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Viacom proves me wrong with results driven by box-office hits	Filed under: Earnings reports, Time Warner (TWX), Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIA), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), News Corp'B' (NWS), Marvel Entertainment (MVL)Well, you can't win 'em all. I certainly found that out with Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) latest quarterly results. The media company delivered the complete opposite of my expectations. Let's go through the numbers. Revenues for the second quarter increased 21% to almost $3.9 billion. Net income from continuing operations expanded 19% to 64 cents per share...	July 30, 2008
Slowing Newspaper Business Could Hit Media ETF A Little	The slowing economy is spreading through the pages of many newspapers on a regional and national scale as ad revenue drops, leaving media exchange traded funds (ETFs) vulnerable. Some say the drop in ad revenue is the most severe the industry has seen since The Great Depression, and the second half of 2008 is predicted to be worse. Jeremy Herron for Associated Press reports that three publishers - McClatchy Co., Lee Enterprises Inc., and E.W. Scripps Co. - reported that profits had fallen by hal...	July 28, 2008
Wall street Rumors - July 8, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. Bernanke Says More Steps Needed to Ensure Market Stability U.S. financial markets need to be made more resilient and stable, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday, possibly by giving the central bank much broader authority to collect information and exercise authority over the nation’s financial firms. Stock Futures Mirror Global Selloff Fueled by Financial-Sector Concern U.S. stock markets looked ...	July 08, 2008
Will Disney score this weekend with 'Wall-E'?	Filed under: General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), FilmWalt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has an interesting weekend coming up. The new Pixar film, Wall-E, opened today. While everyone expects it to be a hit, no one knows yet how big a hit it will ultimately be. Pixar, of course, is a major brand in computer-generated cartoons. Its major competition is DreamWorks Animation (NYSE: DWA). The latter's most recent hit, Kung Fu Panda, opened earlier this summer box-office season with a $60.2 million first-...	June 27, 2008
Although Steve Carell isn't funny, 'Get Smart' was number one	Filed under: Time Warner (TWX), Viacom (VIA), News Corp'B' (NWS), Film, Marvel Entertainment (MVL)I didn't think Get Smart was going to come in at number one, but that's exactly what happened, according to Boxofficemojo. The film, distributed by Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), took in an estimated $39 million at domestic theaters. The film, quite frankly, looks horrible, and I don't get the fascination people have with Steve Carell's supposed "comedic talents." I don't really find him funny. Doesn't ma...	June 23, 2008
Wall Street Rumors - June 18, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. Spielberg, India Firm Near Deal to Ally With DreamWorks The principals of DreamWorks SKG (NYSE:DWA) are close to a deal with one of India’s biggest entertainment conglomerates to form a new movie venture, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that would give director Steven Spielberg the cash to finance his DreamWorks team’s departure from Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE:VIA.B) Paramount Pictur...	June 18, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Apple Talk Najarian mentioned that the market ignored Apple (AAPL) 4% slide today. He feels the stock is falling because rumors are swirling that CEO Steve Jobs has some health issue. Macke said if Jobs leaves for any reason Apple is in big trouble. Microsoft Aftermath The traders spoke with Jeff Lindsay of Stanford Bernstein about the news that Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO) merger talks have completely fallen apart. Lindsay says the big loser is Yahoo and ...	June 12, 2008
Analyst downgrades: LZ, BMRN and NVS	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Novartis AG ADS (NVS)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Lubrizol, BioMarin Pharmaceutical and Novartis were today's noteworthy downgrades: Jefferies downgraded shares of Lubrizol (NYSE:LZ) to Hold from Buy as they expect persistent raw material cost pressures to limit upside over the next few quarters. The firm lowered their target price to $60 from $65. Citigroup cut BioMarin (NASDAQ:BMRN) to Hold from Buy after their survey indicated a...	June 12, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word ON The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Bank Trade The traders talked about the prospects of a bottom in the financial sector. Jon Najarian said that put selling in Lehman Brothers (LEH) makes him believe that the stock could be near a bottom. However, he said he put activity on MBIA (MBI), Wachovia (WB) and Washington Mutual (WM) are suggesting to him these stocks are going lower. He said he is short both names. Multinational Trade The traders discussed some multinational stock plays. Macke said loo...	June 09, 2008
IMAX misses by a wide margin -- is there a bullish argument somewhere?	Filed under: Earnings reports, Time Warner (TWX), Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIA)IMAX (NASDAQ: IMAX) really missed Wall Street's expectations. In its latest earnings release, issued on Monday, the company said that its net loss per share doubled to $0.25 for the first quarter compared to the 2007 quarter when the net loss was $0.12 per share. Revenues were $23.5 million, a 12% decline. While that performance is bad enough in itself, it was also below expectations with the bottom line missing by...	May 13, 2008

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