Description: George Soros likes to say the rich should pay more taxes. A substantial part of his wealth, though, comes from delaying them.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: April 30, 2015
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-30/george-soros-s-tax-bill
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Description: The streaming service is paying $180 million for all nine seasons of the classic NBC comedy ‘Seinfeld.’
Source: Fortune.com – video report
Date: April 29, 2015
Link: http://for.tn/1EpC4Kb
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Description: Apple just delivered nothing short of a profit party last night – topping just about every financial metric possible. But the stock isn’t doing anything. How can that be?
Source: USAToday.com
Date: April 28, 2015
Link: http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2015/04/28/what-is-apple-really-worth/
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Description: Who tends to determine what a CEO should be paid? The compensation committee. Who tends to sit on the compensation committee? CEOs from other companies, of course.
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: April 28, 2015
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Description: China is becoming an increasingly vital part of Apple’s business. Over the fiscal second quarter, Apple’s revenue in greater China grew 71 percent, to $16.8 billion, compared with the same period last year, the company said in its financial earnings report on Monday.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: April 27, 2015
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/technology/apple-quarterly-earnings.html?_r=0
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Description: Greece’s government bonds rallied, with three-year yields dropping the most since the securities were sold in July, on optimism the nation may be moving toward a strategy that would help unlock funding and avert a default.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: April 27, 2015
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Description: The Department of Justice reportedly has concerns the merger would be too large in the cable and broadband market.
Source: Fortune.com – video report
Date: April 21, 2015
Link: http://for.tn/1cV6c7m
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Description: Bloomberg’s Brian Womack and Paul Sweeney discuss the mounting challenges that Marissa Mayer will face in Yahoo’s turnaround plan with Emily Chang on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: April 21, 2015
Link: http://bloom.bg/1yPAWjZ
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Description: The company divested in their Korean subsidiary Ticket Monster. Fortune’s Andrew Nusca and Erin Griffith examine whether this decision will please stockholders.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: April 20, 2015
Link: http://for.tn/1cRYv1x
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Description: In July 2013, executives from the three companies that co-owned Hulu — Comcast, 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney — had a conversation about their joint venture. Hulu, the video streaming service, had been on the auction block, and lucrative bids had come in from two Comcast rivals, AT&T and the satellite operator DirecTV, among other potential buyers.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: April 21, 2015
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