft.
China.com slipped despite beating estimates, while Autodesk, Marvell and McData surged on their reports.
VeriSign lost 3% on news that the company is suing ICANN.
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