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  • Sony spin-off plan off the agenda but on the radar at shareholder meeting

    Reuters © Daniel S. Loeb, founder of Third Point LLC, participates in a panel discussion during the Skybridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada May 9, 2012. REUTERS/Steve ...

  • TripAdvisor acquires mobile app GateGuru

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Travel ratings website TripAdvisor said Wednesday it has acquired US start-up GateGuru, a mobile app focused on flight and airport information.TripAdvisor makes money from the travel advertising it packages with listings and mostly user-generated reviews of hotels, flights, vacation packages and other services.New York-based GateGuru offers users airport restaurant tips and ...

  • China may resume IPO approvals in July

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's stock regulator could resume approving new stock offers as early as July after an eight-month suspension, state media said Wednesday.The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) suspended approvals for initial public offerings (IPO) in November to prevent an oversupply of shares and boost the weak stock market.But Yao Gang, vice-chairman of the commission, ...

  • Slovenian growth outlook darkens ahead of privatisation vote

    By Marja NovakLJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's economy could keep shrinking next year, a central bank official said on Wednesday, making it harder for the country to avoid becoming the next euro zone member to succumb to a bailout.The government is banking on a return to growth in 2014 to ease pressure on an economy teetering under the weight of billions of euros of bad loans in ...

  • Earnings Watch Updates advisories and surprises

    +1.09% reported its fourth-quarter profit fell to $303 million, or 95 cents a share, from $550 million, or $1.73 a share, a year earlier. Earnings adjusted for business realignment and an aircraft impairment charge were $679 million, or $2.13 a share, compared with $634 million, or $1.99 a share in 2013. Revenue rose to $11.4 billion, from $11 billion a year earlier, the shipping company said ...


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  • FedEx Sends Wall Street A Surprise $679M Q4 Profit Beats Expectations

    (Photo credit: erikleenaars) FedEx made a surprise delivery today, reporting quarterly figures that easily beat expectations. The company earned $303 million, 95 cents a shares, in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared to $550 million, $1.73 a share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, FedEx made $679 million, $2.13 a share. That's considerably more than analysts' projection for ...

  • Dish Billionaire Ergen Lets Sprint Go To SoftBank And Its Billionaire CEO

    it won't make another bid for Sprint. By dropping the pursuit of Sprint, Dish's billionaire chairman Charlie Ergen will allow Sprint to slip to another billionaire chief, ...

  • The Apple e-book antitrust trial Enter Barnes Noble

    BKS ), the last of the nationwide brick-and-morter bookstore chains, plays only a bit part in the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Apple ...

  • EU fines Lundbeck and others 146 million euros for blocking rival drugs

    news ) , a total of 146 million euros (124 million pounds) for blocking the supply of a cheaper anti-depressant to the market, the first EU sanction against such deals. The punishments follow a 2009 report by the European Commission on the pharmaceutical sector, which said "pay-for-delay" agreements between companies lead to consumers paying as much as 20 percent more for their ...

  • Tesla announces partial recall on some Model S vehicles

    According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Model S vehicles produced between May 10 and June 8 of this year could contain an issue with the mounting bracket on the left-hand latch of the second row seat. Musk specifically said that the mounting bracket could be "weaker than ...

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